Trial reportBMC nephrology2020
Effect of a pedometer-based walking intervention on body composition in patients with ESRD: a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in BMC nephrology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02623348 (Use of Pedometers to Measure and Increase Walking Among Patients With ESRD), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Use of Pedometers to Measure and Increase Walking Among Patients With ESRD
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Internet-based remote exercise interventions for maintenance hemodialysis patients: a systematic review of the evidence.BMC nephrology · 2025Pooled it
- Position statement: Evidence-Based Exercise Guidelines for Sarcopenia in Older Adults: Insights from the Korean Working Group on Sarcopenia.Annals of geriatric medicine and research · 2025Guideline
- Exercise training for adults undergoing maintenance dialysis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Letter to the Editor regarding to 'Bidirectional association of daily steps with sarcopenia: a longitudinal study'.Annals of medicine · 2026Article
- Bidirectional association of daily steps with sarcopenia: a longitudinal study.Annals of medicine · 2025Article
- Nonpharmacologic and Nonsurgical Weight Management Interventions for Patients With Advanced CKD: A Scoping Review of the Medical Literature.Kidney medicine · 2025Review
- Emerging Preventive Strategies in Chronic Kidney Disease: Recent Evidence and Gaps in Knowledge.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2023Review
- Application of Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in Nutritional Management of Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.Nutrients · 2023Review
- The Effect of Nutrition and Exercise on Body Composition, Exercise Capacity, and Physical Functioning in Advanced CKD Patients.Nutrients · 2022Review
- The Effects of a 7000-Step Goal and Weekly Group Walking Program for Overweight and Obese Elderly People in Sarawak, Malaysia: A Quasi-experimental Study.Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi · 2021Article
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundA randomized trial of a pedometer-based intervention with weekly activity goals led to a modest increase in step count among dialysis patients. In a secondary analysis, we investigated the effect of this intervention on body composition.
methodsSixty dialysis patients were randomized to standard care or a 6-month program consisting of 3 months of pedometers and weekly step count targets and 3 months of post-intervention follow-up. We obtained bioelectrical impedance spectroscopy (BIS) data on 54 of these patients (28 control, 26 intervention) and used linear mixed-modeling (adjusted for sex and dialysis modality) to estimate differences in change in total-body muscle mass (TBMM) adjusted for height
resultsThe median age of participants was 57.5 years (53-66), and 76% were men. At baseline, there was no significant difference between groups in age, BMI, race, or body composition, but there were more men in the intervention group. After 3 months, patients in the intervention group increased their average daily steps by 2414 (95% CI 1047, 3782) more than controls (p < 0.001), but there were no significant differences in body composition. However, at 6 months, participants in the intervention had a significantly greater increase from baseline in TBMM of 0.7 kg/m
conclusionA pedometer-based intervention resulted in greater decreases in fat mass with relative preservation of muscle mass, leading to a greater decrease in BMI over time compared with patients not in the intervention. These differences were driven as much by worsening in the control group as by improvement in the intervention group. Step counts had a dose-response relationship with decrease in fat mass.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02623348). 02 December 2015.
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