ArticleTransplantation direct2022
Relationship of Exercise Capacity, Physical Function, and Frailty Measures With Clinical Outcomes and Healthcare Utilization in Lung Transplantation: A Scoping Review.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pulmonary rehabilitation in lung transplantation: Its effects on pulmonary function, physical fitness, and quality of life.World journal of transplantation · 2026Review
- Frailty assessment and candidate optimization before cardiothoracic transplantation.JHLT open · 2026Article
- Tolerability and Effectiveness of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists in Lung Transplant Recipients: A Single Center Report.Transplantation proceedings · 2025Article
- The Association Between Patient-Level Factors and Physical Function in Lung Transplant Recipients.Cardiopulmonary physical therapy journal · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation on exercise capacity in adult patients with lung transplantation: a systematic review and single-arm meta-analysis.Journal of thoracic disease · 2024Article
- The Rationale, Evidence, and Adaptations to Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Chronic Respiratory Diseases Other Than COPD.Respiratory care · 2024Review
- Virtual Physical Prehabilitation in Lung Transplant Candidates: A Proof-of-Concept Study.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2024Article
- Prehabilitation in Adult Solid Organ Transplant Candidates.Current transplantation reports · 2023Review
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Abstract
Measures of exercise capacity, frailty, and physical function are commonly used in lung transplant candidates and recipients to evaluate their physical limitations and the effects of exercise training and to select candidates for transplantation. It is unclear how these measures are related to clinical outcomes and healthcare utilization before and after lung transplantation. The purpose of this scoping review was to describe how measures of exercise capacity, physical function, and frailty are related to pre- and posttransplant outcomes. Methods: We considered studies of any design that included performance-based tests of exercise capacity, physical function, and frailty in adult lung transplant candidates or recipients. Outcomes of interest were clinical outcomes (eg, mortality, quality of life) and healthcare utilization. Results: Seventy-two articles met the inclusion criteria. The 6-min walk test (6MWT) was shown to be related to mortality on the waiting list with different distance values as cutoffs points. There were inconsistent results regarding the relationship of the 6MWT with other clinical outcomes. Few studies have examined the relationship between the cardiopulmonary exercise test or the short physical performance battery and clinical outcomes, although some studies have shown relationship with survival posttransplant and quality of life. Few studies examined the relationship between the tests of interest and healthcare utilization' and the results were inconsistent. Conclusions: Except for the relationship between the 6MWT and mortality on the waiting list, there is limited evidence regarding the relationship of performance-based measures of exercise capacity, frailty, and physical function with clinical outcomes or healthcare utilization.
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