Table 3 Previous studies on postoperative physical activity in kidney transplant patients

Yamamoto et al. [4]

Candidates living donor KTRs

Triaxial accelerometer

Physical activity (number of steps)

KEMS

There were no significant mean differences neither within nor between groups in number of steps

KEMS at two months postoperatively was significantly higher in the exercise group

Serper et al. [6]

KTRs and LTRs within 2–24 months post-transplantation

Wearable accelerometer

Adherence to step targets

Intervention group was associated attainment number of steps led to an odds ratio of 2.23 for the goal attainment number of steps

O’Brien et al. [7]

KTRs, at least 3 months or longer post-transplantation

Fitbit Charge 2™

Physical activity

(number of steps)

There was no difference in the mean difference in daily steps from baseline to 12 months between the two groups