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Options of Physiotherapy for Patients with Kidney Disease, on Dialysis and after Kidney Transplantation - Overview from Past to Present

Publication at First Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport |
2016

Abstract

This article is a continuation of the studies done by physiotherapists Jurová et al. and Mahrová et al. that were published in 2009. It provides a comprehensive overview of the stages of chronic kidney failure and treatment options, especially instrumentation treatment and nonpharmacological treatment to all physiotherapeutic public.

It presents an overview of previously described disorders of the musculoskeletal system and causes of limited functional physical and mental fitness of dialysis and transplant patients to readers and it discusses options of non-pharmacological treatment especially by exercise in the field of physiotherapy.