Postoperative physical activity: feasibility and effects on total body protein

In patients having pelvic colorectal surgery is a postoperative physical activity intervention feasible and what are its effects on total body protein

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12612001065886

Enrollment

Registered

2012-10-05

Start date

2012-10-18

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

This randomised trial is implementing early postoperative supervised activity in a ward setting after major pelvic colorectal surgery.

Interventions

From day 2 after surgery patients will undergo supervised physical activity in a ward setting. This will entail 1)walking on a treadmill to intensity determined by patient and measured by Borg scale 2) bench stepping to 15 cm or 25 cm bench height. There are 2-3 activity sessions per day with increasing duration (9-18 mins) of treadmill sessions, no. of bench steps and bench step height over the 6 days.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Pelvic colorectal surgery (elective) - low anterior resection, abdominoperineal resection, proctectomy/pouch reconstruction

Exclusion criteria

Incurable metastatic disease Medical comorbidity and physical disability that precludes exercise BMI>40 WHO performance score > 3 Complications during immediate postoperative course (Clavien grade 3b or higher)

Outcome results