Use of a Mobile-Assisted Telehealth Regimen to Increase Exercise in Transplant Candidates: A Home-Based Prehabilitation Pilot and Feasibility Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Physical fitness assessed by the Liver Frailty Index (LFI) and 6-minute walk test (6MWT) informs the prognosis of liver transplant candidates, although there are limited data on its reversibility after prehabilitation. On a home-based exercise trial, we aimed to improve LFI and 6MWT and to investigate trial feasibility and intervention adherence.

Methods

Liver transplant candidates with cirrhosis wore a personal activity tracker and used Exercise and Liver FITness app for 14 weeks, including a 2-week technology acclimation run-in. The 12-week intervention consisted of Exercise and Liver FITness app plus personal activity tracker and 15-/30-minute weekly calls with a physical activity coach aiming to complete ≥2 video-training sessions/week, or ≥500 step/d baseli

SUBMITTER: Duarte-Rojo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10684184 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature