Feasibility and Functional Testing for Frailty in Chronic Kidney Disease

Prog Transplant. 2018 Sep;28(3):299-300. doi: 10.1177/1526924818781577. Epub 2018 Jun 13.

Authors

John C Sieverdes¹, Vinaya Rao², David J Taber², Zachary Noltemeyer¹, John W McGillicuddy², Marco Bergamin³, Sarumathi Thangavel⁴, Prabhakar K Baliga²

Affiliations

¹ 1 College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
² 2 College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
³ 3 Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.
⁴ 4 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, IL, USA.

PMID: 29898640
DOI: 10.1177/1526924818781577

No abstract available

Keywords: chronic kidney disease; functional status; kidney transplant; muscle wasting; strength assessment.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Frail Elderly*
Frailty / diagnosis*
Frailty / etiology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Muscle Weakness / diagnosis*
Muscle Weakness / etiology*
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / complications*