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The effectiveness of prehabilitation or preoperative exercise for surgical patients: a systematic review
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The effectiveness of prehabilitation or preoperative exercise for surgical patients: a systematic review

C J Cabilan, Sonia Hines and Judy Munday
JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, Vol.13(1), pp.146-187
2015
PMID: 26447015

Abstract

preoperative care surgery prehabilitation preoperative rehabilitation presurgical rehabilitation preoperative exercise preoperative training exercise exercise training
Major surgery can induce functional decline and pain, which can also have negative implications on health care utilization and quality of life. Prehabilitation is the process of optimizing physical functionality preoperatively to enable the individual to maintain a normal level of function during and after surgery. Prehabilitation training can be a combination of aerobic exercises, strength training, and functional task training to suit individual needs.

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