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Abstract Background: chronic kidney disease is the progressive deficiency of renal function for months and years that may reach life threatening stage.Purpose of the Study: This study was conducted to determine the effect of aerobic exercise versus resisted exercise on functional capacity in patients under hemodialysis. Subjects and Methods: Thirty patients of both sex with chronic renal failure participated in the study ,their age ranged from 25 to 35 years old and recruited from hemodialysis unit of benha University Hospital. They were randomly assigned into two equal groups (A&B). group A received resistance exercise while group B was received aerobic exercise. Both groups received 2 session per week for 2 months. Assessment were performed twice, before and after treatment: urea reduction ratio, 6minute walk test and quality of life questionnaire.Results: The results showed that there were significant improvement in urea reduction ratio, 6minute walk test and quality of life questionnaire distance in both groups pre and post treatment while there were no significant difference between two groups after treatment.Conclusion: Both aerobic and resisted training exercise are effective in improvement of dialysis efficiency and performance. With no difference between both groups post treatment |