Effects of Prehabilitation on Functional Capacity in Aged Patients Undergoing Cardiothoracic Surgeries: A Systematic Review.
Damián Fernández-CostaJuan Gómez SalgadoAndrés Castillejo Del RíoÁlvaro Borrallo-RiegoMaría Dolores Guerra-MartínPublished in: Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) (2021)
prehabilitation seems to improve functional capacity and postoperative recovery in aged patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgeries. However, due to the significant heterogeneity and questionable quality of the trials, both the effectiveness of prehabilitation and the optimum content are still to be determined.