NCT06118164

Effect of Pursed-lips Breathing Combined With Aerobic Walking Exercise on Oxygenation and Activity Endurance in Lung Cancer Patients After Lobectomy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The effects of pursed-lip breathing or aerobic walking exercise in increasing muscle strength and motility and relieving dyspnea have been proved. However, patients with lung cancer often have decreased lung function and exercise capacity after lobectomy. The aim of this study was to explore the effects of pursed-lip breathing combined with aerobic walking exercise on postoperative oxygenation and exercise tolerance of lung cancer patients underwent lobectomy.

Detailed description

An randomized controlled trial was used. Sixty eligible subjects from the Department of Thoracic Surgery of a regional hospital in central Taiwan participate in this study. A total of sixty subjects were randomly and equally assigned to the experimental group, control group I and control group II, to carry out postoperative both pursed lip breathing and aerobic walking exercise, pursed lip breathing, and aerobic walking exercise respectively. All three interventions were conducted 3 times a day, each lasting 15 minutes, from the 1st to 5th day after the operation. Pretests were done before the start of the three interventions on the first postoperative day, and posttests were done after the completion of the three interventions on the 5th postoperative day. Data including 6-minute walking test, Dyspnea Visual Analogue Scale, Rating scale of perceived exertion, peak expiratory flow rate and SpO2 were collected.

Conditions

• Complications During Rehabilitation Stay

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	pursing- lip breathing combined with aerobic walking exercise	pursing- lip breathing combined with aerobic walking exercise
BEHAVIORAL	pursing- lip breathing	pursing- lip breathing
BEHAVIORAL	aerobic walking exercise	aerobic walking exercise

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-04-22
• Primary completion: 2022-06-30
• Completion: 2022-06-30
• First posted: 2023-11-07
• Last updated: 2023-11-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan