Daily PHYSICAL activity (DPA) IS markedly REduced in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients

• Main Authors: JC Kim (Author), BB Shapiro (Author), M Zhang (Author), J Porszasz (Author), U Feroze (Author), R Upreti (Author), Y Li (Author), K Kalantar-Zadeh (Author), JD Kopple (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Korean Society of Nephrology, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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patients are considered to be physically less activity than normal, but there are only few studies on this question. We measured DPA over 7 days, with the new Actigraph GT3X+ Activity Monitor®, on 63 patients receiving MHD 3Xwk for ≥6 months and 36 matched normals. Patients were 52±14SD years, 30% f...