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Celena Scheede-Bergdahl

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Senior LecturerKinesiology & Physical EducationMcGill University

Celena Scheede-Bergdahl

Senior Lecturer

Kinesiology & Physical Education

Faculty of Education

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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10 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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2,567

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Research

Read how they describe their research on their McGill University profile.

Exercise physiology Exercise prescription Cancer Insulin resistance Inflammation Oncology care Prehabilitation

Latest papers

Home-Based Prehabilitation for Older Surgical Patients With Frailty: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
JAMA surgery · 2026
Standards for reporting research methods, interventions, and Outcomes in Surgical Prehabilitation studies (SOS-Prehab).
The British journal of surgery · 2026
Novel multimodal intervention for surgical prehabilitation on functional recovery and muscle characteristics in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (MMP-LUNG).
BMJ open respiratory research · 2025

All 35 publications

Latest funding

STRIVE before surgery trial: a pragmatic multicenter randomized trial of Structured TRaining to Improve fitness in a Virtual Environment before surgery
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$765,001
The Canadian Prehabilitation Network Review: a living systematic review to support advanced knowledge synthesis informing prehabilitation design and evaluation
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$100,000
STRIVE before surgery trial: a pragmatic multicenter randomized trial of Structured TRaining to Improve fitness in a Virtual Environment before surgery
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$400,000

All 12 grants and awards

35 publications.

Home-Based Prehabilitation for Older Surgical Patients With Frailty: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

McIsaac DI, Lee S, Fergusson D, Gillis C, Khadaroo RG, Meliambro A, Muscedere J, Eskander A, Moloo H, Nelson G, Saha T, Chun R, Serrano PE, Wijeysundera DN, Taljaard M, PREPARE Trial Investigator Group, Barnes K, Boet S, Boland L, Branje K, Breau R, Bryson GL, Dhalla I, Dixon E, Dobson G, Farnand M, Forster A, Gagne S, Hladkowicz E, Holroyd-Leduc J, Huang A, Hutton J, Jacobsohn E, Joanisse J, Johnson A, Johnson S, Khalil N, Kidd G, Lalu M, Lavallée LT, Le T, Levine M, Love C, McCartney C, McMullen M, Bergamascki LM, Moore R, Mozel M, Nagpal S, Nantel J, Power B, Scheede-Bergdahl C, Tamblyn-Watts L, Thavorn K, Trottier D, van Walraven C, Yang I

JAMA surgery202629 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2025.5288 PMID: 41335421

Standards for reporting research methods, interventions, and Outcomes in Surgical Prehabilitation studies (SOS-Prehab).

Gillis C, McIsaac DI, Santa Mina D, Chevalier S, Baldini G, Carli F, Scheede-Bergdahl C, Edgar L, Smrk V, Avery L, Bessissow A, Coca Martinez M, Copeland R, Dalton SO, Danjoux G, Denehy L, Engel D, Grimmett C, Grocott MP, Gill HL, Jack S, Jensen BT, Levett D, Martinez-Palli G, Merchant Z, Moore J, Pecorelli N, Randall I, Riedel B, Schierbeck G, Slooter G, West M, Fiore JF, Collaborators

The British journal of surgery20263 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znaf302 PMID: 41830558

Novel multimodal intervention for surgical prehabilitation on functional recovery and muscle characteristics in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (MMP-LUNG).

Moyen A, Fleurent-Grégoire C, Gillis C, Zaks R, Carli F, Scheede-Bergdahl C, Spicer J, Cools-Lartigue J, Najmeh S, Morais JA, Mazurak V, Chevalier S

BMJ open respiratory research20255 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1136/bmjresp-2024-002884 PMID: 40404185

Outcomes reported in randomised trials of surgical prehabilitation: a scoping review.

Fleurent-Grégoire C, Burgess N, Denehy L, Edbrooke L, Engel D, Testa GD, Fiore JF, McIsaac DI, Chevalier S, Moore J, Grocott MP, Copeland R, Levett D, Scheede-Bergdahl C, Gillis C

British journal of anaesthesia202436 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2024.01.046 PMID: 38570300

Multimodal prehabilitation to enhance functional capacity of patients with esophageal cancer during concurrent neoadjuvant chemotherapies-a randomized feasibility trial.

