The Effects of Exercise in End-stage Renal Disease Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis (EESRDS)
End Stage Renal Failure on Dialysis
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for End Stage Renal Failure on Dialysis
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- older than 18 years
- more than three months of hemodialysis vintage
- under the permission of their nephrologist
- agreement to be randomly assigned and undergo study protocols
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients in wheelchair, presenting disability, or those who had amputation and malformation of the lower limbs, causing impaired walking
- presenting representative blindness
Sites / Locations
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
Experimental
Placebo Comparator
Progressive Resistance Training (PRT)
Aerobic Exercise (AER)
NEPLA
For the progressive resistance training we use 11 exercises. The exercises for upper limbs were held in the waiting room before the hemodialysis session. Resistance exercise was carried out in two sets of 15-20 repetitions, the intensity were determined by the method of maximal repetitions, where series were run until exhaustion to momentary exercises (15-20 repetitions) with specific load. The load adjustments or volume were managed when necessary, but necessarily for every 4th week of training. The effort perception should be situated between 12 and 16 on the Borg scale (Borg and Noble, 1974), as proposed by The Life Options Rehabilitation Advisory Council: Exercise for the Patient Dialysis (1995).
Aerobic exercise was conducted with a mini ergometer cycling (Mini Bike E5 Acte Sports) attached to the patient chair. Patients exercised 50-60 minutes of continuous workout with increased load. The workload was adjusted when necessary, according to the perceived effort made by the patient. The scale of perceived exertion, Borg scale (Borg and Noble , 1974), was used in accordance with the proposed By The Life Options Rehabilitation Advisory Council: Exercise for the Patient Dialysis (1995), which defines the values of perceived exertion between 12 and 16.
The control group performed active mobilization of members, circumduction of cervical, scapular girdle and extremities, breathing exercises with no loads, set on three to five repetitions only and no stretch exercises. The exercises were performed during the hemodialysis session, three times per week and did not exceed 5 minutes.