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Muscle strength, muscle mass, and physical performance in children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Article A Peer reviewed Meta-analysis or large trial

Key takeaways

This review combined many studies on children with kidney disease. It found that these kids often have weaker muscles and lower physical performance. This is a strong finding because it used a large amount of data.

Who did this work

Irma Ruslina Defi · Marietta Shanti Prananta · Ellyana Sungkar · Siti Zhahara · Alex Kurniawan Gan

Source

Article · OpenAlex, CKD works · 2026-10-12
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-026-05420-z