ArticleBMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation2022
Short term high-intensity interval training in patients scheduled for major abdominal surgery increases aerobic fitness.
Article in BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02953119 (Prehabilitation for Elective Major Abdominal Surgery), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Prehabilitation for Elective Major Abdominal Surgery: a Randomised Controlled Trial
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effects of different prehabilitation programs on the major abdominal surgery population: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Exercise prehabilitation for brain health and sensory-cognitive function: Mechanistic insights into brain-body interactions.Experimental physiology · 2026Review
- In-hospital moderate intensity interval training following surgical resection of foregut malignancy - a prospective single arm feasibility study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Digital Twin Prospects in IoT-Based Human Movement Monitoring Model.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Multimodal Prehabilitation for Patients with Crohn's Disease Scheduled for Major Surgery: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundPrehabilitation may improve postoperative clinical outcomes among patients undergoing major abdominal surgery. This study evaluated the potential effects of a high-intensity interval training (HIIT) program performed before major abdominal surgery on patients' cardiorespiratory fitness and functional ability (secondary outcomes of pilot trial NCT02953119).
methodsPatients were included before surgery to engage in a low-volume HIIT program with 3 sessions per week for 3 weeks. Cardiopulmonary exercise and 6-min walk (6MWT) testing were performed pre- and post-prehabilitation.
resultsFourteen patients completed an average of 8.6 ± 2.2 (mean ± SD) sessions during a period of 27.9 ± 6.1 days. After the program, [Formula: see text]O
conclusionA short low-volume HIIT program increases cardiorespiratory fitness but not walking capacity in patients scheduled for major abdominal surgery. These results need to be confirmed by larger studies.
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