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Trial reportObesity surgery2017

What Is the Best Treatment before Bariatric Surgery? Exercise, Exercise and Group Therapy, or Conventional Waiting: a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Emilian Rejane Marcon, S Baglioni, L Bittencourt, C L N Lopes, C R Neumann, M R M Trindade

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Trial report in Obesity surgery, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. 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 · 2025
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  4. Effect of exercise training before and after bariatric surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2021
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  12. Exercise training in metabolic and bariatric surgery: An overview of systematic reviews.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025
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  17. Behavioral Interventions After Bariatric Surgery.Current treatment options in gastroenterology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Emilian Rejane MarconBariatric Surgery Department, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2350, Porto Alegre, RS, Zip Code 90035-007, Brazil. erejanemarcon@ig.com.br.
S BaglioniStudio Rejane Marcon, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
L BittencourtStudio Rejane Marcon, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
C L N LopesStudio Rejane Marcon, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
C R NeumannUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
M R M TrindadeBariatric Surgery Department, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2350, Porto Alegre, RS, Zip Code 90035-007, Brazil.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis trial's objective was to investigate the effect of an exercise program with and without cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), compared by a control group, on weight, functional capacity, and cardiometabolic profile of morbidly obese individuals while waiting for bariatric surgery. MATERIALS AND

methodsThis randomized controlled trial investigated the effect of a 4-month low-intensity exercise program (two weekly sessions of 25 min each) on 66 morbidly obese individuals awaiting bariatric surgery. Participants were randomly divided into three groups: EXER, exercise program; EXER + CBT, exercise program plus support group sessions for lifestyle modification, with a CBT; and CONTROL, routine treatment. They were compared on weight, functional capacity, and cardiometabolic profile.

resultsThe weight change (Kg) was -7.4 (-9.6 to 5,1); -4,2 (-6,8 to -1.6) and 2.9 (0.4 to 5.3) and the BMI change (kg/m

conclusionA 4-month, twice-weekly supervised program of low-intensity physical activity that encourages individuals to adopt a more active lifestyle can positively interfere with weight loss and improvement in functional capacity and cardiometabolic parameters of morbidly obese individuals with and without the aid of support group sessions.

Indexed as

Bariatric SurgeryAdultAnthropometryBlood PressureCognitive Behavioral TherapyCombined Modality TherapyExercise TestExercise TherapyExercise ToleranceFemaleHumansLife StyleMaleMiddle AgedObesity, MorbidPatient ComplianceBariatric surgeryCardiovascular riskCognitive behavioral therapyMorbid obesityPhysical exercise

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PMID27620342

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