ArticleFrontiers in medicine2025
Association of perioperative step count tracked by a wristband with surgical outcomes in minimally invasive lung cancer surgery: a prospective observational study.
Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04934657 (The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, School of Medicine), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, School of Medicine
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- Wearable technologies for perioperative recovery monitoring in lung cancer surgery: a systematic review of feasibility, recovery outcomes, and evidence certainty.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Physical activity, functional capacity, and mental health during the first postoperative month in patients undergoing ambulatory pulmonary wedge resection: a prospective observational study.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2026Observational
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Abstract
Background: Physical activity has been reported to be associated with surgical outcomes, but most previous studies have focused solely on postoperative step counts. To better understand the relationship between step count at different phases and surgical outcomes, we prospectively recorded patients' step counts before and after lung surgery. Methods: Step count data were collected from 244 patients who underwent minimally invasive surgery for lung cancer using Mi Band 5 to track preoperative and 3-day postoperative activity. Patients' quality of life was assessed using the 12-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12) preoperatively and at 1 and 3 months postoperatively. Correlation and regression analyses were conducted to evaluate the impact of perioperative step count on hospital length of stay and quality of life. Results: Preoperative ( Conclusion: Higher preoperative step counts are associated with a shorter hospital stay, while early postoperative physical activity is linked to both reduced hospital stay and improved short-term quality of life. Clinical trial registration: Clinicaltrials.gov, identifier NCT04934657.
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