Published on in Vol 13 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/55298, first published .
Validity, Accuracy, and Safety Assessment of an Aerobic Interval Training Using an App-Based Prehabilitation Program (PROTEGO MAXIMA Trial) Before Major Surgery: Prospective, Interventional Pilot Study

Validity, Accuracy, and Safety Assessment of an Aerobic Interval Training Using an App-Based Prehabilitation Program (PROTEGO MAXIMA Trial) Before Major Surgery: Prospective, Interventional Pilot Study

Validity, Accuracy, and Safety Assessment of an Aerobic Interval Training Using an App-Based Prehabilitation Program (PROTEGO MAXIMA Trial) Before Major Surgery: Prospective, Interventional Pilot Study

Sara Fatima Faqar Uz Zaman   1 , MD ;   Svenja Sliwinski   1 , MD ;   Lisa Mohr-Wetzel   2 , MSci ;   Julia Dreilich   2 , MSci ;   Natalie Filmann   3 , Dr rer med ;   Charlotte Detemble   1, 4 , MD ;   Dora Zmuc   1 , Dr med ;   Felix Chun   5 , Prof Dr ;   Wojciech Derwich   1, 6 , Dr med ;   Waldemar Schreiner   1 , Prof Dr ;   Wolf Bechstein   1 , Prof Dr ;   Johannes Fleckenstein   2 , Prof Dr ;   Andreas A Schnitzbauer   1, 4 , Prof Dr, MD

1 Department of General, Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

2 Institute for Sports Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

3 Institute for Biostatistics and Mathematical Modelling, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

4 Department of Surgery, Knappschaft Clinics, University Hospital Bochum, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

5 Department of Urology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

6 Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Corresponding Author:

  • Andreas A Schnitzbauer, Prof Dr, MD
  • Department of General, Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery
  • University Hospital Frankfurt
  • Goethe University Frankfurt
  • Theodor-Stern-Kai 7
  • Frankfurt am Main, 60590
  • Germany
  • Phone: 49 69 6301
  • Email: andreas.schnitzbauer@rub.de