Efficacy of Systemic Postoperative Pulmonary Rehabilitation After Lung Resection Surgery
Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
; : 366-373, 2015.
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy of systemic pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) after lung resection in patients with lung cancer. METHODS: Forty-one patients undergoing lung resection were enrolled and classified into the experimental (n=31) and control groups (n=10). The experimental group underwent post-operative systemic PR which was conducted 30 min/day on every hospitalization day by an expert physical therapist. The control group received the same education about the PR exercises and were encouraged to self-exercise without supervision of the physical therapist. The PR group was taught a self-PR program and feedback was provided regularly until 6 months after surgery. We conducted pulmonary function testing (PFT) and used a visual analog scale (VAS) to evaluate pain, and the modified Borg Dyspnea Scale (mBS) to measure perceived respiratory exertion shortly before and 2 weeks, 1, 3, and 6 months after surgery. RESULTS: A significant improvement on the VAS was observed in patients who received systemic PR >3 months. Significant improvements in forced vital capacity (FVC) and mBS score were observed in patients who received systemic PR >6 months (p<0.05). Other PFT results were not different compared with those in the control group. CONCLUSION: Patients who received lung resection suffered a significant decline in functional reserve and increases in pain and subjective dyspnea deteriorating quality of life (QoL). Systemic PR supervised by a therapist helped improve reduced pulmonary FVC and QoL and minimized discomfort during the postoperative periods in patients who underwent lung resection.
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Organization and Administration
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Postoperative Period
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Quality of Life
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Rehabilitation
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Respiratory Function Tests
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Exercise
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Vital Capacity
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Dyspnea
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Education
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Physical Therapists
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
Year:
2015
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