Trial reportAnnals of surgery2013
Slower walking speed forecasts increased postoperative morbidity and 1-year mortality across surgical specialties.
Trial report in Annals of surgery, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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75 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Impact of frailty in benign gynecologic surgery: a systematic review.International urogynecology journal · 2021Pooled it
- Preoperative Frailty Assessment and Outcomes at 6 Months or Later in Older Adults Undergoing Cardiac Surgical Procedures: A Systematic Review.Annals of internal medicine · 2016Pooled it
- Outcomes by frailty and mobility in older patients undergoing major urogynecologic surgery: a planned supplementary study of the apical suspension repair for vault prolapse in a three-arm randomized (ASPIRe) trial.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2026Trial
- A pilot study of aquatic prehabilitation in adults with knee osteoarthritis undergoing total knee arthroplasty - short term outcome.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Trial
- Timed Stair-Climbing as a Surrogate Marker for Sarcopenia Measurements in Predicting Surgical Outcomes.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2019Trial
- Association between the "Timed Up and Go Test" at transplant evaluation and outcomes after kidney transplantation.Clinical transplantation · 2018Trial
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- Long Term Outcomes of a Geriatric Liaison Intervention in Frail Elderly Cancer Patients.PloS one · 2016Trial
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- Validity, Accuracy, and Safety Assessment of an Aerobic Interval Training Using an App-Based Prehabilitation Program (PROTEGO MAXIMA Trial) Before Major Surgery: Prospective, Interventional Pilot Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Article
- Kinesiological insights into exercise prescription within oncological prehabilitation: current knowledge and future perspectives.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Introduction of AI Technology for Objective Physical Function Assessment.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Predictive value of a novel digital risk calculator to determine early patient outcomes after major surgery: a proof-of-concept pilot study.Patient safety in surgery · 2024Article
- The role of functioning in predicting nursing home placement or death among older home care patients.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2023Article
- Readmissions and postdischarge mortality by race and ethnicity among Medicare beneficiaries with multimorbidity.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2023Article
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- Readmission and adverse outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with dementia.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2023Article
- Timed up and go test and long-term survival in older adults after oncologic surgery.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Preoperative physical performance predicts pulmonary complications after coronary artery bypass grafting: a prospective study.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the Timed Up and Go test and postoperative morbidity and 1-year mortality, and to compare the Timed Up and Go to the standard-of-care surgical risk calculators for prediction of postoperative complications.
methodsIn this prospective cohort study, patients 65 years and older undergoing elective colorectal and cardiac operations with a minimum of 1-year follow-up were included. The Timed Up and Go test was performed preoperatively. This timed test starts with the subject standing from a chair, walking 10 feet, returning to the chair, and ends after the subject sits. Timed Up and Go results were grouped as fast ≤ 10 seconds, intermediate = 11-14 seconds, and slow ≥ 15 seconds. Receiver operating characteristic curves were used to compare the 3 Timed Up and Go groups to current standard-of-care surgical risk calculators at forecasting postoperative complications.
resultsThis study included 272 subjects (mean age of 74 ± 6 years). Slower Timed Up and Go was associated with increased postoperative complications after colorectal (fast 13%, intermediate 29%, and slow 77%; P < 0.001) and cardiac (fast 11%, intermediate 26%, and slow 52%; P < 0.001) operations. Slower Timed Up and Go was associated with increased 1-year mortality following both colorectal (fast 3%, intermediate 10%, and slow 31%; P = 0.006) and cardiac (fast 2%, intermediate 3%, and slow 12%; P = 0.039) operations. Receiver operating characteristic area under curve of the Timed Up and Go and the risk calculators for the colorectal group was 0.775 (95% CI: 0.670-0.880) and 0.554 (95% CI: 0.499-0.609), and for the cardiac group was 0.684 (95% CI: 0.603-0.766) and 0.552 (95% CI: 0.477-0.626).
conclusionsSlower Timed Up and Go forecasted increased postoperative complications and 1-year mortality across surgical specialties. Regardless of operation performed, the Timed Up and Go compared favorably to the more complex risk calculators at forecasting postoperative complications.
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