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Postoperative pelvic floor rehabilitation, including anal biofeedback therapy, has shown potential in alleviating established LARS symptoms. This trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of pelvic floor rehabilitation prior to bowel continuity restoration in preventing LARS in patients undergoing sphincter\u2010preserving rectal resection for cancer.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>CONTICARE is a national multicentre randomized trial. Patients who have undergone total mesorectal excision with sphincter preservation and a defunctioning stoma (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009174; 87 per arm) will be randomly assigned to either the rehabilitation or control group before stoma closure. The rehabilitation group will receive systematic pelvic floor rehabilitation, comprising four sessions before and six sessions after stoma closure, following a standardized approach. The control group will receive standard follow\u2010up care, which includes symptom\u2010based therapy after ileostomy closure. The primary outcome measure will be the severity of LARS, assessed using the dedicated LARS score at 6\u2009months. Comparisons of faecal incontinence symptoms, quality of life and complications related to biofeedback therapy will also be evaluated at 6\u2009weeks, 6\u2009months and 1\u2009year between the two groups.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Pelvic floor rehabilitation has the potential to enhance symptom management and quality of life for patients following rectal resection by preventing LARS. 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