Fitness training before surgery helps recovery: study

• Published date: 19 July 2023
• Publication title: Otago Daily Times (New Zealand)

University of Otago Medical School researcher and lead investigator Dr Kari Clifford is urging policy-makers to take notice of the study, which could have a substantial influence on the New Zealand health system

As part of the research, 12 studies were reviewed and analysed, including 832 patients who had undertaken pre-operative high-intensity interval training.

Such training involved repeated aerobic high-intensity intervals at 80% of the maximum heart rate, followed by active recovery, she said.

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