The Japanese Journal of Clinical Dialysis Vol.34 No.2(9)

Theme Rehabilitation therapy in dialysis patients -- training and support
Title Nutrition support for patients requiring rehabilitation
Publish Date 2018/02
Author Junko Kurozumi Department of Nutrition Management, Shigei Medical Research Hospital
[ Summary ] Increases due to aging of the dialysis patients, in addition to the loss of muscle mass, muscle weakness and loss of physical ability are seen in sarcopenia. Sarcopenia prevention and improvement to the growing needs of rehabilitation and rehabilitation subjects low nutritional status should be. Rehabilitation of patients of low nutritional status would reduce the muscle mass, and this will contribute to the undernutrition. Therefore, by making personalized nutrition lead to the prevention of malnutrition and the improvement, increase in the effectiveness of rehabilitation and ADL and QOL improvement are expected.
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