Open AccessExercise capacity, muscle strength, dyspnea, physical activity, and quality of life in preoperative patients with lung cancer
Author(s) -
Gülşah Barğı,
Ece Baytok,
Zeliha Çelik,
Merve Şatır Türk,
Ali Çelik,
İsmail Cüneyt Kurul,
Meral Boşnak-Güçlü
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
turkish journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1303-6165
pISSN - 1300-0144
DOI - 10.3906/sag-2102-55
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , quality of life (healthcare) , muscle strength , physical therapy , physical activity , cancer , physical medicine and rehabilitation , nursing
To detect the extent to which physical impairments are observed in patients with lung cancer awaiting lung surgery, exercise capacity, muscle strength, physical activity, dyspnea, and quality of life (QOL) were objectively compared between the patients and healthy individuals in current study.