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Background: Regular physical activity is an evidence-based adjuvant therapy of chronic heart failure or chronic lung diseases. Structured exercise training is safe, increases exercise capacity and quality of life, relieves symptoms and reduces hospitalization rates. Even a trend towards reduction of mortality has been identified. However, dyspnea and fatigue, typical symptoms of heart or lung failure, force patients to physical inactivity which fatally aggravates deconditioning and exercise intolerance, leading to an increased risk of hospitalization and a loss of independence and quality of life. To break through this vicious circle physical activity must be restored, since exercise intolerance can be successfully improved by physical training. Purpose: This study will address the challenging task of remobilizing patients with advanced chronic lung or heart failure in a functional New York Heart Association class III-IV by using an externally physically-supported exosuit movement therapy. This soft, wearable robot (fig. 1) assists mobilization according to individual needs by activating neuromuscular feedback systems, promoting physical activity and preventing early physical exhaustion. The investigators hypotheses that an exosuit-supported training increases exercise capacity and quality of life in a greater degree than non-supported training. Methods: The study will consist of two parts investigating i) the feasibility, tolerance and safety (n= 30) and ii) the efficacy of an exosuit device-supported training (n=30). In i) patients will perform a walking test and a set of everyday life skills or participate in a standardized rehabilitation sports program. In ii) patients will be randomized in a 2:1 ratio for an exosuit-supported or non-supported exercise training protocol, training 3 units per week for 8 weeks. Assessment of outcome will be performed by various functional, mobility and endurance tests, questionnaires and clinical parameters. Furthermore, the transfer of regained motor and balance skills to everyday life will be analyzed.
The primary objective of this study is to investigate if using Hospital Fit 2.0 as part of the usual care physiotherapy treatment of patients hospitalised at the department of Internal Medicine and the department of Pulmonology in MUMC+ will result in an increase in the amount of PA performed compared to patients who do not use Hospital Fit 2.0 as part of the physiotherapy treatment.
The primary aim is to develop a software algorithm that has the capacity to detect the normal 18 anatomical structures of the lung by using the position of the scope during the bronchoscopy procedure and using existing bronchoscopy technology.
Chronic Respiratory Diseases (CRDs) are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality, ranking as the third leading cause of death worldwide. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is a fundamental evidence-based intervention for the management of a variety of CRDs, such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILDs). However, the benefits of PR tend to decline over time and there is currently no strong evidence that patients translate those benefits into a more active lifestyle. There is an urgent need for evidence-based interventions to promote physical activity (PA) participation, whilst maintaining PR positive effects in the long-term. Community-based PA interventions adjusted to the local context, as well as patients' needs and preferences, might be a key strategy to meet this target. CENTR(AR) will be a sustainable response to support healthy lifestyles and enhance long-term PR benefits, by providing access to PR within Primary Healthcare Centres (PHC), followed by the inclusion in a community-based PA program, which embraces urban facilities and available resources.
This study evaluates the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) therapy in the treatment of depression and anxiety symptoms in patients undergoing the pulmonary rehabilitation. The first study group will receive VR therapy (VR group) as an addition to the traditional pulmonary rehabilitation. The second group (active control group) will receive Schultz Autogenic Training as a standard supplement to the pulmonary treatment. The third group (control group) will undergo only the traditional pulmonary rehabilitation.
Objective measurement of physical activity has several advantages compared to declarative measures: exemption from memory bias and desirability bias, more precise evaluation, taken into account activities of low intensity, measurement of physical activity and sedentariness profiles (number and duration of periods of activity, number of breaks in sedentary lifestyles). The aim of this study is to assess the early postoperative mobility of patients who have undergone pulmonary excision by thoracoscopy or robot surgery using ActiGraph GT3X accelerometer. This assessment will serve as a reference element for further studies.
This is a prospective, single-arm study to demonstrate the proof-of-concept of semi-elective lung transplantation. We plan to evaluate 15 patients that receive lung(s) delayed for transplantation under our study criteria.
Research show that inactivity during hospitalization is the norm and that the negative effects on muscle mass and the fitness of the patient will take a long time and hard work to recover afterwards. Especially for weaker elderly patients, just a few days in bed could mean that they are not able to take care of themselves afterwards, with increased care expenses and increased risk of relapse as a consequence. Even though this is known, the work to motivate patients to be active during their hospitalization is limited to few training sessions with only the most vulnerable patients. No tools are today available for objectively tracking and motivating patients to be active during their stay. Having such a professional tool would not only motivate but also shift the attention of the health professionals towards the importance of physical activity in the treatment of the patient. The aim of the studys is to investigate if patients hospitalised for medical disease will increase their time spent out of bed during hospitalisation through simple visual feedback about physical activities from a mobile bedside device.
According to EURAMOS-1, 17% of osteosarcoma patients were considered to have metastases at diagnosis. In this selected cohort, the reported 5-year EFS from diagnosis of 28% compares well to previous results reported from unselected cohorts of patients with only lung metastases. Resection of pulmonary metastases from osteosarcoma is a treatment option which has been shown to correlate with survival benefit and cure in select individuals. These patients are best addressed in a multidisciplinary fashion, with the involvement of a thoracic surgeon with experience in pulmonary metastasectomy. At the same time, the goal of surgical resection of pulmonary metastases from osteosarcoma is to render the patient completely disease free. "Tumor debulking" or "cytoreductive surgery" with incomplete resection has not demonstrated any survival benefit for patients with pulmonary metastases. Thus open thoracotomy is more preferred than VATS. However over the last decade in China, thoracotomy has not been adopted generally. More patients had chosen VATS or even hypo-fractionation radiotherapy, such as gamma knife, cyber knife and so on as a local treatment method. This study aims to investigate the survival of consecutive patients who had achieved a first complete surgical remission (CR) during combined-modality therapy on neoadjuvant or adjuvant PKUPH-OS protocol so as to discuss reasonable local therapy for resectable pulmonary osteosarcoma metastatic lesions.