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Feasibility of conducting an active exercise prehabilitation program in patients awaiting spinal stenosis surgery: a randomized pilot study.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy of exercise-based prehabilitation for patients undergoing elective spinal surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Prehabilitation for Patients Undergoing Orthopedic Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA network open · 2023Pooled it
- Non-operative treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis with neurogenic claudication: an updated systematic review.BMJ open · 2022Pooled it
- Pre-admission interventions (prehabilitation) to improve outcome after major elective surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2021Pooled it
- Effectiveness of an exercise-based prehabilitation program for patients awaiting surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis: a randomized clinical trial.Scientific reports · 2021Trial
- Nonsurgical interventions for lumbar spinal stenosis with neurogenic claudication: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.Integrative medicine research · 2026Article
- Preoperative spinal education for lumbar spinal stenosis (POSE-LSS): A qualitative analysis of patient experiences.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Prehabilitation for lumbar spinal stenosis: understanding mechanisms and contexts for enhanced engagement-a realist review.Age and ageing · 2025Review
- Can Physical Prehabilitation Reverse Frailty in Elderly Patients Before Spine Surgery? A Case Report.Cureus · 2025Article
- Supervised prehabilitation in patients scheduled for spinal surgery - a scoping review.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2025Article
- Preoperative rehabilitation optimization for spinal surgery: a narrative review of assessment, interventions, and feasibility.Spine deformity · 2024Review
- ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY FOR TREATING SPINAL STENOSIS: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW OF RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS.Acta ortopedica brasileira · 2024Review
- Frailty Assessment and Prehabilitation Before Complex Spine Surgery in Patients With Degenerative Spine Disease: A Narrative Review.Journal of neurosurgical anesthesiology · 2023Review
- The Concerns and Experiences of Patients With Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Regarding Prehabilitation and Recovery After Spine Surgery: A Qualitative Study.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2022Article
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- Physical Inactivity Before Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Is Associated With Inferior Outcomes at 1-Year Follow-Up: A Cohort Study.International journal of spine surgery · 2022Article
- Physical Predictors of Favorable Postoperative Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Laminectomy or Laminotomy for Central Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Physical and Psychological Factors Associated With Walking Capacity in Patients With Lumbar Spinal Stenosis With Neurogenic Claudication: A Systematic Scoping Review.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Prehabilitation is defined as the process of augmenting functional capacity before surgery in preparation for the postoperative phase. This study intends to assess the feasibility of conducting a preoperative intervention program in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and to report on the piloting of the proposed intervention. Patients were allocated to a 6-week supervised preoperative rehabilitation program or a control group. The intervention included supervised exercise sessions aimed to improve strength, muscular endurance, and spinal stabilization. Outcomes were measured at baseline, 6 weeks later and again 6 weeks, 3 months and 6 months after surgery. Sixty-five percent of admissible participants agreed to take part in the study, of which 5% dropped out before the end of the intervention period. Eighty-eight percent of potential training sessions were delivered without adverse event. Improvements were seen in favour of the experimental group at the preoperative assessment for active ranges of motion, leg pain intensity, lumbar extensor muscle endurance and walking capacities. Results show that slight modifications to the choice of outcome measures would increase feasibility of the main study. The absence of adverse events coupled with positive changes seen in dependant outcome measures warrant the conduct of a full-scale trial assessing the effectiveness of the intervention.
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