InterventionsHuman trial1,382 participants12 monthsRandomised trial

Supervised multimodal prehabilitation of older patients with frailty or prefrailty before elective surgery: a multicentre randomised controlled outcome assessor-blinded trial

Figure 1 from The Lancet Healthy Longevity — Figure 1Spies et al.

The Lancet Healthy Longevity

The paper

Spies C, Schmidt K, Kiselev J et al.

The Lancet Healthy Longevity · 15 Sep 2026

doi.org/10.1016/j.lanhl.2026.100899 PubMed 42743945

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