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. 2023 Aug 31;2023(8):CD013074. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013074.pub2

Cardoso 2019.

Study name Effects of continuous moderate exercise with partial blood flow restriction during hemodialysis: A protocol for a randomized clinical trial
Methods Study design
  • RCT

  • Duration of follow‐up: 13 weeks

Participants Study characteristics
  • Country: Brazil

  • Setting: single centre hospital São Francisco de Paula in Pelotas, Southern Brazil

  • Inclusion criteria

    • > 18 years

    • In treatment with HD

  • Exclusion criteria:

    • Diagnosis of coronary artery disease, presence of active infection or cancer

    • Presence of musculoskeletal limitations preventing exercise performance

    • Cognitive alterations making it impossible to understand the instructions of the exercises

    • SBP to 180 mm Hg or DBP 105 mm Hg at rest; resting heart rate to 120 bpm

Interventions Intervention group 1
  • Moderate exercise with blood flow restriction


Intervention group 2
  • Moderate exercise without blood flow restriction


Control group
  • No exercise


Co‐interventions
  • Not reported

Outcomes Planned outcomes
  • Muscle thickness

    • 6MWT

  • IL‐6, IL‐10

  • CRP

  • Superoxide dismutase activity

  • Glutathione peroxidase activity

  • TNF‐alfa

  • Strength

  • HRQoL

    • KDQOL‐SF

Starting date Not reported
Contact information Rodrigo Kohn Cardoso
Phone: not reported
Email: rafaelorcy@gmail.com
Notes ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: RBR‐8T2P2M. Funding: not reported. Conflict of interests: none. Recruitment status: not reported