Multitasking and dialysis

[okarol]

 Updated 6:56 AM on Saturday, September 1, 2007

Multitasking and dialysis

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Australian researchers studied the effect of progressive resistance training during dialysis in 49 patients with end-stage renal disease.

One group used dumbbells and ankle weights to strength-train in the dialysis chair during regular three-times-weekly dialysis sessions.

After three months, the weight-lifting patients had developed more muscle mass, greater strength and endurance, and increased energy.

The benefits required no change in diet, physical activity or other lifestyle factors and didn't interfere with the dialysis procedures.

It is common for dialysis patients to experience muscle-wasting, which can lead to premature death. The study appeared in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

http://www.theeagle.com/stories/090107/health_20070901009.php

[George Jung]

I am going to assume this group of people were on hemo-dialysis which makes me wonder what kind of access they had to be able to lift weights while hooked-up.

[Zach]

I am going to assume this group of people were on hemo-dialysis which makes me wonder what kind of access they had to be able to lift weights while hooked-up.

I'd be interested to find out, too.  Probably ankle weights most of the time, and curling a dumbell with the non-access arm.
I know when I tried to do abdominal crunches while on dialysis, the venous pressure goes crazy.  Instead, I exercise early in the day of dialysis or the night after.

I guess doing something while on dialysis is encouraged for those who won't exercise on their own at home.

[tamara]

I was goin to be part of this study, but it was when I first started dialysis and hey wasn't that crash hot then. Now on nocturnal , I make sure I do about 1/2 an hour of ab work while hooked up, you've got the time, hey and it makes 1/2 an hour of the 8 of treatment go quicker lol

[Rerun]

I'll continue with my eye exercises while watching movies. 

                                           

[EMMA]

i think this is great!!! anything we can do to strengthen ourselves gives us more control over this disease...

[kitkatz]

Me too Rerun. Got to watch for those eyelash curls.

[okarol]

Me too Rerun. Got to watch for those eyelash curls.

Takes a lot of effort to carry that bat around too, Kit.