Preoperative Physical Activity Level and Exercise Prescription in Adults With Obesity: The Effect on Post-Bariatric Surgery Outcomes

Georges Jabbour; Rony Ibrahim; Nicola Bragazzi

doi:10.3389/fphys.2022.869998

Preoperative Physical Activity Level and Exercise Prescription in Adults With Obesity: The Effect on Post-Bariatric Surgery Outcomes

Front Physiol. 2022 Jul 6:13:869998. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2022.869998. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Georges Jabbour¹, Rony Ibrahim¹, Nicola Bragazzi^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Physical Education Department, College of Education, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
² Laboratory for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (LIAM), Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), Postgraduate School of Public Health, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.

Abstract

This systematic review summarizes current evidence on the relation between preoperative physical activity (PA) levels with bariatric surgery (BS) outcomes and on the beneficial role of preoperative exercise/PA program among BS candidates. This systematic review suggests that candidate patients accumulating the preoperative PA level improved several BS outcomes. These improvements were reported mainly for anthropometric and cardiometabolic parameters and physical function. Observed improvements manifested during a distinct period of time in response to a wide variety of exercise programs. Evidence on the preoperative PA level as well as on preoperative exercise implementation on BS outcomes is advocated despite the small number of participants and lack of control. Thus, further studies are required to explore the most effective and suitable form of exercise prescription prior to BS while considering physical and psychological limitations of obese patients.

Keywords: bariatric surgery; exercise intervention; health outcomes; physical activity; pre-operative.

Publication types

Systematic Review