Prehabilitative versus rehabilitative exercise in prostate cancer patients undergoing prostatectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The study compared the efficacy of commencing supervised exercise in men with prostate cancer before and after prostatectomy on objective and patient-reported outcomes, hospital length of stay, and urinary incontinence.

Methods

Forty-one men were randomised to a 6-week prehabilitation or rehabilitation exercise programme. Prehabilitation involved resistance and aerobic exercise thrice weekly pre-surgery, while rehabilitation comprised the same commencing 6-weeks post-surgery. Assessments included strength, function (chair rise, stair climb, 400-m, 6-m usual, fast, and backwards walk), body composition, fatigue and quality of life, undertaken at pre-surgery, early post-surgery and late post-surgery phase, with urinary incontinence (24-h pad test) assessed at 2, 6, and

SUBMITTER: Singh F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10645629 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature