Prehabilitation is a multimodal concept to improve functional capability prior to surgery, so
that the patients' resilience is strengthened to withstand any peri-and postoperative …

Introduction Prehabilitation, which involves improving a patient's physical and psychological
condition before surgery, has shown potential benefits but has yet to be extensively studied …

Abstract Purpose of Review Despite modern advances in perioperative medicine,
postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) remain a significant problem. This paper …

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine whether perioperative breathing training
reduces the incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing …

Questions Among patients having elective abdominal surgery, how much does preoperative
physiotherapy education with breathing exercise training reduce the incidence of …

Background Understanding the drivers of patient engagement and adherence is critical to
developing and implementing preoperative optimization programs. The aim of this project is …

Background Preoperative education and breathing exercise training by a physiotherapist
minimises pulmonary complications after abdominal surgery. Effects on specific clinical …

Abdominal surgery is the most common type of major surgery conducted in the world. It is
performed in public and private facilities in major metropolitan hospitals, rural/regional …

Introduction: There is growing evidence that prehabilitation programmes effectively improve
the physical and psychological conditions of cancer patients awaiting treatment. During the …

Background The main goal of physiotherapy post-upper abdominal surgery (UAS) is to
expedite recovery from the surgery by avoiding or remediating postoperative pulmonary …