New exercise method may boost fitness in kidney patients

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Healthy Inclusion Criteria: • Aged 20\~85 years old Exclusion Criteria: * Severe uncontrolled metabolic diseases (e.g., hyperthyroidism, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, etc.) * Severe pulmonary or cardiovascular diseases (e.g., pulmonary hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart failure, cardiac arrhythmia) * Presence of a cardiac pacemaker or a history of myocardial infarction within the past six months * Severe musculoskeletal or neuromuscular disorders (e.g., advanced arthritis, limb amputation, post-polio syndrome, Parkinson's disease) * Unstable vital signs (e.g., systolic blood pressure ≥180 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mmHg, requiring vasopressors, or resting heart rate \>100 bpm) * Prone to bruising * Recent inflection \< 1 month * Pregnancy * Kidney function impairment * Cancer * Simultaneously participating in other research CKD Inclusion criteria: * Aged 20\~85 years old * eGFR\< 90 ml/min/1.73 m2 over 3 months * Stable condition without worsening in the past 3 months * Ability to understand and follow verbal commends and cooperate with an exercise training program Exclusion criteria: * Severe uncontrolled metabolic diseases (e.g., hyperthyroidism, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, etc.) * Severe pulmonary or cardiovascular diseases (e.g., pulmonary hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart failure, cardiac arrhythmia) * Presence of a cardiac pacemaker or a history of myocardial infarction within the past six months * Severe musculoskeletal or neuromuscular disorders (e.g., advanced arthritis, limb amputation, post-polio syndrome, Parkinson's disease) * Unstable vital signs (e.g., systolic blood pressure ≥180 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mmHg, requiring vasopressors, or resting heart rate \>100 bpm) * Abnormal blood biochemical parameters (e.g., white blood cell count \<2500/mm³, hemoglobin \<8 mg/dL, total bilirubin \>3 mg/dL, liver enzymes (GOT/AST, GPT/ALT) \>3 times the upper limit of normal, platelet count \<75,000/mm³ * Sensory or motor dysfunctions that affect walking ability * Diagnosed systemic diseases under ongoing treatment (e.g., systemic lupus erythematosus, cancer, malignancies).