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Prehabilitation with Whey Protein Supplementation on Perioperative Functional Exercise Capacity in Patients Undergoing Colorectal Resection for Cancer: A Pilot Double-Blinded Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Vol. 116Issue 5p802–812Published online: July 21, 2015
- Chelsia Gillis
- Sarah-Eve Loiselle
- Julio F. Fiore Jr.
- Rashami Awasthi
- Linda Wykes
- A. Sender Liberman
- and others
Cited in Scopus: 90
A previous comprehensive prehabilitation program, providing nutrition counseling with whey protein supplementation, exercise, and psychological care, initiated 4 weeks before colorectal surgery for cancer, improved functional capacity before surgery and accelerated functional recovery. Those receiving standard of care deteriorated. The specific role of nutritional prehabilitation alone on functional recovery is unknown.