Intradialytic Exercise and Remote Ischaemic Preconditioning: a Cardioprotective Role ?

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients aged between 20 and 79 years.

• Patients on hemodialysis for more than 3 months.

• No engagement in regular exercise outside of dialysis.

• No prior exposure to intradialytic exercise within the past six months.

• No medical contraindications to physical activity.

• Life expectancy greater than 6 months.

• Patients with relative good echogenicity

Exclusion Criteria

• Patient is participating in another Category I interventional study, or has participated in another interventional study within the past 3 months

• The patient is in an exclusion period determined by a previous study

• The patient is under legal protection or under guardianship or curatorship It turns out to be impossible to give the patient informed information, or the patient refuses to sign the consent

• Pregnant, parturient or breastfeeding patient

• Patients with unstable coronary artery disease.

• Patients with peripheral artery disease (stage III or IV) in the lower limbs.

• Patients with limb amputation.

• Patients with musculoskeletal disorders impairing exercise.

• Presence of a pacemaker, cardiac stimulation device, or implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD).

• History of heart transplant.

• Patients with uncontrolled hypertension.

• Refractory anemia.