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Prehabilitation - Enhanced Recovery After Colorectal Surgery

NCT02746731 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 112

Last updated 2019-03-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a combined cardiorespiratory and strengthening training prior to colorectal surgery decreases the rate of surgery-related complications.

Conditions

  • Surgical Operation With Reversal of External Stoma
  • Colorectal Surgery

Interventions

OTHER

Cardiorespiratory and resistance training.

A cardiorespiratory and resistance training program for at least 2 to 3 weeks will be conducted 3-times per week, of which two sessions will be supervised by a qualified person of the institute of physiotherapy and one session will be unsupervised and home-based. Physiotherapy consists of one hour, moderate to intense interval training combined with muscle strength training.

OTHER

Reference

No preoperative physical therapy training. Patients will be informed to remain physically active (as usual) until surgery.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Zurich

    collaborator OTHER

  • Zurich University of Applied Sciences

    collaborator OTHER

  • Kantonsspital Winterthur KSW

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Stefan Breitenstein, MD, PD · Kantonsspital Winterthur KSW

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-06-30
Primary Completion
2019-03-31
Completion
2019-03-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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