Feasibility of a Preoperative Exercise and Nutritional Intervention in Sarcopenic Obese Individuals Undergoing Hip or Knee Arthroplasty: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a combined preoperative exercise and nutritional intervention in patients with sarcopenic obesity (SO) scheduled for total hip or knee arthroplasty.

Design

A pilot randomized controlled trial was conducted (May 2021 to December 2022).

Setting

A regional Dutch hospital.

Participants

Patients (N=40) with obesity before total hip arthroplasty or total knee arthroplasty (73% women, age 65±10y, body mass index, 34±3kg/m²). Recruitment achieved a 25% success rate among contacted patients.

Interventions

Exercise, a physiotherapist-supervised program of resistance and aerobic training twice weekly for 6 weeks, plus dietitian-guided nutritional advice to reach recommended protein in

SUBMITTER: Oosting E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12750427 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature