NCT01061008

Handgrip Exercise for Arteriovenous Fistula Maturation

The Effects of Progressive Handgrip Exercise Training on Arteriovenous Fistula Maturation in Chronic Kidney Disease

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 31 (actual)
• Sponsor: Bangor University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether post operative progressive forearm exercise is effective in improving arteriovenous fistula maturation in chronic kidney disease patients.

Detailed description

The arteriovenous fistula is considered to be the gold standard form of access for haemodialysis patients, however only 37% of haemodialysis patients have this form of access. A possible explanation for this could be the high fistula failure rate due to the lack of maturation. Therefore interventions aimed at enhancing fistula maturation are warranted. One such intervention could be forearm exercise, however this recommendation is not evidence based. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate whether a program of post operative progressive hand grip exercise can improve fistula maturation.

Conditions

• Chronic Kidney Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Post operative progressive handgrip exercise	As soon as possible post operation the patient will commence an eight week progressive handgrip training intervention
OTHER	Treatment as usual	Continue routine care, with removal of exercise information given to patients(if anye.g. do not give out squeeze balls)

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-01-01
• Primary completion: 2012-01-01
• Completion: 2012-01-01
• First posted: 2010-02-02
• Last updated: 2014-07-15
• Results posted: 2014-07-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom