Background and Objectives: The aim of this systematic review was to determine whether
prehabilitation before total hip arthroplasty, in the form of exercise therapy, education alone …

Background Prehabilitation aims at enhancing patients' functional capacity and overall
health status to enable them to withstand a forthcoming stressor like surgery. Our aim was to …

Importance Colorectal surgery is associated with substantial morbidity rates and a lowered
functional capacity. Optimization of the patient's condition in the weeks prior to surgery may …

Continuous advances in prehabilitation research over the past several decades have
clarified its role in improving preoperative risk factors, yet the evidence demonstrating …

Abstract Objective The French Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
[Société Française d'Anesthésie et de Réanimation (SFAR)] aimed at providing guidelines …

Prehabilitation comprises multidisciplinary healthcare interventions, including exercise,
nutritional optimisation, and psychological preparation, which aim to dampen the metabolic …

Introduction The global volume of surgery is growing and the population ageing, and
economic pressure is rising. Major surgery is associated with relevant morbidity and …

Background An amplified and/or prolonged surgical stress response might overcome the
organs' functional reserve, thus leading to postoperative complications. The aim of this …

Background Prehabilitation seeks to optimize patient health before surgery to improve
outcomes. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have been conducted on prehabilitation …

Background Postoperative complications occur in up to 43% of patients after surgery,
resulting in increased morbidity and economic burden. Prehabilitation has the potential to …