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A booklet with detailed exercise instructions and a daily log for recording repetitions will be provided. A family member will be informed to support adherence. Nutritional risk will be assessed and its association with functional recovery will be evaluated",[13],"Behavioral: Experimental (Structured postoperative physiotherapy)",{"label":15,"type":6,"description":16,"interventionNames":17},"Arm 2: Standard care","Participants in the control group will receive standard postoperative physiotherapy according to usual hospital practice. This includes general mobilization without a structured or progressively increasing protocol. Instruction in deep breathing exercises and voluntary coughing will be provided only once on the first postoperative day, without further supervision or reinforcement. 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