Trial reportObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2015
Exercise improves quality of life in bariatric surgery candidates: results from the Bari-Active trial.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Expert-based physical activity guidelines for metabolic and bariatric surgery patients: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Evaluation of the Effect of the Pre-Operative Exercise Training on Weight Loss, Quality of Life, and Cardiopulmonary Parameter in Bariatric Metabolic Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Obesity surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Is the Peri-Bariatric Surgery Exercise Program Effective in Adults with Obesity: a Systematic Review.Obesity surgery · 2022Pooled it
- Preoperative Physical Activity Level and Exercise Prescription in Adults With Obesity: The Effect on Post-Bariatric Surgery Outcomes.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Pooled it
- Impact of prehabilitation on objectively measured physical activity levels in elective surgery patients: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2021Pooled it
- Behavioural Interventions for Severe Obesity Before and/or After Bariatric Surgery: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Obesity surgery · 2016Pooled it
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- Physical training following gastric bypass: effects on physical activity and quality of life-a randomized controlled trial.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2018Trial
- Effects of a Pre-surgery Supervised Exercise Training 1 Year After Bariatric Surgery: a Randomized Controlled Study.Obesity surgery · 2018Trial
- Impacts of Supervised Exercise Training in Addition to Interdisciplinary Lifestyle Management in Subjects Awaiting Bariatric Surgery: a Randomized Controlled Study.Obesity surgery · 2016Trial
- Psychological determinants of exercise adherence in individuals with severe obesity awaiting bariatric surgery: what strategies can physical therapists adopt in prehabilitation programs? A scoping review.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Article
- The Role of Physical Activity in Minimizing Recurrence of Weight Gain Following Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: Current Evidence and Suggestions for Advancing Future Research.Current obesity reports · 2025Review
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- Acceptability and Feasibility of the Telehealth Bariatric Behavioral Intervention to Increase Physical Activity Before Bariatric Surgery: A Single-Case Experimental Study (Part I).Obesity surgery · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of the perioperative encounter in promoting regular exercise and physical activity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2023Article
- Acceptability and Feasibility of the Telehealth Bariatric Behavioral Intervention to Increase Physical Activity: Protocol for a Single-Case Experimental Study.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- Predictive Role of Body Image in Bulimic Behaviors Among Obese Patients Qualified for Bariatric Surgery.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Changes in Bariatric Patients' Physical Activity Levels and Health-Related Quality of Life Following a Postoperative Motivational Physical Activity Intervention.Obesity surgery · 2020Article
- Remote Therapy to Improve Outcomes in Lung Transplant Recipients: Design of the INSPIRE-III Randomized Clinical Trial.Transplantation direct · 2020Article
- Towards Optimized Care After Bariatric Surgery by Physical Activity and Exercise Intervention: a Review.Obesity surgery · 2020Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the impact of a pre-bariatric surgery physical activity intervention (PAI), designed to increase bout-related (≥10 min) moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA), on health-related quality of life (HRQoL).
methodsAnalyses included 75 adult participants (86.7% female; BMI = 45.0 ± 6.5 kg m(-2)) who were randomly assigned to 6 weeks of PAI (n = 40) or standard pre-surgical care (SC; n = 35). PAI received 6 individual weekly counseling sessions to increase walking exercise. Participants wore an objective PA monitor for 7 days and completed the SF-36 Health Survey at baseline and post-intervention to evaluate bout-related MVPA and HRQoL changes, respectively.
resultsPAI increased bout-related MVPA from baseline to post-intervention (4.4 ± 5.5 to 21.0 ± 21.4 min day(-1)) versus no change (7.9 ± 16.6 to 7.6 ± 11.5 min day(-1)) for SC (P = 0.001). PAI reported greater improvements than SC on all SF-36 physical and mental scales (P < 0.05), except role-emotional. In PAI, better baseline scores on the physical function and general health scales predicted greater bout-related MVPA increases (P < 0.05), and greater bout-related MVPA increases were associated with greater post-intervention improvements on the physical function, bodily pain, and general health scales (P < 0.05).
conclusionsIncreasing PA preoperatively improves physical and mental HRQoL in bariatric surgery candidates. Future studies should examine whether this effect improves surgical safety, weight loss outcomes, and postoperative HRQoL.
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