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Article from: Healthy Years
Article date: July 1, 2007
Patients who are able to perform high-intensity weight lifting exercises during dialysis significantly increase muscle mass, strength, and quality of life, as well as an improved perception of their ability to function. The results of this study were published in the May 2007 issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. researchers at the University of Sydney (Australia) studied the effects of resistance training among 49 patients undergoing hemodialysis. They used dumbbells and ankle weights and targeted all of ...
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