1986 Volume 13 Issue 6 Pages 389-394
Systematic preoperative and postoperative physical therapy programs were insitituted for old aged patients with lung cancer over 70 years old. Results of 19 patients finished these programs were compared to 23 patients with no physical therapy.
Effectiveness of these programs were found as follows.
(1) Incidence of postoperative lung complications were less found.
(2) Extraction of sputum by the bronchoscopy were less done.
(3) Doses of analgics were less given to the patients.
(4) Patients were postoperatively able to be sooner out of bed and to be independent in ADL.
(5) ROM of shoulders was well maintained postoperatively.
