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Caspar F Mylius1,2, Yvet Mooiweer3, Wim P Krijnen1
1Healthy Aging, Allied Health Care and Nursing, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Research Group Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care and Nursing, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Preoperative physical activity interventions show moderate improvements in patients awaiting abdominal surgery. Self-reported measures indicate larger gains than device-measured activity, highlighting the need for objective research.
Area of Science:
- Surgical Oncology
- Rehabilitation Medicine
- Evidence-Based Practice
Background:
- Patients awaiting abdominal resection surgery often experience reduced physical activity.
- Preoperative physical activity interventions aim to mitigate deconditioning and improve surgical outcomes.
- Assessing the efficacy of these interventions requires robust outcome measures.
Conclusions:
- Increasing physical activity in the preoperative period for abdominal surgery patients is achievable.
- Self-reported measures appear more sensitive to intervention effects than objective device measures.
- Further high-quality research employing objective measurement tools is recommended.
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