ReviewLiver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society2020
Physical Function, Physical Activity, and Quality of Life After Liver Transplantation.
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57 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 120 citations in OpenAlex.
- Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) used among liver transplant recipients: a systematic review and methodological quality appraisal.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy of neuromuscular electrical stimulation for thoracic and abdominal surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of Early Resistance Training After Liver Transplantation Procedures: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2022Trial
- Quality of Life After Liver Transplantation-Results from a Large European Multinational Survey.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Health Literacy and Early Physical Activity After Solid Organ Transplantation: A Prospective Observational Study.Clinical transplantation · 2026Observational
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- Return to work outcomes in solid organ transplant recipients: A protocol for a global scoping review.PloS one · 2026Article
- Illness perception and psychosocial adjustment in young and middle-aged liver transplant recipients during the early postoperative period: the serial mediating roles of perceived social support and quality of life.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Decrease in Psoas Muscle Mass and Density Following Liver Transplantation Is Greatest in Patients With the Highest Muscle Quantity and Density Pre-Transplant.Clinical transplantation · 2025Article
- Exploring Physical Activity Levels and Performance Among High-Intensity Transplant Athletes at the World Transplant Games.Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) · 2025Observational
- A 6-Month Evaluation of the Peer-Ceived Momentary Assessment Method in a Small Sample of Liver Transplant Patients and Their Support Persons: Longitudinal Observational Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Observational
- Understanding participation of liver transplant recipients in an exercise intervention RCT: a cross-sectional study of barriers and motivators.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Changes in nutritional status in hepatocellular carcinoma patients treated with sorafenib.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- The role of rehabilitation across the continuum of liver disease from cirrhosis to transplantation and beyond: A narrative review.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2025Review
- Type II fibre atrophy and nuclear disruption in decompensated cirrhosis.JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology · 2025Article
- Factors Affecting Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients After a Liver Transplant: A Cross-Sectional, Single-Centre, Large-Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Comparison of Sarcopenia Assessment in Liver Transplant Recipients by Computed Tomography Freehand Region-of-Interest versus an Automated Deep Learning System.Clinical transplantation · 2025Article
- Sarcopenia and frailty: An in-depth analysis of the pathophysiology and effect on liver transplant candidates.World journal of hepatology · 2025Review
- Examining the Relationship Between Healthy Life Awareness and Psychological Well-Being in Liver Transplantation Patients: A Structural Equation Model.Nursing & health sciences · 2025Article
- Liver frailty and impact of liver transplants on transplanted patients' health.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2025Article
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Abstract
Robust physical activity after liver transplantation is an important determinant of longterm health, similar in its importance to the value of pretransplant activity for withstanding the immediate stress of transplantation. Although transplantation normally enables rapid recovery of liver synthetic and metabolic functions, the recovery of physical capacity and performance to normal levels is delayed and often incomplete. Anatomic measurements of sarcopenia and the physical performance indicators of frailty both tend to improve slowly, and they may, in fact, decrease further in the posttransplant period, especially when the common extrahepatic drivers of muscle loss, such as the elements of the metabolic syndrome, persist or intensify after transplantation. Posttransplant exercise improves fitness, which is a conclusion based on 2 observational studies and 3 randomized trials that assessed endpoints of strength testing, energy expenditure in metabolic equivalents, and peak or maximal oxygen uptake. Importantly, 1 controlled trial found that exercise also improved quality of life (QOL) measured by the Short Form 36 survey, consistent with multiple reports of the value of social support and engagement in sports activity for improving posttransplant QOL. Developing evidence-based standards for post-liver transplant physical activity baseline testing and sustainment of intensity and quality is a key unmet need in transplant hepatology. At present, it is reasonable for transplant teams to assess fitness and design a tailored exercise program when a recipient is first discharged, to record and reinforce progress at all posttransplant visits, and to set realistic longterm performance goals that will often achieve recommended standards for the healthy general population.
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