Pulmonary Rehabilitation Once a Week for One Year in a Patient With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) has been shown to alleviate dyspnea, increase exercise capacity, and improve quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, such PR programs have focused on short-term effects. Thus, this study aimed to report our experience with a COPD patient who underwent PR once a week for one year.

Impact of a Rehabilitation Protocol and a Dedicated Therapist in the Intensive Care Unit on Physical Function and Activities of Daily Living.

Objectives: The goal of this study was to determine the effects of an intensive care unit (ICU) rehabilitation protocol with dedicated therapists on the physical function and activities of daily living (ADL) of patients on discharge from the ICU.

Methods: This retrospective study included patients who started rehabilitation during their ICU stay. Patients were divided into three groups: the Usual Care group (before the introduction of the rehabilitation protocol), the Protocol group (after the introduction of the rehabilitation protocol), and the PT + Protocol group (with a dedicated therapist in addition to the rehabilitation protocol).

Association between Pulmonary Function and Stair-Climbing Test Results after Lung Resection: A Pilot Study.

Background: The stair-climbing test was used to assess the exercise capacity before lung resection in subjects with lung cancer. However, few studies have systematically evaluated the role of this exercise methodology as a postoperative test. The aim of the present study was to assess whether the stair-climbing test findings reflect the postoperative decrease in pulmonary function.

Comparison between stair-climbing test and six-minute walk test after lung resection using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy.

[Purpose] Currently, the six-minute walk distance (6MWD) is used to evaluate exercise capacity in people following lung resection for non-small cell lung cancer. However, it is unclear whether the 6MWD can detect changes in cardiorespiratory fitness induced by exercise training or lung resection. Conversely, the stair-climbing test is used frequently for the preoperative evaluation of lung resection candidates.

Effects of the magnitude of pressure on the severity of injury and capillary closure in rat experimental pressure ulcers.

Experimental pressure ulcers were successfully produced in the rat abdominal wall at 100 mmHg in our previous study. We hypothesized that injury is less severe when pressures are lower than 100 mmHg and explored a critical pressure in the production of pressure ulcers. At 70 and 60 mmHg, repeated compressions for 4 h daily for 5 consecutive days resulted in partial skin necrosis and eschar formation in the majority of rats, whereas skin injuries were absent or very mild in most of the rats at 50 mmHg.