Table 2.
Summary and comparison of pulmonary function in included studies
| Pulmonary function test | Pehlivan et al13 | Morano et al14 | Karenovics et al20 | Sekine et al22 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usual | Rehab | Usual | Rehab | Usual | Rehab | Usual | Rehab | ||||
| FEV1 | 2.8±0.7 | 2.3±0.6 | 1.3±0.3 | 1.3±0.6 | 2.45±0.2 | 2.3±0.2 | 2.0±0.5 | 1.8±0.5 | |||
| FEV1% | – | – | 58.8±13 | 54.8±4.3 | 87.6±4.3 | 85.8±5.1 | 71.6±13.8 | 63.4±18 | |||
| DLCO | 21.3±6.1 | 21.1±6.9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| FVC | 3.2±0.8 | 3.1±0.6 | 2.1 (1.5–2.4) | 1.7 (1.7–2.8) | 3.6±0.2 | 3.4±0.2 | 3.1±0.6 | 3.1±0.7 | |||
| FVC% | – | – | 71 (63–89) | 76 (65–79) | 104±5 | 102±4 | 97.7±16 | 94.7±18.5 | |||
Note: Rehab, patients who had received preoperative exercise before thoracic surgery; usual, patients who had received usual care.