Exercise Programs for Dialysis Patients

Quote from: noahvale on May 25, 2011, 05:07:46 PM

All of us on dialysis can benefit from participating in an exercise regimen. Programs can be modified for those who have certain co-illnesses as well. Below are some good links on how to get started and why exercise is so important for CKD patients.

Best guide for getting started....

http://www.lifeoptions.org/catalog/pdfs/booklets/exercise.pdf

Excellent Resource page from The Renal Network:

http://www.therenalnetwork.org/services/exercise.php
Studies:

http://resources.metapress.com/pdf-preview.axd?code=f776w55q6414128h&size=largest
(I was a participant in one of Dr. Kutner's exercise program studies in the mid-1980s.)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3883073

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18155113

Exercising during hemo treatment:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15233244

Australian Study on incenter exercising:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6859/is_2_4/ai_n28558885/?tag=mantle_skin;content

And of course, there are these past IHD threads about exercise:

What about exercise?
http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=148.msg624#msg624

EXERCISE
http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=415.msg374142#msg374142

Want to join me in exercise?
http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=3027.msg360814#msg360814