Improving Postoperative Care Through Mindfulness-Based and Isometric Exercise Training Interventions: Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and isometric exercise training (IET) interventions are relatively new approaches to maintain physical functioning, alleviate pain, prevent joint stiffness and muscular atrophy, and positively influence other postoperative care outcomes.

Objective

The aim of this review was to identify the impacts of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) and IET and, more specifically, their combination, which have not previously been assessed to our knowledge.

Methods

Studies were identified by searching the PubMed and Cochrane databases within the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) algorithm format and using relevant keyword combinations, which resulted in 39 studies meeting the inclusion criter

SUBMITTER: Reynolds A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9233259 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature