July 2026 Newsletter

Dr Brett Tarca and Paul Bennett led a successful workshop titled “Strategies to get people with kidney disease moving more: what can kidney clinicians do” at the recent Renal Society of Australasia Annual Conference in Christchurch, New Zealand. A Link to the Presentation Here

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UPCOMING CONFERENCES

ICRNM 2026 Congress, Berlin, September 16-19, 2026: The International Congress on Renal Nutrition and Metabolism (ICRNM), is the bi-annual conference of the International Society of Renal Nutrition and Metabolism (ISRNM) that includes a GREX Workshop. Preliminary program on website here. Register for the congress here.

XXXIII Congresso Brasileiro de Nefrologia, Belo Horizonte, 16-19 September, 2026: Join GREX Leaders including Heitor Ribeiro and Marvery Duarte at the Annual Brasillian Nephrology Congress. Register for the congress here.

ASN Kidney Week, Denver, October 21-25, 2026: Join GREX Leaders including Clara Bohm and Joao Viana at ASN Kidney Week at the session ”Move More and Sit LEss: Interventions to Promote Physical Activity in Adults with CKD”. Link here.

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WELCOME NEW GREX MEMBERS:

Jalina Pivetta, Lyell McEwin Hospital. Luciane Salaroli, University Federal of Espírito Santo. Lydia Thurston, Tufts University. Theresia Marito Siregar, University Prima Indonesia. Elizabeth Lorenz, Baylor College of Medicine. Ruth Wilson, Alfred Health. Jwa-Kyung Kim, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital. Vivarjit Naidu, Liverpool Hospital. Lakshmi Kala, RGHS Bangalore. Maya Young, St George  & Liverpool Hospital. Nida Saleem, St George Hospital. Victor Daniel Melo, UVM.

RECENT GREX PUBLICATIONS

Tabibi, M. A., Salimian, N., Nazemi, F., Cheema, B., Mansourian, M., Marateb, H. R., ... & Ahmadi, E. (2026). Postural abnormalities and functional impairment in hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients: a cross-sectional study. BMC nephrology. Link

Target, N. G., Michel, P. A., Courivaud, C., Thomas, M., Le Floc’h, F., & Canaud, B. (2025). Physical Activity in Short Daily Home Dialysis vs to In-Center HD: Results from the Self-convecTive Evaluation of Short Daily Home Dialysis on Physical Activity Study. Kidney360, 10-34067. Link

Schrauben, S. J., Brown, R., Shlipak, M. G., Tangri, N., Zhang, X., Nair, D., ... & Rao, P. S. (2026). Physical Function Decline among Adults with Moderate to Severe CKD. Kidney International Reports, 106584. Link

Lin, H., Wang, Y., Zhu, B., Xue, C., Luo, Q., & Zhou, F. (2026). Rehabilitation Exercise Behaviors in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: A Mixed-Methods Study on Multidimensional Determinants. Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation, 100632. Link

Júnior, O. R., Clemente, P. A., Fabbri, R., Ratis, R. C., da Silva, W. C. F. N., Bini, A. C. D., ... & Bonini, J. S. (2026). Intradialytic Exercise Protocol in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Single Center Experience. Portuguese Kidney Journal. Link

Xiong, Y., Huang, J., Wu, Y., Xu, X., Zheng, Y., Liu, H., ... & Li, H. (2026). Dose-response relationship between physical activity and sarcopenia in peritoneal dialysis patients. Renal Failure, 48(1), 2686047. Link

Uzeli, Ü. Ş., Doğan, M., Eser, B., & Doğan, İ. (2026). Relationship between anxiety and kinesiophobia in patients on renal replacement therapy. Medicine, 105(25), e49319. Link

Uno, C., Nishioka, S., Tsuchida, Y., Kabasawa, H., Doi, E., Sofue, T., ... & Hosojima, M. (2026). Combination effect of nutrition and exercise intervention in patients with maintenance dialysis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 103389. Link

For more GREX information, please email grexnetwork@gmail.com