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Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine 1998;22(3):705-710.
Short-Term Inpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Pneumoconiosis.
Ryu, Sang Yeol , Park, Cheol Beom , Lim, Jun Kyeong , Lee, Ho , Yu, Hyun Joo , Cho, Kang Hee
1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Sun General Hospital.
2Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chung Nam National University College of Medicine.
진폐증 환자에서의 단기 입원 호흡재활치료
류상열, 박철범, 임준경, 이
대전 선병원 재활의학과, 1충남의대 재활의학교실
Abstract

Objective
To evaluate the effectiveness of a short-term inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation treatment program including inspiratory muscle training and reconditioning exercise in pneumoconiosis patients.


Method
Thirty pneumoconiosis patients have undergone a 3-week inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program. The program included a inspiratory muscle strengthening, relaxation technique and reconditioning exercise such as walking and upper extremity strengthening. The effectiveness of treatment was evaluated by a pulmonary function test, 6-minute walk distance and 150 mm-visual analog dyspnea scale before and after the program.


Results
After the 3-week inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program, there was a significant increase in 6-minute walk distance(p<0.01) and a significant decrease in 150 mm-visual analog dyspnea scale(p<0.01). However the pulmonary function test showed no significant change.


Conclusion
We concluded that the short-term inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program can improve the exercise tolerance by reduction of dyspnea and increase of walk distance, and ultimately increase the quality of life in pneumoconiosis patients.

Key Words: Pneumoconiosis, Pulmonary rehabilitation, Walk distance, Dyspnea


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