Efficacy of exercise-based prehabilitation for patients undergoing elective spinal surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The study aimed to investigate the efficacy of exercise-based prehabilitation for preoperative and postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing elective spinal surgery.

Methods

A total of five databases were searched from their inception to March 2025 with no date restrictions. Standardized mean differences (SMDs) and mean differences (MDs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were pooled using random effects models. The certainty of the evidence was assessed using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) approach.

Results

In total, six studies with 365 participants were included in this study. Preoperative (after prehabilitation): Exercise-based prehabilitation produced modest improvements compared to controls for bac

SUBMITTER: Lu LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12673885 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature