Physical Activity in Dialysis: Clinical and Biological Impact

Physical inactivity is known to increase the risk of developing many diseases as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, some cancers, and other chronic diseases. The impact of the inactivity is even higher in a fragile population as patients with Chronic Renal Failure (CRF) who need dialysis. This can lead to serious adverse events during the lifetime of these patients, such as arteriopathy which can result in amputation, deterioration of general condition, loss of independence and depression of wasting away. Despite the need to promote physical activity in this population of hemodialysis patients with CRF, little is known about the effects of a supervised physical activity conducted in these patients. With this study, the investigators propose to assess the effects of a physical activity program on several parameters, in hemodialysis subjects.