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Can exercise before spine surgery help? tiny study aims to find out

NCT ID NCT05452057

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: University Health Network, Toronto Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tested whether a prehabilitation program—including exercise, nutrition advice, and stress management—is feasible for adults awaiting spinal deformity surgery. Only 6 people took part, and the goal was to see if such a program could be delivered and followed, not whether it improves recovery. The results will help design larger future trials.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Prehabilitation (exercise, nutrition, and stress management)
What this could lead to
If successful, this could show that a pre-surgery fitness program is practical and may help adults recover better from spinal deformity surgery.
What could go wrong
This is a very small feasibility study with only 6 participants, so results may not apply widely. It does not test whether prehabilitation actually improves outcomes.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

6 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Nov 2022

Finished

Oct 2024

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

60 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: * Candidates for spinal deformity surgery; * recruited at least 12 weeks preoperatively; * a frailty score of 0.27 or greater as indicated by the Modified Frailty index-11; and * proficient in English to comprehend informed consent and intervention instructions Exclusion Criteria: * Refusal to be randomized; * have significant comorbidity precluding participation in prehabilitation exercises (including Canadian Cardiovascular Society class III/IV coronary disease; New York Heart Association class III/IV congestive heart failure; neurological or musculoskeletal disorder prohibiting exercise; major neuropsychiatric disorder)

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Motor Activity

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Spinal deformity

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • University Health Network

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G2C4, Canada

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