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.
News
Open Access
Naomi Clyne, Adamasco Cupisti, Clemens Grupp, Evangelia Kouidi, Eva Segura-Ortí, Pasquale Fabio Provenzano, Vicent Esteve-Simó, Giovanni Tripepi, Carmine Zoccali, the EUSUREX Working Group
Clinical Kidney Journal, Volume 18, Issue 11, November 2025, sfaf291, https://doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfaf291
Administrative Council
HONORARY MEMBER
Nikos Kouidi
Greece
HONORARY MEMBER
Pantazis Deligiannis
Greece
PAST CHAIRMEN
Asterios Deligiannis
Greece
2002-2010
Naomi Clyne
Sweden
2010-2024
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