ArticleEuropean journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine2020
Preoperative respiratory muscle endurance training improves ventilatory capacity and prevents pulmonary postoperative complications after lung surgery.
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- Preoperative respiratory muscle training combined with aerobic exercise improves respiratory vital capacity and daily life activity following surgical treatment for myasthenia gravis.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2023Trial
- Best practices for respiratory function training in perioperative patients with lung cancer: A scoping review and evidence synthesis.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2026Review
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- Effects of prehabilitation on outcomes among patients undergoing surgery for lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Feasibility of postoperative home-based pulmonary function training for lung cancer patients: a real-world study.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundResection surgery is the main treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Postoperative complications and mortality are mostly linked to respiratory failure consecutive to respiratory muscle overload.
aimWe aimed to evaluate the effect of preoperative respiratory muscle endurance training (RMET) on respiratory muscle capacity and postoperative complications in patients undergoing NSCLC resection.
designRandomized controlled trial.
settingFrench university hospital. POPULATION: Patients eligible for NSCLC resection.
methodsThe training group (T group) performed a 3-week preoperative RMET added to usual chest physical therapy while the control group (C group) had only the latter. The primary outcome was the change in respiratory muscle endurance. Secondary outcomes were postoperative complications and mortality. Assessments were performed similarly at baseline and after the intervention. We conducted multivariable analyses with analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) taking into account baseline values for isocapnic hyperpnoea endurance test, exercise capacity and pulmonary function tests. The number of pulmonary postoperative complication was analyzed by Fisher-exact test.
resultsWe included 26 patients with NSCLC (14 in the T group and 12 in the C group). Respiratory muscle endurance significantly increased in the T group after the RMET compared with C group (+229±199 vs. -5±371 sec, P=0.001). This increase was associated with a significantly lower number of pulmonary postoperative complications (2 vs. 10, P=0.037).
conclusionsPreoperative RMET improved respiratory muscle endurance and decreased pulmonary postoperative complications after surgery for NSCLC. These positive results obtained after RMET may help improve the perioperative course for such patients. These results should be confirmed in larger randomized controlled trials, including higher number of patients especially with altered respiratory muscle function. CLINICAL REHABILITATION IMPACT: Low-cost and easy to perform, RMET training could serve as complementary tool to usual chest physical therapy, before lung resection surgery.
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