Preliminary work from this review suggests that exercise intervention compared with usual care both pre and post-surgery is associated with improved cardiopulmonary exercise capacity , increased muscle strength and reduced fatigue , post-operative complications and hospital length of stay .
BACKGROUND Surgery remains the best curative option for appropriately selected patients with lung cancer .
Evidence suggests that improving cardiovascular fitness and functional capacity can accelerate post-surgery recovery and reduce mortality .
However , the effect of exercise intervention for patients surgically treated for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer [ NCSLC ] has not been fully examined .
PURPOSE This review examines the literature regarding exercise intervention for patients who are surgically treated for NSCLC focussing on three key areas : method ological quality , intervention design ( e.g. duration , frequency , type ) and outcomes measured .
Exercise capacity before and after an 8-week multidisciplinary inpatient rehabilitation program in lung cancer patients: a pilot study.
Although lung cancer is a highly prevalent type of cancer , the effects of an inpatient multidisciplinary rehabilitation program on pulmonary function and exercise capacity have never been studied in these patients . Pulmonary function , 6-min walking distance and peak exercise capacity of 10 patients with a severely impaired pulmonary function following treatment of lung cancer were assessed in this pilot study before and after an 8-week inpatient multidisciplinary rehabilitation program . At baseline , patients had a restrictive pulmonary function and an apparent  exercise intolerance ( median 6-min walking distance : 63.6 % predicted ; median peak cycling load : 58.5 % predicted ) . Despite the lack of change in median pulmonary function [ FEV1 : -0.01L , p = 0.5469 ] , functional exercise capacity [ 145 m ; 43.2 % of the initial values , p=0.0020 ] and peak exercise capacity [ 26 W ; 34.4 % of the initial values , p = 0.0078 ] improved significantly compared to baseline . Future trials have to corroborate the present findings . Nevertheless , patients with lung cancer have a clear indication to start a comprehensive rehabilitation program following intensive treatment of their disease . In fact , based on the results of the present pilot study it appears that these patients are good c and i date s for pulmonary rehabilitation programs
Preliminary work from this review suggests that exercise intervention compared with usual care both pre and post-surgery is associated with improved cardiopulmonary exercise capacity , increased muscle strength and reduced fatigue , post-operative complications and hospital length of stay .
BACKGROUND Surgery remains the best curative option for appropriately selected patients with lung cancer .
Evidence suggests that improving cardiovascular fitness and functional capacity can accelerate post-surgery recovery and reduce mortality .
However , the effect of exercise intervention for patients surgically treated for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer [ NCSLC ] has not been fully examined .
PURPOSE This review examines the literature regarding exercise intervention for patients who are surgically treated for NSCLC focussing on three key areas : method ological quality , intervention design ( e.g. duration , frequency , type ) and outcomes measured .