Virtually Supervised Exercise for Kidney Transplant Candidates

Inclusion Criteria:

   - ≥ 18 years old

   - Listed for kidney transplant

   - Positive answers (e.g. yes) to one of the following:

      - current difficulty with climbing up 10 stairs,

      - has changed in the past year how they climb 10 stairs

      - current difficulty with walking a 0.5 mile (5-6 blocks)

      - has changed in past year in how they walk 0.5 mile (5-6 blocks)

      - documented performance of 430 meters or less on the six minute walk test in the
      past 12 months

      - documented performance of 9 points or less on the Short Physical Performance
      Battery in the past 24 months

      - documented performance of less than 3 points or less on the five times sit to
      stand test in the past 24 months

   - Demonstrated ability to stand up independently from a seated position and then sit
   back down without using their arms or an assistive device in the past 24 months

Exclusion Criteria:

   - Does not speak English

   - Nursing home resident

   - Severe low vision (≥20/200 with corrective lens)

   - Severe hearing loss even with use of amplification preventing communication

   - Unstable angina or uncontrolled arrhythmia

   - Supplemental oxygen therapy

   - Myocardial infarction, major heart surgery, stroke, venous thromboembolism, hip
   fracture, hip or knee replacement in past six months (temporary exclusion)

   - ≥ 3 errors on the Six Item Screener