ArticleKidney international reports2023
A Randomized Trial of Postoperative Handgrip Exercises for Fistula Maturation in Patients With Newly Created Wrist Radiocephalic Arteriovenous Fistulas.
Article in Kidney international reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03077815 (National Taiwan University Hospital), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Development, Validation, and Evaluation of a Nurse-Led Perioperative Staged Exercise Management Program for Arteriovenous Fistula: A Sequential Multiphase Study.Journal of nursing management · 2026Article
- Adjusting blood redistribution to suppress flow disturbances of hemodialysis arteriovenous fistula: a computational fluid dynamics analysis.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Acute Effect of Two Different Hand Exercises on Vessel Size in Patients Undergoing Arteriovenous Fistula Creation.Annals of vascular diseases · 2025Article
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Abstract
Introduction: We aimed to substantiate the benefit of postoperative handgrip exercises (HGEs) in enhancing the maturation of an arteriovenous wrist fistula. Methods: We randomly assigned 119 patients aged 20 to 80 years who had wrist arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) to undergo either a basic HGE program (group A), an advanced program (group B), or an advanced-plus upper arm banding program (group C). Outcomes were assessed by ultrasonographic evaluation of the diameter and flow at each follow-up. The attending nephrologist decided the clinical use of the fistula. Results: We identified no significant differences among the HGE groups in the mean diameter and blood flow 14, 30, 60, and 90 days after the creation of the wrist AVF ( Conclusion: In patients with a newly created wrist AVF, advancing frequency, with or without adding intensity using an upper arm tourniquet, of postoperative HGEs did not enhance the growth of the fistula or increase the rate of clinical use over 3 months. (ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03077815).
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