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Filter by:Shoulder problems affect many Canadians yearly. While surgery is one of the best treatments for shoulder problems, patients are unaware about shoulder replacement surgeries, the exercises needed after surgery and how to safely recover from the surgery without having another injury. Uncertainties about the surgery and recovery process can further cause post-surgery problems such as: pain, anxiety and re-injury. While some healthcare centers offer an in- class program to educate patients before surgery, some patients face issues with distance or transportation, and cannot regularly meet their doctor to address all their concerns. This project aims to create an online educational program that will teach patients through online videos and educational materials before they go into shoulder replacement surgery. By creating online modules, it can increase the accessibility for home use, and prepare patients on topics such as: their concerns about the surgery and proper exercises they can expect after surgery for a safe recovery. The aim is to study three groups of patients before surgery; 1. a group consisting of an online pre-rehabilitation program 6 weeks before surgery, 2. a group consisting of an online pre-rehabilitation program 6 weeks before surgery + therapist or 3. A group consisting of the current standard of care, which is a WebEx pre-operative education class lead by a physiotherapist and occupational therapist. Researchers will monitor all groups on their recovery before and after surgery. This will provide another alternative to informing patients before surgery and help them to prepare better for surgery. The online modules will contribute to improving the care in Southern Ontario and eventually be used for future care across Canada.
Knee arthrosis has a high prevalence. Non-surgical treatment, such as exercise, is the first choice of treatment. However, most patients end up having a surgical procedure such as total knee arthroplasty. Following surgery with total knee replacement as much as 20% of patients report to not be satisfied with the results. It is noteworthy that this level of dissatisfaction has persisted over the last decades despite formidable progress in surgical methods and technology. Leg strength prior to surgery is associated with faster recovery post operatively, which may influence satisfaction. The investigators aim is to implement a period of strength training prior to surgery to evaluate if training prior to surgery may reduce the level of dissatisfaction post operatively.
The main objective of this research is to determine the effectiveness of a Prehabilitation consultation in self-care and physical exercise aimed at patients diagnosed with abdominopelvic cancer with initial surgical indication as part of their therapeutic plan.
The goal of this stepped-wedge randomized controlled trial is to investigate whether implementation of a best practice program for preoperative optimisation (prehabilitation program) with a focus on screening, assessment, and intervention of 8 potentially (partly) modifiable risk factors in patients with (suspected) pancreatic cancer will improve outcome. The main questions it will aim to answer are: 1. Does a prehabilitation program improve the time to functional recovery after pancreatic surgery? 2. Does a prehabilitation program lead to a reduction in the Comprehensive Complication Index after pancreatic surgery?
The goal of this quasi-experimental feasibility study is to determine if a home based exercise program, that is supported virtually by a physiotherapist, is feasible for frail adults that are waiting for cardiac surgery. The main questions it aims to answer are: - Will patients be interested in participating in a virtual home-based exercise program before surgery? - Is the prescribed program practical? Will participants complete the exercises as prescribed, 3x/week? - Are the exercise images, videos, and live, virtual sessions with the physiotherapists good enough to allow the participant to be independent with good exercise technique? - Are the 4 virtual sessions able to be done in the specified time frames (1hr initial assessment, 30 minute follow ups)? - Can the exercise program be done with out any major adverse events? - What are the physical activity behaviours of frail participants awaiting cardiac surgery? Do they improve with an exercise program? Participants will be required to: - meet with a physiotherapist virtually (Zoom or Microsoft Teams) 4 times over a 3 week period. 1. the first session will be 1 hour to complete an interview about current health and upcoming surgery, a physical assessment, followed by individual exercise demonstration and education. 2. the second and third session will be follow up sessions to review exercise technique and progress, the presence of abnormal responses, provide encouragement and to address any barriers to activity completion. 3. the fourth, final session will be at the end of week 3 and will take 30 minutes to review exercise progress, presence of abnormal responses with activity and complete a reassessment of physical function. - Complete an individualized exercise program 3x/week independently as instructed by the physiotherapist following the initial assessment. - Complete a home exercise diary to track exercises done and intensity of exercise, in addition to documenting any abnormal responses For participants who reside in Winnipeg: - Accelerometers will be delivered to the patients home to wear for: 1. 7 days prior to the initial assessment 2. 14 days, from day 8 - 21 of the initial assessment. - Accelerometer diaries will be provided for participants to complete during the days when the accelerometers are worn.
Surgery remains an important treatment modality in the treatment of hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) malignancies, but the physiological stress caused by surgery is at the same time a challenge for the homeostasis of patients. A patient's preoperative aerobic capacity has been found to have a consistent relation with postoperative outcomes in major abdominal surgery, with low aerobic capacity being associated with a higher risk of postoperative morbidity and mortality. Preoperative exercise prehabilitation programs can effectively increase the ability of patients to cope with surgical-induced allostatic load, by improving aerobic capacity, and functioning of the respiratory, cardiovascular, and/or musculoskeletal systems. However, besides the effect of exercise prehabilitation on physical fitness in terms of improvement of aerobic capacity as measured by the cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET), the exact role of adaptations in cardiac and/or skeletal muscle function contributing to the improvement in aerobic capacity is still unknown. Insight in the physiological adaptations that lead to improvement in aerobic capacity after prehabilitation in patients with low aerobic capacity will enable caregivers to individually optimize the exercise program (e.g. by changing exercise frequency, intensity, duration and type) and better explain the rationale and effectiveness behind the short-term physical exercise training program to patients. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to assess the central (cardiac function) and peripheral (skeletal muscle function) physiological adaptations in response to short-term exercise prehabilitation. Secondary objective is to assess the relationship between immune function and exercise. In this study, unfit patients are asked to undergo additional in-magnet exercise testing to investigate the central and peripheral physiological adaptations in response to exercise prehabilitation.
Pilot study to evaluate the effect of prehabilitation programme through a mobile application PREHapp in colon cancer surgery. The objectives of this pilot study were to evaluate the usability of the PREHapp for people undergoing colon cancer surgery, estimate the effect of the app on functional recovery after surgery and to evaluate complications during the postoperative period after 4 weeks of follow-up.
To explore the safety and compliance of a wearable telemedicine device that can receive basic vital signs in real time, and its active supervision mode with real-time adjustment of exercise prescription for preoperative prehabilitation exercises in patients at home; and to evaluate the effectiveness of preoperative prehabilitation exercises in a telemedicine active supervision mode in patients undergoing thoracoscopic lung tumour resection, taking into account the patient's cardiopulmonary exercise test, postoperative complications and quality of life scores.
Prostate cancer ranks second among all malignances in men and has become a significant threat to men's health. Robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RARP) has become a standard treatment for prostate cancer. How to improve recovery following RARP surgery is worth investigating. The enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathway involves a series of evidence-based procedures. It is aimed to reduce the systemic stress response to surgery and shorten the length of hospital stay. This randomized trial aims to investigate the impact of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Pathway on early outcomes after RARP surgery.
Aim: To determine the impact of an evidence-based comprehensive prehabilitation (EBCPrehab) program on pre- and postoperative capacity, functional capacity and health related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients awaiting elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) or valvular surgery. Design: A single-center randomized controlled trail. SUBJECTS: Overall 160 preoperative elective cardiac surgery patients will be randomly assigned to an intervention or control group. Intervention: one-week EBCPrehab intervention, including supervised exercise, mindfulness and nutrition assessment. Control group: usual care. Main measures: At baseline, one day before surgery, three days after surgery and before discharge. The following measurements will be performed: six-minute walk test, ICU delirium, health related quality of life and flow state.