Impact of home-based exercise on residual kidney function in patients initiating peritoneal dialysis: A feasibility multicenter randomized controlled trial.

Background: Although the impact of aerobic exercise (AE) and resistance training (RT) on peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients is well established, the impact of exercise programs on residual kidney function (RKF) has not been elucidated.

Methods: Patients were randomly assigned to either the exercise (= 25) or control groups (= 30). Patients in the exercise group performed AE three times a week and RT twice a week at home for 24 weeks.