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Pre-transplant short physical performance battery: Response to pre-habilitation and relationship to pre- and early post-lung-transplant outcomes.

Lisa WickersonDmitry RozenbergChaya GottesmanDenise HelmSunita MathurLianne G Singer
Published in: Clinical transplantation (2020)
Frailty/pre-frailty was associated with a decreased 6MWD pre- and post-transplant. The SPPB increased following pre-habilitation, which may reflect increased lower extremity strength.
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