Exercise capacity before and after an 8-week multidisciplinary inpatient rehabilitation program in lung cancer patients: A pilot study

Exercise capacity before and after an 8-week multidisciplinary inpatient rehabilitation program in lung cancer patients: A pilot study

Although lung cancer is a highly prevalent type of cancer, the effects of an inpatient multidisciplinary rehabilitation program on pulmonary function and exercise capacity have never been studied in these patients. Pulmonary function, 6-min walking distance and peak exercise capacity of 10 patients...

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Published in:Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Vol. 52; no. 2; pp. 257 - 260
Main Authors: Spruit, Martijn A., Janssen, Paul P., Willemsen, Sonja C.P., Hochstenbag, Monique M.H., Wouters, Emiel F.M.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01-05-2006
Elsevier Science
Subjects:
6-min walking distance
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Exercise capacity
Exercise Therapy - methods
Exercise Tolerance - physiology
Exercise training
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Forced Expiratory Flow Rates - physiology
Humans
Inpatient
Inpatients
Lung cancer
Lung Neoplasms - physiopathology
Lung Neoplasms - rehabilitation
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Pilot Projects
Pneumology
Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects)
Rehabilitation
Respiratory Function Tests
Treatment Outcome
Tumors of the respiratory system and mediastinum
Walking - physiology
6-min walking distance
Inpatient
Rehabilitation
Exercise training
Exercise capacity
Lung cancer
Physical exercise
Human
Lung disease
Program
Walking distance
Respiratory disease
Malignant tumor
Capacity
Rehabilitation(human)
Bronchus disease
Multidisciplinary
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Summary:Although lung cancer is a highly prevalent type of cancer, the effects of an inpatient multidisciplinary rehabilitation program on pulmonary function and exercise capacity have never been studied in these patients. Pulmonary function, 6-min walking distance and peak exercise capacity of 10 patients with a severely impaired pulmonary function following treatment of lung cancer were assessed in this pilot study before and after an 8-week inpatient multidisciplinary rehabilitation program. At baseline, patients had a restrictive pulmonary function and an apparent exercise intolerance (median 6-min walking distance: 63.6% predicted; median peak cycling load: 58.5% predicted). Despite the lack of change in median pulmonary function [FEV1: −0.01 L, p = 0.5469], functional exercise capacity [145 m; 43.2% of the initial values, p = 0.0020] and peak exercise capacity [26 W; 34.4% of the initial values, p = 0.0078] improved significantly compared to baseline. Future trials have to corroborate the present findings. Nevertheless, patients with lung cancer have a clear indication to start a comprehensive rehabilitation program following intensive treatment of their disease. In fact, based on the results of the present pilot study it appears that these patients are good candidates for pulmonary rehabilitation programs.
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ISSN:0169-5002
1872-8332
DOI:10.1016/j.lungcan.2006.01.003