Improves Improves Reduces Lowers
Cardiopulmonary
function and
physical fitness
Skeletal muscle
mass, strength
and endurance.
Risk of major
illness e.g. heart
disease, stroke,
T11DM, cancer
by 50%
Risk of early
death by 30%
What is Prehabilitation?
The purpose of a prehabilitation programme is to help you become
stronger and more physical active before your surgery.
This will help you to improve your physical function which will help
to speed up your recovery after surgery and in the long run reduce
the amount of time you have to spend in hospital.
When patients with liver disease participate in increased levels of
physical activity and resistance training a number of benefits have
been seen including:
• Reduce fatigue
• Build muscle strength and mass
• Improve nutritional status
• Improve sleep
• Reduce your hospital length of stay
• Improve cardiovascular health
• Improve quality of life
General benefits of exercise: