Bart Bongers (B.C.)
Research profile
Research projects
- Optimising perioperative care in major elective abdominal surgery (preoperative risk stratification and prehabilitation)
- "Better in, Better out"
- Metabolic measurements
- Optimising rehabilitation
Publications
Core publications:
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Bongers, B. C., Berkel, A. E., Klaase, J. M., & van Meeteren, N. L. (2017). An evaluation of the validity of the pre-operative oxygen uptake efficiency slope as an indicator of cardiorespiratory fitness in elderly patients scheduled for major colorectal surgery. Anaesthesia, 72(10), 1206-1216. https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.14003
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Takken, T., Bongers, B. C., Van Brussel, M., Haapala, E. A., & Hulzebos, E. H. J. (2017). Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Pediatrics. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 14(supp. 1), S123-S128. https://doi.org/10.1513/AnnalsATS.201611-912FR
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Heldens, A. F. J. M., Bongers, B. C., de Vos-Geelen, J., van Meeteren, N. L. U., & Lenssen, A. F. (2016). Feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a physical exercise training program during neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in individual patients with rectal cancer prior to major elective surgery. European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 42(9), 1322-1330. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2016.03.021
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Bongers, B. C., van Brussel, M., Hulzebos, E. H. J., & Takken, T. (2014). Pediatric norms for cardiopulmonary exercise testing: In relation to sex and age. Uitgeverij BOXPress B.V.
Most recent publications:
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Voorn, M. J. J., Bootsma, M. F. R., Bootsma, G. P., van Kampen-van den Boogaart, V. E. M., van Riet, G. J. A., de Ruysscher, D. K., Bongers, B. C., & Janssen-Heijnen, M. L. G. (2022). Association of Pretreatment Physical and Geriatric Parameters with Treatment Tolerance and Survival in Elderly Patients with Stage I-II Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: An Evaluation of Usual Care Data. Cancers, 14(23), [5994]. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14235994
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Berkel, A. E. M., Bongers, B. C., van Meeteren, N. L. U., & Klaase, J. M. (2022). Response to the Comments of Onerup et al and Lu and Song on: "Effects of Community-based Exercise Prehabilitation for Patients Scheduled for Colorectal Surgery With High Risk for Postoperative Complications: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial". Annals of Surgery, 276(6), E1126-E1128. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000005474
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van Wijk, L., Bongers, B. C., Berkel, A. E. M., Buis, C. I., Reudink, M., Liem, M. S. L., Slooter, G. D., van Meeteren, N. L. U., & Klaase, J. M. (2022). Improved preoperative aerobic fitness following a home-based bimodal prehabilitation programme in high-risk patients scheduled for liver or pancreatic resection. British Journal of Surgery, 109(11), 1036-1039. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znac230
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Kornuijt, A., Bongers, B. C., G J Marcellis, R., & Lenssen, A. F. (2022). Submaximal cardiopulmonary exercise testing to assess preoperative aerobic capacity in patients with knee osteoarthritis scheduled for total knee arthroplasty: a feasibility study. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593985.2022.2126740
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Voorn, M. J. J., Schroder, C. D., Van Kampen-van den Boogaart, V. E. M., Willems, W., Bongers, B. C., & Janssen-Heijnen, M. L. G. (2022). The clinical decision-making process of healthcare professionals within a personalized home-based rehabilitation during sequential chemoradiotherapy for stage III non-small lung cancer: A case study. Physiotherapy Research International, [e1979]. https://doi.org/10.1002/pri.1979
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Franssen, R. F. W., Bongers, B. C., Vogelaar, F. J., & Janssen-Heijnen, M. L. G. (2022). Feasibility of a tele-prehabilitation program in high-risk patients with colon or rectal cancer undergoing elective surgery: a feasibility study. Perioperative medicine, 11(1), [28]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13741-022-00260-5
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Cuijpers, A. C. M., Linskens, F. G., Bongers, B. C., Stassen, L. P. S., Lubbers, T., & van Meeteren, N. L. U. (2022). Quality and clinical generalizability of feasibility outcomes in exercise prehabilitation before colorectal cancer surgery - A systematic review. European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 48(7), 1483-1497. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2022.04.012
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Bak, M. T. J., Ruiterkamp, M. F. E., van Ruler, O., Campmans-Kuijpers, M. J. E., Bongers, B. C., van Meeteren, N. L. U., van der Woude, C. J., Stassen, L. P. S., & de Vries, A. C. (2022). Prehabilitation prior to intestinal resection in Crohn's disease patients: An opinion review. World Journal of Gastroenterology, 28(22), 2403-2416. https://doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v28.i22.2403
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Cuijpers, A. C. M., Bongers, B. C., Stassen, L. P. S., & Lubbers, T. (2022). Reply letter to the editor: Aerobic fitness and muscle density play a vital role in postoperative complications in colorectal cancer surgery. Journal of Surgical Oncology, 125(8), 1346-1347. https://doi.org/10.1002/jso.26878
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Voorn, M. J. J., Bongers, B. C., van Kampen-van den Boogaart, V. E. M., Driessen, E. J. M., & Janssen-Heijnen, M. L. G. (2022). Feasibility of Rehabilitation during Chemoradiotherapy among Patients with Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Proof-of-Concept Study. Cancers, 14(10), 1-15. [2387]. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14102387
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B.C. Bongers
Assistant professor
Medical physiologist
(Clinical) exercise physiologist
Nutrition and Movement Sciences, School for Nutrition Toxic and Metab, Fac. Health, Medicine and Life Sciences