Personalized Prehabilitation: A Pathway to Improved Frailty Metrics and Survival in Liver Transplant Candidates.

A study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology found that individualized prehabilitation programs improved frailty measurements and survival outcomes in patients awaiting liver transplantation. The research supports incorporating structured, patient-specific exercise and conditioning interventions into pretransplant care to optimize candidates' physical status before surgery. These findings have direct implications for physical therapists involved in prehabilitation program design for transplant populations.

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