Relation Between Muscle Strength With Exercise Capacity and Dyspnea in LTx

Relation Between Upper and Lower Limb Muscle Strength With Exercise Capacity and Dyspnea in Patients With Awaiting Lung Transplantation

Severe exercise intolerance and shortness of breath are present in lung transplant candidates. Clinical features that reveal these symptoms in terminal period lung patients vary and are unclear. The effect of peripheral muscle strength on exercise capacity and dyspnea will be examined in our study.

Yedikule Chest Diseases Patients who have been accepted to participate in the pre-operative rehabilitation program at the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Unit will be included in the study. A 6-min walk test, peripheral and respiratory muscle strength measurements, and a dyspnea rating scale Mmrc will be applied to the lung transplantation candidates who are trained in 3-month hospital-based preoperative exercise training in the Pulmonary Rehabilitation unit. The tests will be carried out at the beginning and end of rehabilitation. At each testing session, the tests will be performed by the same physiotherapist. The correlations of the test data with each other will be analyzed.

Inclusion Criteria:

• have a diagnosis of terminally severe lung disease,
• being listed for lung transplantation,
• medically stable,
• had no orthopedic or cardiac problems that would prevent them from exercising
• had no transfer problem to the pulmonary rehabilitation center.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Dont except to participate the study
• incompatibility with exhaust
• not completing the program