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The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation on respiratory function, exercise tolerance and posture in patients with pectus excavatum.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| cardiopulmonary exercises group at hospital | Experimental | The working group will be provided with a personalised exercise plan by a physiotherapist specialising in that field at the cardiopulmonary rehabilitation unit, to be carried out twice a week for five weeks. Patients will work on a bicycle ergometer. In addition, the same physiotherapist will demonstrate breathing and posture exercises for patients to perform at home. |
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| pulmonary exercises group at home | Active Comparator | The physiotherapist will only demonstrate the breathing and posture exercises that patients in the control group will perform at home. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Cardiopulmonary exercises at hospital | Other | Patients will exercise using a bicycle ergometer. In addition, the same physiotherapist will demonstrate breathing and posture exercises for them to perform at home. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Maximal inspiration and expiration pressure | first day of exercises program and 5th week of exercises program |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| 6 minute walking test | first day of exercises program and 5th week of exercises program | |
| New York Posture Scale | first day of exercises program and 5th week of exercises program | |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Ankara Etlik City Hospital | Ankara | Yenimahalle | 06010 | Turkey (Türkiye) |
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| ID | Term |
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| D005660 | Funnel Chest |
| ID | Term |
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| D001848 | Bone Diseases, Developmental |
| D001847 | Bone Diseases |
| D009140 | Musculoskeletal Diseases |
| D009139 | Musculoskeletal Abnormalities |
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| Pulmonary and posture exercises at home | Other | The physiotherapist will demonstrate the breathing and posture exercises to be performed at home. |
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| Measurement of chest expansion in centimetres using a tape measure |
| first day of exercises program and 5th week of exercises program |
| Assessment of symptoms (exercise intolerance, psychological impact, resting dyspnoea, chest pain, spinal pain, gastrointestinal symptoms, palpitations, dyspnoea) using a visual analogue scale | first day of exercises program and 5th week of exercises program |
| Cobb angle analysis using the Diers Formatrix 4D device (Wiesbaden, Germany) | first day of exercises program and 5th week of exercises program |
| Thoracic kyphosis angle | first day of exercises program and 5th week of exercises program |
| body lenght | first day of exercises program and 5th week of exercises program |
| Saggital balance angle using the Diers Formatrix 4D device (Wiesbaden, Germany) | first day of exercises program and 5th week of exercises program |
| Coronal balance angle using the Diers Formatrix 4D device (Wiesbaden, Germany) | first day of exercises program and 5th week of exercises program |
| pelvic obliquity angle using the Diers Formatrix 4D device (Wiesbaden, Germany) | first day of exercises program and 5th week of exercises program |
| D000013 | Congenital Abnormalities |
| D009358 | Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities |