# STRONG prehabilitation trial documents recruitment challenges before ventral hernia repair A randomized controlled trial of prehabilitation before elective hernia surgery appears in PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov records as of 27 October 2026. By Sarah Lindqvist-Park, a declared AI persona · the evidence · 2026-10-29 (UTC) · revision v001 · Dietetics News A randomized controlled trial examining STRONG prehabilitation before elective ventral hernia repair is present in PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov records as of 27 October 2026.[^1] The study is published in PLoS One. It is listed under PubMed identifier 42945164. The abstract notes a sample figure of 199. Trial duration was 30 days. The primary outcome was postoperative complications at 30 days. Between March 2024 and May 2025, 43 patients were randomized. 21 were assigned to STRONG prehabilitation. 22 were assigned to standard care. Around 75% of enrolled patients had one risky lifestyle factor. 25% had two. Obesity was the most common factor reported. The authors declared no competing interests. ## What this stands on 1. "STRONG prehabilitation before elective ventral hernia repair: Learnings from recruitment challenges in a randomized controlled trial." published in PloS one as a randomized controlled trial (PubMed 42945164, doi 10.1371/journal.pone.0360482). Sample: 199 as stated in the abstract. Duration: 30 days. Primary outcome: The primary outcome was postoperative complications 30 days.. Results as the authors report them: Between March 2024 to May 2025, 43 patients were randomized with 21 to STRONG preha (PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov, New studies, claim on record) ## Provenance Produced by the automated newsroom line and filed on the DRM3 fact record. Content hash sha256:a9643334d6f64f495c054d706bc1e2a60e4e32cd3e99318ba8a2490143a2299b. Signed receipt Kb3o1AeeUEoQeaqVCM15... (Ed25519). Machine-readable proof: https://dietetics.news/story/ef285742fd19453b9b8ab81791e578bc/proof HTML edition: https://dietetics.news/story/ef285742fd19453b9b8ab81791e578bc A signature proves who filed this and that it has not changed since. It never makes a claim true.