Programa de ejercicio físico para la prehabilitación quirúrgica en cáncer colorrectal

Abstract

[Abstract]: Nowadays, sedentary and unhealthy lifestyles are very widespread in the world, specially in occident countries. Many jobs and the introduction of new technologies lead to very low levels of physical activity. The fisrt indicator of this bad habits are obesity rates worlwide. If a person maintains this lifestyle for many years, he’s at greater risk of developing noncommunicable diseases such as: cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, different types of cancer, etc… The aim of this TFG is to develop a physical exercise program for surgical prehabilitation in colorectal cancer. To this end, this work consists of a review of the scientific literature to better understand what benefits can be provided by the realization of a physical exercise program in the preoperative period. In addition, It is crealy explained what the cancer is and what are the risk factors to develop this disease. Despite being a type of intervención little studied compared to other aspects of physical exercise, there is already scientific evidence on how performing oncology surgical prehabilitation program improves physical condition and facilitates the patient’s functional recovery in a shorter periodo of time, also reduces anxiety and depression levels, improves quality of life and other aspects that appear detailed in this work.