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Vascular and Inflammatory Response Patterns Across Fixed-Sequence Handgrip Exercise Conditions in Hemodialysis Patients: An Exploratory Clinical Study with Complementary Experimental Findings

Key takeaways

Eight people on dialysis did handgrip exercises for two weeks at different intensities. The study also looked at eight healthy people and some rats. The results were mixed. The exercise did not clearly improve blood vessel health in the dialysis group. This small test suggests more research is needed to see if this type of exercise helps.

Who did this work

Misa Miura (Tsukuba University of Technology) · Mayura Shimura (Tsukuba University of Technology) · Naoki Morito (University of Tsukuba) · Osamu Ito (Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University) · Chie Saito (University of Tsukuba) · Satoshi Sakai (Tsukuba University of Technology) · Kunihiro Yamagata (University of Tsukuba) · Masahiro Kohzuki (Yamagata Prefectural University of Health Sciences) · Yo Hirayama (Chiba University Hospital)

Source

Article · OpenAlex, CKD works · 2026-10-07
https://doi.org/10.3390/life16101671