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Effects of intradialytic exercise on physical performance and cardiopulmonary fitness: promises that need to be confirmed

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  1. Department of Nephrology, Hippokration Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Marieta P. Theodorakopoulou & Pantelis Sarafidis

  2. Department of Respiratory Medicine, G. Papanikolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Afroditi K. Boutou

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Theodorakopoulou, M.P., Boutou, A.K. & Sarafidis, P. Effects of intradialytic exercise on physical performance and cardiopulmonary fitness: promises that need to be confirmed. Int Urol Nephrol 53, 1953–1954 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-020-02764-9

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