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A Progressive Postresection Walking Program Significantly Improves Fatigue and Health-Related Quality of Life in Pancreas and Periampullary Cancer Patients

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Validity of the 6 min walk test in prediction of the anaerobic threshold before major non-cardiac surgery

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Effects of preoperative inspiratory muscle training in obese women undergoing open bariatric surgery: respiratory muscle strength, lung volumes, and diaphragmatic excursion

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Teste de caminhada de seis minutos: valores de referência para adultos saudáveis no Brasil

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Effects of Inspiratory Muscle Training on Muscular and Pulmonary Function After Bariatric Surgery in Obese Patients

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Impact of preoperative change in physical function on postoperative recovery: Argument supporting prehabilitation for colorectal surgery

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An Evaluation of Diaphragmatic Movement by M-Mode Sonography as a Predictor of Pulmonary Dysfunction After Upper Abdominal Surgery

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Impaired Mobility, ASA Status and Administration of Tramadol are Risk Factors for Postoperative Delirium in Patients Aged 75 Years or More After Major Abdominal Surgery

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Randomized clinical trial of prehabilitation in colorectal surgery

(2010) F. Carli et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY

The effects of preoperative exercise therapy on postoperative outcome: a systematic review

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Preoperative therapeutic programme for elderly patients scheduled for elective abdominal oncological surgery: a randomized controlled pilot study

(2010) JJ Dronkers et al.   CLINICAL REHABILITATION

Pre-operative inspiratory muscle training preserves postoperative inspiratory muscle strength following major abdominal surgery – a randomised pilot study

(2010) SR Kulkarni et al.   ANNALS OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND

Validating the Six-Minute Walk Test as a Measure of Recovery After Elective Colon Resection Surgery

(2008) Carolina Moriello et al.   ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION

Benefícios da cinesioterapia respiratória no pós-operatório de colecistectomia laparoscópica

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Prevention of pulmonary complications after upper abdominal surgery by preoperative intensive inspiratory muscle training: a randomized controlled pilot study

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