Importance Surgery in older patients often poses risks of death, complications, and
functional decline. Prior to surgery, evaluations of health-related priorities, realistic …

Background: Traditional rehabilitative approaches to perioperative cancer care have
focused on the postoperative period to facilitate the return to presurgical baseline conditions …

Importance Prehabilitation programs for patients undergoing orthopedic surgery have been
gaining popularity in recent years. However, the current literature has produced varying …

Background Patients requiring surgery for locally advanced rectal cancer often additionally
undergo neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NACRT), of which the effects on physical fitness …

BACKGROUND: Abdominal surgery represents a physiologic stress and is associated with a
period of recovery during which functional capacity is often diminished.“Prehabilitation” is a …

Background 'Prehabilitation'is an intervention to enhance functional capacity in anticipation
of a forthcoming physiological stressor. In patients scheduled for colorectal surgery, the …

Background Preoperative physical fitness is predictive of postoperative outcome. Patients
with lesser aerobic capacity are at greater risk of postoperative complications, longer …

Aim Prehabilitation, defined as enhancement of the preoperative condition of a patient, is a
possible strategy for improving postoperative outcome. Lack of muscle strength and poor …

A concentrated 3-month progressive exercise prehabilitation programme consisting of
aerobic training at 45-65% of maximal heart rate reserve (% HRR) along with periodic high …

Prehabilitation is the process of enhancing preoperative functional capacity to improve
tolerance for the upcoming stressor; it was associated with improved postoperative …