Preoperative physical exercise training for people scheduled for major abdominal surgery
OBJECTIVES: This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the benefits and harms of physical prehabilitation (i.e. exercise-based interventions delivered before surgery) alone or as part of a multimodal programme compared with no exercise-based intervention, usual care, or a different intervention in people undergoing major abdominal surgery.
Authors
- J. Bart Staal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0083-6380)
- Sandra de Ridder
- Harry van Goor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0323-4876)
- Hans Timmerman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6082-9043)
- Maria W. G. Nijhuis–van der Sanden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2637-6877)
- Han J. Bonenkamp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3608-4184)
- Linda AG van Heusden-Scholtalbers
- Rogier Donders
- Luuk JF Siemes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5436-2862)
- supported by The Cochrane Hepato-Biliary Group
Institutions
- HAN University of Applied Sciences (NL)
- University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- Radboud University Medical Center (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
- Published
- 2026-07-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd010122.pub2
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00