Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2022 May;72(5):972-974. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.3501.
Supervised training exercises are the mainstay of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in patients with chronic lung diseases like interstitial lung disease (ILD). A 40 years old female patient with systemic sclerosis clinically presenting with usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) and pulmonary hypertension underwent an eight-week supervised exercise training programme. Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) showed improvement from 48.7% to 54% of predicted baseline, while the initial six-minute walk test (MWT) distance also showed a considerable increase of 15.4% from the baseline after completion of the exercise training. A remarkable improvement was noticed in muscle strength for both the upper and the lower limbs. There was an increase of 79.4% right side handgrip, 25% left side handgrip, and 30.9% increase in lower limbs than baseline strength. The findings show that an exercise training programme under the supervision of trained and competent staff can benefit the improvement of lung function and muscle strength in a patient suffering from chronic lung diseases.
监督训练练习是慢性肺部疾病（ILD）患者肺康复（PR）的主要方法。一名 40 岁女性系统性硬化症患者临床表现为寻常型间质性肺炎（UIP）和肺动脉高压，进行了为期八周的监督运动训练计划。用力肺活量（FVC）从基线预测值的 48.7%提高到 54%，而初始六分钟步行测试（MWT）距离在运动训练完成后也比基线增加了 15.4%。肌肉力量在上肢和下肢都有显著改善。右侧握力增加了 79.4%，左侧握力增加了 25%，下肢力量比基线增加了 30.9%。研究结果表明，在经过培训和合格的工作人员监督下进行的运动训练计划可以改善慢性肺部疾病患者的肺功能和肌肉力量。
