Our Mission
•To improve prognosis and health related quality of life in patients with chronic kidney disease through exercise training and physical activity.
•To promote exercise physiology, assessment of physical performance and/or functional status as an integral part in the evaluation of physical performance in patients with chronic kidney disease.
•To be a common forum for all who are interested in exercise training, physical activity and exercise physiology in patients with chronic kidney disease.
•To outline and issue guidelines and recommendations for best clinical practice.
Who we are
The European Association of Rehabilitation in Chronic Kidney Disease is an independent, volunteer-led, not-for-profit organisation. Our members and decision-makers are busy clinicians, scientists, exercise physiologists, physiotherapists and allied professionals working in the field of exercise training in nephrology. We were established in 2001 and are endorsed by the European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association.
News
April 2, 2021
New supplement in CKJ
To improve the life of patients with kidney disease: the impact of exercise
History
The EURORECKD was founded in Thessaloniki 1999 and officially established as an association in 2001. We would like to thank professor Alexander Davison, president of the ERA-EDTA 1991-2002, for his support and invitation to become an endorsed working group of the ERA-EDTA.
Founding Members
(from left to right)
Rolfdieter Krause, MD, Germany; Tom Mercer, PhD, UK,; Patrick Naish, MD, PhD, UK; Naomi Clyne, MD, PhD, Sweden; Iris Fuhrmann, PhD, Germany, Asterios Deligiannis, MD, PhD; Greece; Anton Daul, MD, PhD, Germany, Evangelia Kouidi, MD, PhD; Greece.
Obituary- Dr. Rolfdieter Krause
Administrative Council
HONORARY MEMBER
Nikos Kouidi
Greece
HONORARY MEMBER
Pantazis Deligiannis
Greece
NUCLEUS MEMBERS
Evangelia Kouidi, MD,PhD,
Professor of Sports Medicine
Laboratory of Sports Medicine
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
University Campus
54006 Thessaloniki
Greece
Tom Mercer, PhD
Professor of Clinical Exercise Physiology and Rehabilitation
School of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health and Social Science
Queen Margaret University College
Leith campus
Duke St
Edinburgh EH6 8HF, UK
Rolfidieter Krause, MD
ReNi – German Society Rehabilitation Sports in CKD c/o KfH-Nephrological Center Moabit
Massolleweg 9 C
D- 14089 Berlin / Germany
Lukas Svodoba, MD (MUDr)
Hospital Na Homolka
Roentgen Str. 2
CZ-150 30 Praha 5
Naomi Clyne, MD,PhD,
Ass. Prof. of Nephrology, Department of Nephrology in Lund, Clinical Sciences, Lund, Skåne University Hospital and Lund University,
Alwallhuset, Barngatan 2A,
221 85 Lund
Sweden
Asterios Deligiannis, MD,PhD,
Prof. of Sports Medicine
Laboratory of Sports Medicine, Department of Physical Education and Sports Science
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
University Campus
54006 Thessaloniki
Greece
Anton E. Daul, MD,PhD,
Department of Nephrology
Elisabeth Hospital,
Moltkestrasse 61
45138 Essen
Germany
Iris Fuhrmann, PhD,
ReNi – Greman Society Rehabilitation Sports in CKD c/o KfH-Nephrological Center Moabit
Laehrstr. 19
14165 Berlin
Germany
Dimitrios Grekas, MD
Prof. of Nephrology
First Department of Internal Medicine
Ahepa General Hospital
St. Kyriakidi 1
54006 Thessaloniki
Greece