Reporter brief
Perioperative prehabilitation combining strength training and sedentary behavior reduction tested in pilot RCT.
What happened
This pilot randomized controlled trial examined whether preoperative prehabilitation combining neuromuscular strength training and sedentary behavior reduction would reduce surgical complications, length of stay, and improve recovery in patients undergoing elective surgery. The authors note that exercise can modify molecular drivers of frailty and that reducing sedentary behavior is recommended to prevent frailty, but the abstract does not report the study's actual findings on these outcomes.
Why it matters
Assessment pending; this report does not establish a change in evidence.
What it does NOT prove
- Limitations have not been recorded; consult the primary source.
Study design and sample
Rct; Human.
Patients undergoing elective surgery
- Design
- Rct
- Sample
- —
- Journal
- University of Alberta
- Published
- Sep 10, 2026
Effect size
Not recorded.
Caveats
- Assessment: Superseded.
- Only the source material recorded on this evidence page was assessed.
Conflicts and funding
Not recorded.
Previous evidence
See the Resistance training timeline and recorded assessment for prior evidence.
Primary source
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