Nutritional Advice El Mondo
Objectives:
Physical exercise may offer multiple benefits to patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, it was not traditionally recommended because of the possibility of impairing renal function and increasing proteinuria. Therefore, this review aricle has been conducted.
Does low-intensity physical exercise offer benefits to patients with chronic kidney disease?
Study design:
This review article included 21 RCTs with a intervention of at least 12 weeks and 927 patients.
The frequency of low-intensity physical exercise in 14 studies was 3 times per week during 30 minutes.
Results and conclusions:
The investigators found no differences in glomerular filtration rate or proteinuria between the intervention group (group with low-intensity physical exercise) and the control group (group without low-intensity physical exercise) [SMD = -0.3, p = 0.81 and SMD = 26.6, p = 0.82].
The investigators found positive effects on peak oxygen consumption [SMD = 2.5, p 0.001], functional capacity [SMD = 56.6, p 0.001], upper limb strength [SMD = 6.8, p 0.001] and haemoglobin [SMD = 0.3, p = 0.003] for the intervention group.
The investigators found an improvement on the quality of life, using the KDQOL-36 survey [SMD = 3.56, p = 0.02] and the SF-36 survey [SMD = 6.66, p = 0.02] for the intervention group.
The investigators concluded low-intensity physical exercise routinely has no negative impact on renal function. On the contrary, it improves aerobic and functional capacity, impacting positively on the quality of life.
Original title:
Impact of physical exercise in patients with chronic kidney disease: Sistematic review and meta-analysis by Villanego F, Naranjo J, […], Mazuecos A.
Link:
https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0211699520300266?token=62CEB2BCF50CE23B396565B5DC989F795AEEB75C666C74AA410FD2172DB39F90DBBB5D72BF3B4347C0C8AD2FEF8B0110
Additional information of El Mondo:
Find here more information/studies about kidney disease and sport nutrition.
Low-intensity physical exercises are a casual walk, a stretch session, a beginners' yoga class or tai chi.