Trial reportThe British journal of surgery2021
Recovery after breast cancer surgery following recommended pre and postoperative physical activity: (PhysSURG-B) randomized clinical trial.
Trial report in The British journal of surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 14 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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PhysSurg-B : Physical Activity in Relation to Surgical Operations, a Prospective Open-label Randomized Controlled Multicenter Study of the Effect of Physical Activity on Recovery After Breast Cancer Surgery
Accelerometer Measured Early Recovery After Prolapse Surgery
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
- Rationales for Prehabilitation Programs in Patients Preparing for Oncologic Surgery: A Systematic Review.Annals of surgical oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Home-based prehabilitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials.British journal of anaesthesia · 2025Pooled it
- Physical prehabilitation in patients with breast cancer: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Pooled it
- Prescribing pre- and post-operative physical activity interventions for people undergoing breast cancer surgery: A qualitative systematic review.Cancer medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Prehabilitation programs for individuals with cancer: a systematic review of randomized-controlled trials.Systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- A systematic review of multimodal prehabilitation in breast cancer.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2023Pooled it
- Exploring the impact of exercise and mind-body prehabilitation interventions on physical and psychological outcomes in women undergoing breast cancer surgery.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Trial
- Content Validity of a Patient-Reported Measure of Postoperative Recovery.Urogynecology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2026Article
- Association between Inpatient Moderate-to-vigorous Physical Activity and Functional Recovery following Lung Resection for Neoplastic Lung Diseases.Progress in rehabilitation medicine · 2026Article
- Towards a common definition of surgical prehabilitation: a scoping review of randomised trials.British journal of anaesthesia · 2024Article
- Outcomes reported in randomised trials of surgical prehabilitation: a scoping review.British journal of anaesthesia · 2024Article
- Exercise and Quality of Life (QoL) in Patients Undergoing Active Breast Cancer Treatment-Comparison of Three Modalities of a 24-Week Exercise Program-A Randomized Clinical Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Conservative interventions and clinical outcome measures used in the perioperative rehabilitation of breast cancer patients undergoing mastectomy: a scoping review.BMC women's health · 2022Article
- Author response to: Recovery after breast cancer surgery following a recommendation of physical activity pre- and postoperatively (PhysSURG-B)-a randomized clinical trial.The British journal of surgery · 2021Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundThe effect of preoperative physical activity on recovery and complications after primary breast cancer surgery is unknown. The objective of this trial was to evaluate whether a recommendation of non-supervised physical activity improved recovery after breast cancer surgery.
methodsThis parallel, unblinded, multicentre interventional trial randomized women in whom breast cancer surgery was planned. The intervention consisted of an individual recommendation of added aerobic physical activity (30 min/day), before and 4 weeks after surgery. The control group did not receive any advice regarding physical activity. The primary outcome was patient-reported physical recovery at 4 weeks after surgery. Secondary outcomes included mental recovery, complications, reoperations, and readmissions.
resultsBetween November 2016 and December 2018, 400 patients were randomized, 200 to each group. Some 370 participants (180 intervention, 190 control) remained at 4 weeks, and 368 at 90 days. There was no significant difference in favour of the intervention for the primary outcome physical recovery (risk ratio (RR) 1.03, 95 per cent c.i. 0.95 to 1.13). There was also no difference for mental recovery (RR 1.05, 0.93 to 1.17) nor in mean Comprehensive Complication Index score (4.2 (range 0-57.5) versus 4.7 (0-58.3)) between the intervention and control groups.
conclusionAn intervention with recommended non-supervised physical activity before and after breast cancer surgery did not improve recovery at 4 weeks after surgery. Registration number: NCT02560662 (http://www.clinicaltrials.gov).
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