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Exercise for Solid Organ Transplant Candidates and Recipients: A Joint Position Statement of the Canadian Society of Transplantation and CAN-RESTORE

Authors: Janaudis-Ferreira, Tania PhD; Mathur, Sunita PhD; Deliva, Robin MSc; Howes, Nancy MSc; Patterson, Catherine MSc; Räkel, Agnès MD; So, Stephanie MSc; Wickerson, Lisa PhD; White, Michel MD; Avitzur, Yaron MD; Johnston, Olwyn MSc, MD; Heywood, Norine RN; Singh, Sunita MSc, MD; Holdsworth, Sandra

Summary: The objectives of this position statement were to provide evidence-based and expert-informed recommendations for exercise training in adult and children solid organ transplant (SOT) candidates and recipients and on the outcomes relevant to exercise training and physical function that should be evaluated in SOT.

Published: Transplantation, September 2019

Link: https://journals.lww.com/transplantjournal/Pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2019&issue=09000&article=00005&type=Fulltext

The effects of exercise training in adult solid organ transplant recipients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors: Tania Janaudis-Ferreira, Catherine M. Tansey, Sunita Mathur, Tom Blydt-Hansen, Julie Lamoureaux, Agnès Räkel, Nathalia Parente de Sousa Maia, André Bussières, Sara Ahmed, Jill Boruff

Summary: Reduced exercise capacity can predispose solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients to higher risk of diabetes, cardiovascular complications, and mortality and impact their quality of life. This systematic review and meta-analysis investigated the effects of exercise training (versus no training) in adult SOT recipients.

Published: Transplant International, May 2021

Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/tri.13848

Exercise interventions in solid organ transplant candidates: A systematic review

Authors: Fernanda Pesce de Souza, Daniela Massierer, Uma Anand Raje, Catherine M. Tansey, Jill Boruff, Tania Janaudis-Ferreira

Summary: Exercise training may be recommended to solid organ transplant (SOT) candidates to improve fitness and tolerance before surgery. We aimed to determine the acceptance, safety, and effectiveness of exercise interventions in SOT candidates.

Published: Clinical Transplantation, 11 May 2020

Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/ctr.13900

European Society of Organ Transplantation (ESOT) Consensus Statement on Prehabilitation for Solid Organ Transplantation Candidates

Authors: Coby Annema, Stefan De Smet, Ellen M. Castle, Yasna Overloop, Joost M. Klaase, Tania Janaudis-Ferreira, Sunita Mathur, Evangelia Kouidi, Maria Jose Perez Saez, Christophe Matthys, Fabienne Dobbels, Pisana Ferrari, Justyna Gołębiewska, Anna Mrzljak, Peter Girman, Michael Perch, Victor Lopez-Lopez, Colin White, Dmytro Koval, Sharlene Greenwood, and Diethard Monbaliu, on behalf of the ESOT Guidelines Taskforce

Summary: There is increasingly growing evidence and awareness that prehabilitation in waitlisted solid organ transplant candidates may benefit clinical transplant outcomes and improve the patient’s overall health and quality of life. Lifestyle changes, consisting of physical training, dietary management, and psychosocial interventions, aim to optimize the patient’s physical and mental health before undergoing surgery, so as to enhance their ability to overcome procedure-associated stress, reduce complications, and accelerate post-operative recovery.

Published: Transplant International, 21 July 2023

Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10401602/