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ReviewClinical kidney journal2021

Assessing physical activity and function in patients with chronic kidney disease: a narrative review.

Esmée A Bakker, Carmine Zoccali, Friedo W Dekker, Thijs M H Eijsvogels, Kitty J Jager

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Review in Clinical kidney journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Properties of Measurements of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Physical Activity Assessment in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review.Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Esmée A BakkerDepartment of Physiology, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-3899-471X
Carmine ZoccaliClinical Epidemiology and Physiopathology of Renal Diseases and Hypertension of Reggio Calabria, National Council of Research, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Reggio Calabria, Italy.
Friedo W DekkerCentre for Innovation in Medical Education and Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Thijs M H EijsvogelsDepartment of Physiology, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Kitty J JagerERA-EDTA Registry, Department of Medical Informatics, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Radboud University Nijmegen · NLAmsterdam University Medical Centers · NLIstituto di Fisiologia Clinica · ITLeiden University Medical Center · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Physical activity potentially improves health outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and recipients of kidney transplants. Although studies have demonstrated the beneficial effects of physical activity and exercise for primary and secondary prevention of non-communicable diseases, evidence for kidney patients is limited. To enlarge this evidence, valid assessment of physical activity and exercise is essential. Furthermore, CKD is associated with a decline in physical function, which may result in severe disabilities and dependencies. Assessment of physical function may help clinicians to monitor disease progression and frailty in patients receiving dialysis. The attention on physical function and physical activity has grown and new devices have been developed and (commercially) launched on the market. Therefore the aims of this review were to summarize different measures of physical function and physical activity, provide an update on measurement instruments and discuss options for easy-to-use measurement instruments for day-to-day use by CKD patients. This review demonstrates that large variation exists in the different strategies to assess physical function and activity in clinical practice and research settings. To choose the best available method, accuracy, content, preferable outcome, necessary expertise, resources and time are important issues to consider.

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assessmentdisabilitiesexercisekidney diseasemeasurementphysical activityphysical functionsedentary behaviourvalidity

Identifiers

PMID33777360
PMCPMC7986327
OpenAlexW3083956185

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