RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT04630496

Geriatric Thoracic Surgery Ambulation Challenge

Pre-Operative Exercise Challenge In Geriatric Thoracic Patients

Sponsor

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Enrollment

30 participants

Start Date

Aug 25, 2021

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Surgery Thoracic Diseases Therapy, Exercise

Summary

This study is examining collecting data on steps walked (ambulation) per day by thoracic surgery patients over the age of 65 years-old before surgery. The name(s) of the study device involved in this study is: * Fitbit inspire

Eligibility

Min Age: 65 Years

Inclusion Criteria2

Patients Aged ≥ 65 years
Who are preparing to undergo thoracic surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH)

Exclusion Criteria4

Patients who are completely non-ambulatory (i.e. wheelchair-bound-patients) *
Those who lack capacity to consent due to cognitive disease.
Patient for which surgery is felt to be more urgent and therefore performed earlier then our required timeframe for intervention.
Patients with cardiac disease or angina for which formal cardiac testing is required for clearance.

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