The 10-Item Physical Function Scale as a Sarcopenia Screening Tool for Patients on Hemodialysis.

Objective: We investigated the accuracy of the 10-item Physical Function (PF-10) questions of the SF-36 quality of life questionnaire as a sarcopenia screening tool among patients on hemodialysis.

Methods: A cross-sectional, multicenter study that included adult patients on hemodialysis. The revised European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People was used to diagnose sarcopenia.

Serum bicarbonate levels and kidney outcomes in critically ill patients: a prospective cohort study.

Background: The interplay between serum bicarbonate levels and kidney outcomes is not fully understood. We conducted a prospective cohort study in three intensive care units (ICUs) to evaluate the association of serum bicarbonate levels with acute kidney injury (AKI) and kidney function recovery in critically ill patients.

Methods: A prospective cohort study in three intensive care units (ICUs) was performed.

Design and methodology of the SARCopenia trajectories and associations with adverse clinical outcomes in patients on HemoDialysis: the SARC-HD study.

Background: Sarcopenia has been associated with adverse outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), particularly in those undergoing hemodialysis (HD). However, the trajectories across sarcopenia stages, their determinants, and associations with adverse clinical outcomes have yet to be comprehensively examined.

Methods: The SARC-HD is a multicenter, observational prospective cohort study designed to comprehensively investigate sarcopenia in patients on HD.

Effects of Exercise on Inflammatory Markers in Individuals with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have a systemic inflammatory state. We assessed the effects of exercise on inflammatory markers in individuals with CKD. An electronic search was conducted, including MEDLINE.

Intradialytic resistance training for short daily hemodialysis patients as part of the clinical routine: a quasi-experimental study.

Hemodialysis patients have chronic systemic inflammation, musculoskeletal impairments, and body composition changes from several factors and exercise may attenuate. We evaluated the effects of an intradialytic resistance training program on body composition, physical function, and inflammatory markers in patients under short daily hemodialysis treatment. A quasi-experimental study in clinical routine was conducted over eight months.

Exercise guide to help on arteriovenous fistula maturation and maintenance.

Background: The arteriovenous fistula is the main vascular access in hemodialysis. Arteriovenous fistula access is generally evaluated by a vascular surgeon after 2 weeks of its surgery, however, exercise programs may begin earlier for improving outcomes. Therefore, we propose this guide with simple, but potentially effective exercises, using low-cost materials that can be safely performed by the patients at home or in the dialysis center.

SARC-F and SARC-CalF are associated with sarcopenia traits in hemodialysis patients.

Background: The SARC-F questionnaire assesses sarcopenia risk. The addition of a calf circumference measurement, known as SARC-CalF, has been recently proposed. We investigated possible associations of SARC-F and SARC-CalF with sarcopenia traits in patients undergoing hemodialysis.

Physical activity is associated with nutritional biomarkers in hemodialysis patients: A cross-sectional study.

Objective: To explore the association between physical activity levels and nutritional biomarkers in hemodialysis patients.

Methods: Eighty-six patients responded to the short version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire to estimate the metabolic equivalent of tasks (MET) per week. A MET-min per week <600 was considered as sedentary.

Post-COVID-19 rehabilitation: a special look at chronic kidney disease patients.

Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can infect the kidney and the presence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) constitutes a higher risk of negative prognosis. SARS-CoV-2 main sequelae in CKD patients are an incomplete recovery of kidney function, muscle weakness and atrophy, breathiness, tiredness, pulmonary fibrosis, and initiation of kidney replacement therapy. The overall aim of this review is to provide a theoretical basis for early improvements of physical function health to all CKD stages by rehabilitation therapies.

Exercise interventions improve depression and anxiety in chronic kidney disease patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Purpose: This systematic review examined the effects of exercise interventions on depression and anxiety in chronic kidney disease patients.

Methods: Electronic searches were conducted between August 2019 and February 2020 at PubMed, MEDLINE, Web of Science, EBSCO, Scopus, LILACS, EMBASE, Physiotherapy Evidence Database, and Cochrane Library databases. Original clinical trial studies that examined the effects of exercise on depression and anxiety in chronic kidney disease patients, stages 3-5, were included.

Intradialytic isometric handgrip exercise does not cause hemodynamic instability: A randomized, cross-over, pilot study.

Hemodialysis (HD) patients experience hemodynamic instability and intradialytic exercise seems to attenuate it. This study aimed to verify the acute hemodynamic response to different intradialytic handgrip exercise intensities in HD patients. In a randomized, cross-over, experimental pilot study, eight patients completed two experimental sessions and one control in random order: (a) regular HD; (b) low-intensity isometric handgrip exercise; and (c) moderate-intensity isometric handgrip exercise.