Effects of Aerobic Training in End Stage Renal Disease Patients

Inclusion Criteria:

The sample included end stage renal disease patients undergoing hemodialysis, three times per week totaling 12h weekly, for at least 6 months in the Nephrology Unit at the University Hospital of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. No patient had been involved in any kind of exercise training in the preceding 6 months

Exclusion Criteria:

• unstable angina;
• uncontrolled arrhythmia;
• uncompensated heart failure;
• uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure ≥ 200 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 120 mmHg);
• diabetes mellitus;
• severe respiratory diseases;
• acute infection;
• severe renal osteodystrophy;
• neurological or musculoskeletal disturbances