Importance of Exercise Educational Materials in Chest Physiotherapy

Importance of Exercise Educational Materials in Chest Physiotherapy

The patients who have undergone thoracotomy operation will include in the study. All patients have chest physiotherapy in the intensive care unit. Patients will be randomized and divided into two groups. One group will be given an exercise form with details and photographs of the exercises. No documents will be given to the other group. The program includes breathing exercises, incentive spirometry study, coughing and graded ambulation. After 1 intensive care session, patients are admitted to the service rooms due to routine procedures. The patients will be served in the afternoon and will be questioned whether they are performing their exercises or not.

• Physiotherapy will be applied to patients undergoing thoracotomy after 24 hours of intensive care hospitalization.
• Patients will be randomized and divided into two groups. Study group will be given exercise form. Control group not.
• Physiotherapy program includes breathing exercises, incentive spirometry study, graded ambulation and both groups will receive this physiotherapy session in the intensive care unit..
• After the patients are admitted to the service rooms, a service visit will be performed, the amount of remembering of the exercises and whether the exercises are performed in a proper form will be questioned.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Between 18-70 years
• Having undergone post-thoracotomy
• Hemodynamically stable,
• To be conscious

Exclusion Criteria:

• Excessive pain
• Neurological complications
• Cardiovascular and musculoskeletal problems that prevent him from exercising
• Not wanting to be involved in the study
• Fever above 38 degrees