Table 4.

Description of exercise prehabilitation intervention arms according to consensus exercise reporting template (CERT) domains (20) for three of the RCTs that included multimodal prehabilitation interventions as an example.

CERT domain	Item no. and abbreviated item description	2020 Carli (8)	2018 Barberan-Garcia (34)	2018 Minnella (30)
What	1. Type of exercise equipment	Recumbent stepper Resistance bands	Cycle-ergometer stationary bicycle	Resistance bands
Who	2. Qualifications, teaching/supervising expertise and/or training of the exercise instructor	Kinesiologist	Specialised Physiotherapist	Physician prescribed; Kinesiologist demonstrated
How	3. Whether exercise are performed individually or in a group	Not specified	Individually	Individual
	4. Whether exercises are supervised or unsupervised	Supervised and home based	Supervised	Unsupervised
	5. Measurement and reporting of adherence to exercise	Attendance at the in-hospital exercise session. Self-reported in diary and weekly telephone calls	Attendance at exercise sessions	Self-reported logbookWeekly telephone calls with kinesiologist
	6. Details of motivation strategies	CD with audio instructions. Weekly telephone calls	Motivational Interviewing and objective setting prior to exercise program and revisited throughout program	Weekly telephone calls with kinesiologist
	7. Decision rules for progressing the exercise program	No details in paper—references Bousquet-Dion 2018 for reporting of intervention	Peak work rate increased by ~5% every week up to a maximum of 85% peak work rate and 50% peak work rate for active rest.	Not reported
	8. Each exercise is described so that it can be replicated (e.g., illustrations, photographs)	No details in paper—references Bousquet-Dion 2018 for reporting of intervention	Detailed description provided	Aerobic described in terms of time, type, intensity (RPE), resistance less described
	9. Content of any home program component	Personalised progression of mod aerobic−30 min walking and resistance training x3/week	Personalised walking program focusing on increasing steps per day (using pedometer) and optimisation of walking intensity (using BORG scale)	All home based
	10. Non exercised components	Nutrition intervention +/– protein supplementation, psychology assessment, and personalised coping strategies, counselling for smoking and alcohol cessation.	Motivational interview	Nutrition assessment and supplements as needed.
	11. How adverse events that occur during exercise are documented and managed	No adverse events	No adverse events reported	No adverse events reported
Where	12. Setting in which exercises are performed	Hospital prehabilitation unit and home based	Community	Home based
When, how much	13. Detailed description of the exercises (e.g., set, reps, ration, intensity)	1 supervised session per week for 4 weeks. Warm up: 5 minAerobic: 30 min moderate intensity Resistance: 25 min, Stretching: 5 min	1–3 sessions per week Duration: 47 min Warm up: 5 min 30% peak work rate Intervals: 2 min 70%peak work rate, 3 min active rest 40% peak work rate Cool Down: 5 min 20% peak work rate Cycling Rate: 60-70RPM	Aerobic-−3 per week of 30 min moderate continuous training (incl 5 min warm up, 5 min cool down)BORG 12–13Strengthening 1 per week of 30 min (incl 5 min flexibility and 5 min stretching)–−3 sets x8-12 reps of 8 muscle groups.
Tailoring	14. Whether exercises are generic (“one size fits all”) or tailored to the individual	Personalised	Patient specific program	Individualised
	15. Decision rule that determines the starting level of exercise	No detail in paper—references Bousquet-Dion 2018 for reporting intervention.	Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test	Based on personal level and attitude. Based on BORG or 10 point resistance intensity scale.
How well	15. Whether the exercise intervention is delivered and performed as planned	Attendance of hospital sessions—mean (SD) 68% (38). Overall adherence 80% (27)	Nil reported	Overall compliance with programme reported (63%)

CERT tables for all included studies can be found in Supplementary 1.

RPM, revolutions per minute; HR-max, maximum heart rate.