Feasibility of preoperative and postoperative physical rehabilitation for cardiac surgery patients - a longitudinal cohort study.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateAll collected data were anonymised in according with the Dutch Privacy Law. Ethical approval and consent for the study were waived by the Medical Ethics Board of the UMCG. The study was conducted according to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsSD, JH, and MAM report grants from “Stichting Beatrixoord Noord-Nederland”, Edwards Lifesciences SA, and Abbott (formerly St. Jude Medical Nederland B.V.). MAM reports consultancy from AtriCure, Getinge, and LivaNova. The remaining authors have nothing to disclose. Competing interests SD, JH, and MAM report grants from “Stichting Beatrixoord Noord-Nederland”, Edwards Lifesciences SA, and Abbott (formerly St. Jude Medical Nederland B.V.). MAM reports consultancy from AtriCure, Getinge, and LivaNova. The remaining authors have nothing to disclose."

"Funding SD, JH, and MAM report grants from “Stichting Beatrixoord Noord-Nederland” [grant number 210.178 to SD], Edwards Lifesciences SA [grant number EV 102016 to JH], and Abbott (formerly St. Jude Medical Nederland B.V.) [to JH]. The funders had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript."