The primary study on influence of fitness camps on rehabilitation efficiency of full laryngectomy patients.

The objective of this study was to estimate the efficiency of exercise driven rehabilitation procedure after laryngectomy. A retrospective review of case notes from the Ludwig Rydygier Hospital, Bydgoszcz, Poland archives was performed. The setting was the Rehabilitation Unit in Department of Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation of Collegium Medicum, Nicolas Copernicus University, Poland. Thirty male laryngectomy patients with no signs of recurrence were analyzed using modified Harvard Step Test. Also, t-test, Wilcoxon u-paired test and Friedman analysis of variance analyses were performed. A significant increase in the level of physical fitness was observed. The test results showed high effectiveness of rehabilitation camps in respect to the improvement in both physical efficiency and physical exertion tolerance.