Abstract
Introduction: Lung resection, accompanied by cancer treatments and comorbidities, lead to physiopathological disorders in different tissues and organs. Different degrees of impairments in cardiovascular, pulmonary, and muscular functions have been reported restricting different functional capacities. Curiously, the Upper limb exercise capacity and its evolution have been scarcely explored due to the relevance of upper limb in functional independence.
Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the evolution of upper limb exercise capacity from the surgery to a year post-resection in lung cancer survivors.
Patients and methods: In this prospective observational trial, patients diagnosed with I or II stated heterogeneous lung cancer were evaluated with the unsupported upper limb exercise test. Spent time, achieved weight, post dyspnea, and upper limb fatigue were analyzed before surgery, after surgery and one-year post-surgery.
Results: Finally, a total of 56 patients were included in this study. Upper limb exercise capacity variables spent time and achieved weight obtained significant differences after surgery and one year after surgery.
Conclusions: Upper limb exercise capacity is impaired after lung cancer resection, and this alteration is maintained one year after surgery.
Footnotes
Cite this article as: European Respiratory Journal 2020; 56: Suppl. 64, 1730.
This abstract was presented at the 2020 ERS International Congress, in session “Respiratory viruses in the "pre COVID-19" era”.
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