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Effect of intradialytic exercise on cardiovascular structural and functional parameters in maintenance haemodialysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Article A Peer reviewed Meta-analysis or large trial

Key takeaways

Researchers pooled randomized trials of exercise done during dialysis sessions to see if it changes the heart's structure and how well it pumps. They searched four major medical databases through January 2026 and included only trials that compared structured exercise against usual care. Pooling many randomized trials is the strongest kind of evidence. The abstract available here stops before the numbers, so how much the heart improved is not yet known from this record.

Who did this work

Xiao Z · Fu C · Li W

Source

Article · PubMed, Lifestyle and CKD · 2026 Sep 9
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42716681/