The purpose of this study is to establish the effectiveness of a preoperative pulmonary rehabilitation program in patients awaiting lung resection for lung cancer by Video-assisted thoracic surgery in order to improve exercise tolerance and quality of life. The investigators hypothesized that a pulmonary rehabilitation program including both endurance and strength training may improve exercise tolerance and quality of life measured with a submaximal exercise test and a quality of life questionnaire respectively.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
40
The pulmonary rehabilitation program includes an endurance training with a cycloergometer, a strength training with elastic bands and two dairy sessions of incentive spirometry with a volume-oriented device.
Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña
A Coruña, Spain
Exercise Tolerance
Maximum time sustained (in seconds) during the constant-load cycle endurance test performed at 80% of the maximal workload achieved measured three weeks after hospital discharge in comparison with the control group.
Time frame: Exercise tolerance 3 weeks after hospital discharge
Exercise Tolerance
Maximum time sustained (in seconds) during the constant-load cycle endurance test performed at 80% of the maximal workload achieved measured three months after hospital discharge in comparison with the control group.
Time frame: Exercise tolerance 3 months after surgery
Health-Related Quality of Life
Health-Related Quality of Life measured with the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey Version 2 (SF-36) three weeks post-surgery. This scale is scored on a 0 - 100 scale, with higher scores referring to a better health-related quality of life. The scale compromises 8 subscales and two summaries (physial and mental).
Time frame: Quality of life 3 weeks after surgery
Health-Related Quality of Life
Health-Related Quality of Life measured with the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey Version 2 (SF-36) three months post-surgery. This scale is scored on a 0 - 100 scale, with higher scores referring to a better health-related quality of life. The scale compromises 8 subscales and two summaries (physial and mental).
Time frame: Quality of life post-surgery
Upper Body Strength
Upper body strength measured with the Arm-Curl Test of the Senior Fitness Test. The test measures the number of curl-arm movements with a 2.27kg or a 3.61 kg dumbbell for women and men respectively during 30 seconds.
Time frame: 3 weeks post-surgery
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Upper Body Strength
Upper body strength measured with the Arm-Curl Test of the Senior Fitness Test. The test measures the number of curl-arm movements with a 2.27kg or a 3.61 kg dumbbell for women and men respectively during 30 seconds.
Time frame: 3 months post-surgery
Lower Body Strength
Lower body strength measured with the sit-to-stand Test. The test consist of counting the number of full stands from a chair that can be completed in 30 seconds with arms folded across chest.
Time frame: 3 weeks post-surgery
Lower Body Strength
Lower body strength measured with the sit-to-stand Test. The test consist of counting the number of full stands from a chair that can be completed in 30 seconds with arms folded across chest.
Time frame: 3 months post-surgery