Patients receiving hemodialysis (HD) often experience fatigue, time constraints, and impaired mobility, leading to frailty. This condition invariably contributes to a decline in gait performance, decreased physical activity, a compromised quality of life, as well as a heightened mortality risk. Recent explorations propose the potential for intradialytic electrical stimulation (E-stim) as a method of augmenting physical activity and mobility capabilities. The purpose of our study was to test the efficacy of a 12-week intradialytic plantar E-stim intervention in outpatients subjected to HD as a result of this premise.
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