Physical Performance and Clinical Outcomes in Dialysis Patients: A Secondary Analysis of the Excite Trial

• Main Authors: Claudia Torino (Author), Fabio Manfredini (Author), Davide Bolignano (Author), Filippo Aucella (Author), Rossella Baggetta (Author), Antonio Barillà (Author), Yuri Battaglia (Author), Silvio Bertoli (Author), Graziella Bonanno (Author), Pietro Castellino (Author), Daniele Ciurlino (Author), Adamasco Cupisti (Author), Graziella D'Arrigo (Author), Luciano De Paola (Author), Fabrizio Fabrizi (Author), Pasquale Fatuzzo (Author), Giorgio Fuiano (Author), Luigi Lombardi (Author), Gaetano Lucisano (Author), Piergiorgio Messa (Author), Renato Rapanà (Author), Francesco Rapisarda (Author), Stefania Rastelli (Author), Lisa Rocca-Rey (Author), Chiara Summaria (Author), Alessandro Zuccalà (Author), Giovanni Tripepi (Author), Luigi Catizone (Author), Carmine Zoccali (Author), Francesca Mallamaci (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2014-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims: Scarce physical activity predicts shorter survival in dialysis patients. However, the relationship between physical (motor) fitness and clinical outcomes has never been tested in these patients. Methods: We tested the predictive power of an established metric of motor fitness, the S...