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Effects of a telehealth-supported home-based exercise program on functional capacity, sarcopenia risk, and patient-reported outcomes in non-dialysis stage 4-5 chronic kidney disease.

Article B Peer reviewed Small trial

Key takeaways

A 12-week home exercise program, guided by telehealth, helped 54 adults with stage 4-5 kidney disease walk farther and reduced their risk of muscle loss. The study compared them to a group that did not exercise, but it is too small to say if these changes lower the risk of kidney failure long term.

Who did this work

Yıldırım Uz B · Güneş Gencer GY · Bora F

Source

Article · PubMed, Lifestyle and CKD · 2026 Aug 31
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42669568/