Efficacy of Systemic Postoperative Pulmonary Rehabilitation After Lung Resection Surgery
Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
;
: 366-373, 2015.
Artigo
em Inglês
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-153685
ABSTRACT
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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Assunto principal:
Organização e Administração
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Período Pós-Operatório
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Qualidade de Vida
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Reabilitação
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Testes de Função Respiratória
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Exercício Físico
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Capacidade Vital
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Dispneia
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Educação
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Fisioterapeutas
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
Ano de publicação:
2015
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