Millions of individuals undergo surgery every year. While the goal of an operation is often to improve quality of life or cure disease, there are cases where patients unfortunately suffer a complication. Currently, it is difficult to predict which patients are at the highest risk of experiencing a poor outcome after their surgical procedure. Therefore, we intend to study whether non-invasive measurements of physical activity can be used to predict worse outcomes after an operation. Specifically, we will look at two measures: handgrip strength and the time spent in moderate-vigorous activity as measured by an actigraph device.
