Clinical rehabilitation
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Clinical rehabilitation · Feb 2011
ReviewThe effects of preoperative exercise therapy on postoperative outcome: a systematic review.
To summarize the current evidence on the effects of preoperative exercise therapy in patients awaiting invasive surgery on postoperative complication rate and length of hospital stay. ⋯ Preoperative exercise therapy can be effective for reducing postoperative complication rates and length of hospital stay after cardiac or abdominal surgery. More research on the utility of preoperative exercise therapy and its long-term effects is needed as well as insight in the benefits of using risk models.