THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTRADIALYTIC STRETCHING EXERCISES REDUCTION OF MUSCLE CRAMPS AMONG PATIENTS UNDERGOING HEMODIALYSIS

Abstract

Renal failure could be a non-communicable unwellness that has drastically affected a majority of the globe population including Indians. With several patients undergoing qualitative analysis, muscle cramps square measure a typical complication during qualitative analysis treatments. Aim: To assess the effectiveness of intradialytic stretching exercises on reduction of muscle cramps among patients undergoing haemodialysis. Materials and Methods: A quantitative critical pre-experimental analysis style with one cluster pre-test pot-test was used. Sixty patients undergoing haemodialysis United Nations agency met the inclusion criteria were recruited victimization non chance purposive sampling technique. Intradialytic stretching exercises were performed for the gastronomies and soleus muscle (calf) muscles of the patient throughout the ordinal hour of haemodialysis. Knowledge collected before and when intervention was collected victimisation changed Penn’s Spasm Frequency Scale. Results: Findings disclosed that before performance of intradialytic stretching exercises, 66.7% and 33.3% of samples had usurious and severe muscle cramps severally. Post intervention one.7% of samples had severe muscle cramps, 8.3% had delicate muscle cramps and one.7% didn't have muscle cramps. This showed that intra dialytic stretching exercises were effective in reducing muscle cramps among patients undergoing hemodialysis.