Physiotherapy prehabilitation for cardiac or thoracic surgery V2.2
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The effect of a physiotherapy prehabilitation programme on postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing cardiac or thoracic surgery.
IRAS ID
199157
Contact name
Fiona Nolan
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Research and Development Manager, Golden Jubilee National Hospital
Duration of Study in the UK
3 years, 0 months, 0 days
Research summary
Prehabilitation is a relatively new concept and while there is evidence to show the benefits in other surgical specialities; such as reduced length of stay and disability, improved functional capacity and quality of life as well as fewer peri and postoperative complications (Mina et al 2014; Carli et al 2010); to date there is limited evidence to support its use within Cardiothoracic surgery. We plan to carry out a pilot study followed by a RCT to determine the effects of a physiotherapy prehabilitation programme (walking and deep breathing exercises) for Cardiothoracic patients by measuring changes in lung volumes, walking distance and physiotherapy length of stay postoperatively.
REC name
West of Scotland REC 5
REC reference
16/WS/0123
Date of REC Opinion
8 Aug 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion