Better in, better out: advancing transplant care through prehabilitation and rehabilitation: towards a multimodal continuum of care before and after solid organ transplantation
Although high-quality transplant-specific evidence remains limited, targeted, multimodal prehabilitation and rehabilitation represent promising strategies to enhance functional capacity and long-term health. We therefore propose "better in, better out" as a guiding principle for transplant care, calling for its adoption as a new standard supported by emerging evidence across kidney, liver, lung, and heart transplantation.
Authors
- Sofie Leunis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5275-585X)
- Diethard Monbaliu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0506-1609)
- Hanne Van Criekinge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1570-1569)
- Robert A. Pol
Institutions
- University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
- University of Groningen (NL)
- Life Sciences Research Partners (BE)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation
- Published
- 2026-02-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/mot.0000000000001271
- Primary Topic
- Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00