Use of exercise tests and physical training in pulmonary rehabilitation

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The use of pulmonary rehabilitation reduces symptoms, improves life quality and exercise tolerance. The article presents indications for physical training, their characteristics and assessment of their effectiveness in the rehabilitation of patients with chronic lung diseases. It was noted that the execution of exercise tests (a monitoring with a progressive load increase on a bicycle ergometer or treadmill, a test with a constant load, a 6-minute walk test, a shuttle test with an increasing load and a shuttle test with a constant load) is appropriate for physical training before rehabilitation course. Physical endurance training programs are an essential component of pulmonary rehabilitation. Strength training, flexibility training and upper limb exercises give a good additional effect. To assess the effectiveness after rehabilitation programs, it is advisable to perform tests with physical activity. To assess the effectiveness of rehabilitation, the constant load exercise test and the constant load shuttle test are more sensitive to changes than the increasing load tests.

Keywords:

chronic lung diseases

exercise tests

physical training

pulmonary rehabilitation

effectiveness evaluation

Authors:

Chushkin M.I.

Central Research Institute of Tuberculosis

Popova L.A.

Central Research Institute of Tuberculosis

Mandrykin S.Yu.

Multidisciplinary Medical Center of the Bank of Russia

Kaprina N.L.

Central Research Institute of Tuberculosis

Received:

14.02.2020

Accepted:

17.06.2020

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