Effect of Prehabilitation on the 6-Minute Walk Test and Length of Hospital Stay in Frail Older People: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Int J Environ Res Public Health · 2025 · PMC12469502 · PMID 41007524

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This meta-analysis, which included five RCTs with data from 400 participants, suggested that prehabilitation could be a clinically relevant therapeutic strategy to improve exercise capacity both before and after surgery, as well as to reduce the LOS, although the results did not reach statistical significance.

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