Is it Possible to Use the Timed Performance Tests in Lung Transplantation Candidates to Determine the Exercise Capacity?
Condition: Pulmonary Rehabilitation; Exercise Capacity; Exercise Test
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      Lung transplantation candidates will be performed a 3-month hospital-based preoperative
      exercise training. A 6-minute walk test, a 10-meter walking speed test and a 5-times sit to
      stand test will be performed to determine the exercise capacity of the patient. The tests
      will be carried out at the beginning and end of rehabilitation. At each testing session, the
      tests will be performed sequentially by the same physiotherapist, giving 20 minute rest
      periods within the same day. It will be analyzed how the test data correlate with each other
      and how the delta values calculated for each test reflect the rehabilitation outcomes
      calculated after the exercise program.
    

Detailed description: 
      Severe exercise intolerance exists in lung transplant candidates. Completion of the test
      period in the field tests used in determining the exercise capacity of these patients is
      extremely difficult. The exercise capacity, which is considered as an important criterion in
      the decision of the lung transplant decision and in the determination of the clinical profile
      of the patient, necessitates the development of different test methods which are more
      suitable for the application of the measurement in this patient population.

      In this study lung transplantation candidates will be performed a 3-month hospital-based
      preoperative exercise training. A 6-minute walk test, a 10-meter walking speed test and a
      5-times sit to stand test will be performed to determine the exercise capacity of the
      patient. The tests will be carried out at the beginning and end of rehabilitation. At each
      testing session, the tests will be performed sequentially by the same physiotherapist, giving
      20 minute rest periods within the same day. It will be analyzed how the test data correlate
      with each other and how the delta values calculated for each test reflect the rehabilitation
      outcomes calculated after the exercise program.
    

Intervention name(s): Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Intervention type(s): Other
Intervention description(s): All patients will undergo supervised pulmonary rehabilitation program on 2 days per week for 3 months. Apart from that, they will ask to perform the home exercise program which is scheduled as 3 days per week and fill out the exercise follow-up form. Supervised exercise sessions consist of aerobic(treadmill walking, bicycle training, arm ergometer training) and strengthening training(free weights). A 6-min walk test, a 10-meter walking speed test and a 5 times sit to stand test will be performed to determine the exercise capacity of the patient. The tests will be carried out at the beginning and end of rehabilitation. At each testing session, the tests will be performed sequentially by the same physiotherapist, giving 20 minute rest periods within the same day.
Intervention model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary purpose: Other
Keywords: performance test; exercise capacity; rehabilitation outcome; pulmonary rehabilitation