The Effects of Qigong Exercise Training After Thoracotomy

Summary

Postoperative pulmonary complications after thoracotomy cause morbidity and mortality. Although the causes of postoperative pulmonary complication are multifactorial, respiratory muscle dysfunction is a contributing factor to the development of postoperative pulmonary complication. This phenomenon has been explained by changes in respiratory muscle mechanics and operative function. Exercise interventions following lung resection have been shown to be associated with benefits on functional capacity, quality of life, shoulder pain, and shoulder function. Following thoracotomy, postoperative pulmonary complications are a significant cause of morbidity and cause significant increase in health care costs, intensive care and hospital stay, and patient discomfort. Conventional physiotherapy and rehabilitation program applied after thoracotomy reduces hospital stay and incidence of atelectasis.

Thoracotomy may also result in long-term limitation of shoulder function and range of motion, reduced muscle strength, chronic pain, and reduced health-related quality of life. Physiotherapy program; It provides some benefits such as reduction of pain, improvement of shoulder function and physical components of quality of life. Based on these findings; It is recommended that physiotherapists provide a postoperative exercise program aimed at reducing shoulder dysfunction and pain, including progressive shoulder and rib cage exercises and a home program after discharge.

In recent years, the popularity of Tai Chi, Qigong and yoga, also known as body-mind exercises in the treatment of chronic diseases, has increased.

Conditions

• Pain, Shoulder
• Postoperative Pain
• Joint Adhesion
• Muscle Weakness
• Respiratory Function Loss
• Quality of Life

Interventions

OTHER

Qigong exercise training

Before and after the qigong exercises, 10-minute exercises will be done to stretch the large muscle groups for warm-up-cooling purposes. The entire Baduanjin exercise consists of 8 postures: preparation position 1. Raising arms with palms up, 2. Shooting arrows left and right like an archer in a semi-crouching position 3. Keeping one arm up 4. Looking back with trunk rotations in a semi-crouching position 5. Nodding the head and lowering the body to relieve stress, 6. Fisting and staring 7. Touching feet with hands touching back and legs 8. Raising and lowering heels

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Akdeniz University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Neriman T Aksu · Akdeniz Üniversitesi

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

20 Years

Max Age

70 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-10-28

Primary Completion

2022-10-30

Completion

2022-11-01

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations