Barriers and facilitators to participation in exercise prehabilitation before cancer surgery for older adults with frailty: a qualitative study

K Barnes, E Hladkowicz, K Dorrance, GL Bryson… - BMC geriatrics, 2023 - Springer
Background Older adults with frailty are at an increased risk of adverse outcomes after
surgery. Exercise before surgery (exercise prehabilitation) may reduce adverse events and …

PREHAB study: a protocol for a prospective randomised clinical trial of exercise therapy for people living with frailty having cancer surgery

DI McIsaac, C Saunders, E Hladkowicz, GL Bryson… - BMJ open, 2018 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Exercise prehabilitation may improve outcomes after surgery. Frailty is a key
predictor of adverse postoperative outcomes in older people; the multidimensional nature of …

[HTML][HTML] Home-based prehabilitation with exercise to improve postoperative recovery for older adults with frailty having cancer surgery: the PREHAB randomised …

DI McIsaac, E Hladkowicz, GL Bryson, AJ Forster… - British Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Frailty is a state of vulnerability as a result of decreased reserves.
Prehabilitation may increase reserve and improve postoperative outcomes. Our objective …

Effects of prehabilitation on postoperative outcomes in frail cancer patients undergoing elective surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Y Guo, L Ding, X Miao, X Jiang, T Xu, X Xu… - Supportive Care in …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose This systematic review and meta-analys is aimed to explore the effects of
prehabilitation on postoperative outcomes in frail cancer patients. Methods A …

Barriers and facilitators of adherence to a perioperative physical activity intervention for older adults with cancer and their family caregivers

V Sun, DJ Raz, JY Kim, L Melstrom, S Hite… - Journal of geriatric …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose Perioperative physical activity behavior change in older adults with cancer is
complex. Identifying the barriers and facilitators to physical activity before and after surgery …

“I am busy surviving”-Views about physical exercise in older adults scheduled for colorectal cancer surgery

CS Agasi-Idenburg, M Koning-van Zuilen… - Journal of geriatric …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective Seventy percent of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) are aged 65 years or
older. Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organization (nd)[1] Surgery is an important …

Prehabilitation of elderly frail or pre-frail patients prior to elective surgery (PRAEP-GO): study protocol for a randomized, controlled, outcome assessor-blinded trial

SJ Schaller, J Kiselev, V Loidl, W Quentin, K Schmidt… - Trials, 2022 - Springer
Background Frailty is expressed by a reduction in physical capacity, mobility, muscle
strength, and endurance.(Pre-) frailty is present in up to 42% of the older surgical population …

[PDF][PDF] Exercise interventions for preserving physical function among cancer survivors in middle to late life

CW Daum, SK Cochrane, JD Fitzgerald, L Johnson… - J frailty …, 2016 - researchgate.net
The purpose of this review was to evaluate randomized controlled trials aiming to preserve
the functional status, ie physical capabilities, of middle-aged and older cancer survivors …

Fit4SurgeryTV at-home prehabilitation for frail older patients planned for colorectal cancer surgery: a pilot study

ERJ Bruns, TE Argillander, HJ Schuijt… - American journal of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objective The preoperative phase is a potential window of opportunity. Although frail elderly
patients are known to be more prone to postoperative complications, they are often not …

Feasibility of preoperative supervised home-based exercise in older adults undergoing colorectal cancer surgery–A randomized controlled design

E Karlsson, P Farahnak, E Franzén, M Nygren-Bonnier… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Preoperative physical exercise is emerging as a growing field of research globally. There
are still challenges in recruiting vulnerable older people, and time constraints in …