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ArticleBMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation2020

Effectiveness of exercise on fatigue in hemodialysis patients: a randomized controlled trial.

Farzaneh Salehi, Mahlagha Dehghan, Parvin Mangolian Shahrbabaki, Mohammad Reza Ebadzadeh

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Article in BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Farzaneh Salehi1Clinical Research Unit, Shafa Hospital, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Mahlagha Dehghan2Nursing Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4205-829X
Parvin Mangolian Shahrbabaki3Nursing Research Center, Razi Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Mohammad Reza Ebadzadeh4Department of Urology, Bahonar Hospital, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Kerman University of Medical Sciences · IRShahid Bahonar University of Kerman · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHemodialysis is one of the common therapies in patients with end-stage renal disease. Even patients who receive regular treatment suffer from fatigue, which is one of the main factors leading to poor quality of life. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of exercising on mini-bikes on fatigue in hemodialysis patients.

methodsThis study is a randomized controlled clinical trial. Thirty-seven hemodialysis patients participated in the study. The patients were randomly allocated to either the intervention group (

resultsThe mean score of fatigue in the intervention group at the beginning was 58.80 ± 15.29, which steadily decreased to 58.78 ± 13.54, 58.75 ± 14.73, 54.20 ± 15.16, and 54.23 ± 13.60 for the 3 months of intervention and 1 month post-intervention, respectively. In contrast, in the control group, this score was 62.53 ± 16.32 in the beginning, increasing to 64.03 ± 13.91, 64.22 ± 13.07, 69.53 ± 9.22, for the 3 months of intervention and 70.34 ± 7.69 one-month post-intervention. There were significant differences between the intervention group and the control group in the third month (

conclusionsThe results showed that rehabilitation through exercising using mini-bikes had a significant impact on preventing further fatigue build-up in hemodialysis patients, making the mini-bike an effective non-pharmaceutical intervention preventing the increase in fatigue experienced by patients undergoing hemodialysis.

trial registrationIranian Registry of Clinical Trials: IRCT20180314039100N1. Registered 10 June 2018.

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