Preoperative community based functional high intensity interval training ( f -HIIT) with high-risk patients opting for lumbar spinal fusion: a pilot study.
Esther R C JanssenIlona M PuntCamille F M BiemansLodewijk van RhijnPaul C WillemsNico L U van MeeterenPublished in: Disability and rehabilitation (2022)
-HIIT program is feasible, safe and shortened time to postoperative functional recovery in patients who underwent LSF.Implications for rehabilitationPreoperative high-intensity interval training is safe and feasible for high-risk patients opting for lumbar spinal fusion.In a relatively small sample the study shows preoperative high-intensity interval training could reduce time to functional recovery in high-risk patients opting for lumbar spinal fusion.