Compliance with exercise support
The completion rate for the exercise program was 100%; that is, all enrolled patients recorded both the number of steps taken using the pedometer and the trunk exercises performed in the action diary for 3 months after gastrectomy. The mean (SD) accumulated number of steps up to POD7 was 3314 (1607) steps in the BCAA group, similar to 3757 (1595) steps in the control group (