ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2013
Breathing exercises improve post-operative pulmonary function and quality of life in patients with lung cancer: A meta-analysis.
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- Effects of Preoperative Breathing Exercise on Postoperative Outcomes for Patients With Lung Cancer Undergoing Curative Intent Lung Resection: A Meta-analysis.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2021Pooled it
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- Effect of exercise on postoperative recovery of patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Discover oncology · 2024Article
- Pulmonary function changes after sublobar resection in patients with peripheral non-subpleural nodules.BMC surgery · 2022Article
- Three Weeks of Pulmonary Rehabilitation Do Not Influence Oscillometry Parameters in Postoperative Lung Cancer Patients.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Observational
- Outcomes of pulmonary rehabilitation after lung resection in patients with lung cancer.Turk gogus kalp damar cerrahisi dergisi · 2022Article
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- Air pollution: A new challenge for anaesthesiologists!Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2020Article
- Effect of combination of pre- and postoperative pulmonary rehabilitation on onset of postoperative pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study based on data from the diagnosis procedure combination database in Japan.International journal of clinical oncology · 2019Article
- Preoperative pulmonary function testing and postoperative complications.Journal of thoracic disease · 2018Article
- The importance of exercise in lung cancer treatment.Translational lung cancer research · 2016Review
- Influence of Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Lung Function Changes After the Lung Resection for Primary Lung Cancer in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.Aging and disease · 2015Article
- How to adapt the pulmonary rehabilitation programme to patients with chronic respiratory disease other than COPD.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2013Review
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Abstract
Previous research has shown that breathing exercises may improve the prognosis and health status in patients with lung cancer by enhancing pulmonary function and quality of life (QOL). However, individually published results are inconclusive. The aim of the present meta-analysis was to evaluate the clinical value of breathing exercises on post-operative pulmonary function and QOL in patients with lung cancer. A literature search of Pubmed, Embase, the Web of Science and CBM databases was conducted from their inception through to October 2012. Crude standardized mean differences (SMDs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used to assess the effect of breathing exercises. A total of eight clinical studies were ultimately included with 398 lung cancer patients. When all the eligible studies were pooled into the meta-analysis, there was a significant difference between the pre-intervention and post-intervention results of breathing exercises on post-operative pulmonary function; forced expiratory volume in 1 sec (FEV1): SMD, 3.37; 95% CI, 1.97-4.77; P<0.001; FEV1/FVC: SMD, 1.77; 95% CI, 0.15-3.39; P=0.032). Furthermore, the QOL in patients with lung cancer was significantly improved following the intervention with breathing exercises; there were significant differences between the pre-intervention and post-intervention results on the ability of self-care in daily life (SMD, -1.00; 95% CI, -1.467 to -0.52; P<0.001), social activities (SMD, -0.94; 95% CI, -1.73 to -0.15; P=0.02), symptoms of depression (SMD, -0.91; 95% CI, -1.25 to -0.57; P<0.001) and symptoms of anxiety (SMD, -0.91; 95% CI, -1.20 to -0.63; P<0.001). Results from the present meta-analysis suggest that breathing exercises may significantly improve post-operative pulmonary function and QOL in patients with lung cancer.
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