Effect of kidney transplantation on indices of cardiorespiratory fitness assessed with cardiopulmonary exercise testing: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Eva PellaMaria-Eleni AlexandrouAfroditi BoutouMarieta TheodorakopoulouKonstantina Dipla Andreas ZafeiridisPantelis Sarafidis

Published in: Expert review of respiratory medicine (2023)

Several major indices of cardiorespiratory fitness tend to improve after KT. This finding may represent another modifiable factor contributing to better survival rates of kidney transplant recipients compared to patients undergoing dialysis.

Keyphrases

kidney transplantation
patients undergoing
chronic kidney disease
high intensity
end stage renal disease
physical activity
resistance training
free survival
body composition