Progressive resistance training and nutrition in renal failure.
Nutrition and exercise are an integral part of the medical management of many chronic and complex conditions. They are interrelated and share many common metabolic pathways that may affect disease processes and their management. In nephrology, nutritional interventions have been relatively well studied and are recommended in many evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for managing people with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Over the past 20 years, growing evidence has suggested that aerobic exercise interventions are efficacious, and that the rationale for progressive resistance training (PRT) is strong, particularly in this population, despite a more limited evidence base to date. In the small number of clinical trials that have included patients with CKD, PRT programs have proved safe, feasible to administer, and efficacious. They have been shown to improve clinical, physical, and functional outcomes.
Chan
Maria
M
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, The St. George Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia. maria.chan@sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au
Cheema
Birinder Singh Bobby
BS
Fiatarone Singh
Maria A
MA
D002908:Chronic Disease; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D018753:Diet, Protein-Restricted; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D009752:Nutritional Status; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy; D014891:Weight Lifting