St-Pierre J, Coca-Martinez M, Drummond K, Minnella E, Ramanakumar AV, Ferri L, Carli F, Scheede-Bergdahl C

Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus202414 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/dote/doae087 PMID: 39377252

Home-based exercise prehabilitation to improve disease-free survival and return to intended oncologic treatment after cancer surgery in older adults with frailty: a secondary analysis of a randomized trial.

McIsaac DI, Neilipovitz N, Bryson GL, Gagne S, Huang A, Lalu M, Lavallée LT, Moloo H, Power B, Scheede-Bergdahl C, van Walraven C, McCartney CJL, Taljaard M, Hladkowicz E

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie20244 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-024-02835-w PMID: 39237725

Commentary: importance of considering sex and gender when designing cancer care programs

Jade St-Pierre, Charlotte Willemina Usselman, Celena Scheede‐Bergdahl

Supportive Care in Cancer20242 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1007/s00520-024-08617-w PMID: 38834829

Barriers and facilitators to participation in exercise prehabilitation before cancer surgery for older adults with frailty: a qualitative study.

Barnes K, Hladkowicz E, Dorrance K, Bryson GL, Forster AJ, Gagné S, Huang A, Lalu MM, Lavallée LT, Saunders C, Moloo H, Nantel J, Power B, Scheede-Bergdahl C, Taljaard M, van Walraven C, McCartney CJL, McIsaac DI

BMC geriatrics202386 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12877-023-03990-3 PMID: 37280523

Reporting quality of randomized controlled trials in prehabilitation: a scoping review.

Engel D, Testa GD, McIsaac DI, Carli F, Santa Mina D, Baldini G, Scheede-Bergdahl C, Chevalier S, Edgar L, Beilstein CM, Huber M, Fiore JF, Gillis C

Perioperative medicine (London, England)202331 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s13741-023-00338-8 PMID: 37653530

Home-based prehabilitation with exercise to improve postoperative recovery for older adults with frailty having cancer surgery: the PREHAB randomised clinical trial.

McIsaac DI, Hladkowicz E, Bryson GL, Forster AJ, Gagne S, Huang A, Lalu M, Lavallée LT, Moloo H, Nantel J, Power B, Scheede-Bergdahl C, van Walraven C, McCartney CJL, Taljaard M

British journal of anaesthesia2022157 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2022.04.006 PMID: 35589429

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Celena Scheede-Bergdahl

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Home-Based Prehabilitation for Older Surgical Patients With Frailty: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Standards for reporting research methods, interventions, and Outcomes in Surgical Prehabilitation studies (SOS-Prehab).

Novel multimodal intervention for surgical prehabilitation on functional recovery and muscle characteristics in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (MMP-LUNG).

Outcomes reported in randomised trials of surgical prehabilitation: a scoping review.

Multimodal prehabilitation to enhance functional capacity of patients with esophageal cancer during concurrent neoadjuvant chemotherapies-a randomized feasibility trial.

Home-based exercise prehabilitation to improve disease-free survival and return to intended oncologic treatment after cancer surgery in older adults with frailty: a secondary analysis of a randomized trial.

Commentary: importance of considering sex and gender when designing cancer care programs

Barriers and facilitators to participation in exercise prehabilitation before cancer surgery for older adults with frailty: a qualitative study.

Reporting quality of randomized controlled trials in prehabilitation: a scoping review.

Home-based prehabilitation with exercise to improve postoperative recovery for older adults with frailty having cancer surgery: the PREHAB randomised clinical trial.

Frequent collaborators

Chelsia Gillis

Stéphanie Chevalier

Daniel McIsaac

Andreas Bergdahl

Colin McCartney

Manoj Lalu

Allen Huang

Monica Taljaard

Luke Lavallée

Carl van Walraven

Daniel Santa Mina

Julie Nantel

Husein Moloo

Alan Forster

Julio Fiore Jr

Gabriele Baldini

José Morais

Liane Feldman

Kednapa Thavorn

Pablo Serrano Aybar

Ilun Yang