Study at 21 dialysis centers: Kidney patients benefit from physical exercises
Martin Halle, of Preventive and Rehabilitative Sports Medicine, is the principal investigator of a large-scale study on the effects of physical training during dialysis. Patients who engage in light exercise while undergoing dialysis are physically fitter and are admitted to hospital less frequently than those who do not. These are the findings of a large-scale study conducted by a consortium led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM). The researchers believe that exercise programs should be offered to dialysis patients as standard.
Around 80,000 people in Germany have such severely impaired kidney function that they require dialysis several times per week. Many also suffer from additional health issues such as diabetes and heart disease. ...
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