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Bart Bongers (B.C.)

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Research projects
  • Optimising perioperative care in major elective abdominal surgery (preoperative risk stratification and prehabilitation)
  • "Better in, Better out"
  • Metabolic measurements
  • Optimising rehabilitation
Key publications
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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Recent publications
  • Scheenstra, B., van Susante, L., Bongers, B. C., Lenssen, T., Knols, H., van Kuijk, S., Nieman, M., Maessen, J., Van't Hof, A., Sardari Nia, P., & Digital Cardiac Counseling (DCC) Trial investigators (2025). The Effect of Teleprehabilitation on Adverse Events After Elective Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 85(8), 788-800. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.10.064
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  • Jetten, E. E. J., Franssen, R. F. W., Voorn, M. J. J., Falz, R., Busse, M., Bongers, B. C., Janssen-Heijnen, M. L. G., & Hoogeboom, T. J. (2025). Evaluating the therapeutic quality of prehabilitation programmes in patients scheduled for colorectal surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Colorectal Disease, 27(2), Article e70023. https://doi.org/10.1111/codi.70023
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  • Talen, A. D., van Meeteren, N. L. U., Barten, J. A., Pereboom, I., Krijnen, W. P., Jager-Wittenaar, H., Bongers, B. C., & van der Sluis, G. (2025). The challenges of evidence-based prehabilitation in a real-life context for patients preparing for colorectal surgery-a cohort study and multiple case analysis. Perioperative medicine, 14(1), Article 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13741-024-00481-w
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  • Van Hooren, B., Mennen, B., Gronwald, T., Bongers, B. C., & Rogers, B. (2025). Correlation properties of heart rate variability to assess the first ventilatory threshold and fatigue in runners. Journal of Sports Sciences, 43(2), 125-134. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2023.2277034
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  • Meijer, R., ten Cate, D. W. G., Bongers, B. C., Regis, M., Savelberg, H. H. C. M., Slooter, G. D., Janssen, S., van Hooff, M., & Schep, G. (2024). Patient-reported questionnaires to preoperatively identify high-risk surgical patients. Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery, 409(1), Article 372. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-024-03560-0
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  • Franssen, R., Voorn, M., Jetten, E., Bongers, B. C., van Osch, F., & Janssen-Heijnen, M. (2024). Real-life effectiveness of prehabilitation to improve postoperative outcomes in patients with colorectal cancer approaching surgery: A systematic review and meta-analyses of observational studies versus randomized controlled trials. European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 50(12), Article 108708. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2024.108708
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  • Trul-Kreuze, I. A., Akkerman, M., Kieboom, E. A. M., Nieuwenhuis, M. K., Houdijk, H., & Bongers, B. C. (2024). Clinimetric properties of the steep ramp test to assess cardiorespiratory fitness, its underlying physiological responses, and its current applications: a scoping review. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 105(11), 2198-2213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2024.02.717
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  • Demers, K., Bongers, B. C., van Kuijk, S. M. J., Plasqui, G., Jonkers, D. M. A. E., Pierik, M. J., & Stassen, L. P. S. (2024). Criterion Validity of Screening Tools and Field-Based Tests for Health-Related Physical Fitness in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 69(11), 4072-4088. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-024-08682-5
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  • Veneman, T., Koopman, F. S., Oorschot, S., de Koning, J. J., Bongers, B. C., Nollet, F., & Voorn, E. L. (2024). Validity of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing for Assessing Aerobic Capacity in Neuromuscular Diseases. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 105(10), 1846-1853. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2024.07.006
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  • Cuijpers, A. C. M., Lubbers, T., Dronkers, J. J., Heldens, A. F. J. M., Zoethout, S. B., Leistra, D., van Kuijk, S. M. J., van Meeteren, N. L. U., Stassen, L. P. S., & Bongers, B. C. (2024). Development and external validation of preoperative clinical prediction models for postoperative outcomes including preoperative aerobic fitness in patients approaching elective colorectal cancer surgery. European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 50(6), Article 108338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2024.108338
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