Effect of home-based exercise prehabilitation on postoperative outcomes in colorectal cancer surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Home-based exercise training may improve access to surgical prehabilitation in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients, but its efficacy remains unclear. This study systematically investigated the effects of home-based exercise prehabilitation on postoperative exercise capacity, complications, length of hospital stay, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in CRC patients.

Methods

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing home-based exercise prehabilitation with control in CRC patients were eligible. We searched MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science, PEDro, and SPORTDiscus from their inception to June 3, 2024. Methodological quality was assessed using the PEDro scale, and certainty of evidence was assessed using GRADE. Data were synthesized using random-effects meta-analy

SUBMITTER: Machado P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11635004 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature