Physical fitness and health-related quality of life in pediatric renal transplant recipients: An interventional trial with active video gaming.

Background: Pediatric renal transplant recipients are at increased risk for cardiovascular diseases, one contributing factor is reduced cardiorespiratory fitness. The purpose was to evaluate cardiorespiratory fitness, motor coordination, muscle strength, daily physical activity, and health-related quality of life and to find out, if active video gaming is effective for improving these items in this patient population.

Methods: Twenty renal transplant recipients (13.