The efficacy of three-ball breathing apparatus exercise based on the concept of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients after lung cancer surgery

Table 1 Clinical data of all patients

	UVATS wedge resection		P value	UVATS lobectomy		P value
	Rehabilitation group (n = 54)	Control group (n = 72)	P value	Rehabilitation group (n = 41)	Control group (n = 43)	P value
Age(year)	42. ± 12.2	42.9 ± 13.3	0.175	40.5 ± 15.5	43.0 ± 10.8	0.382
Gender
Female	40	51		23	28
Male	14	21	0.688	18	15	0.716
Smoking history
Yes	2	6		3	3
No	52	66	0.292	38	40	0.952
Pulmonary function (L/min)
FEV₁
Baseline	2.20 ± 0.45	2.18 ± 0.42	0.82	2.23 ± 0.35	2.22 ± 0.37	0.96
T3	1.91 ± 0.40	1.90 ± 0.37	0.84	1.95 ± 0.32	1.95 ± 0.33	0.92
FEV₁ loss (%)	12.8 ± 2.0	12.7 ± 1.9	0.84	12.6 ± 2.9	12.1 ± 1.8	0.37
FVC
Baseline	2.63 ± 0.55	2.59 ± 0.49	0.70	2.71 ± 0.40	2.56 ± 0.44	0.11
T3	2.45 ± 0.51	2.42 ± 0.46	0.75	2.39 ± 0.41	2.12 ± 0.38	< 0.01
FVC loss (%)	6.6 ± 2.8	6.4 ± 3.2	0.76	11.7 ± 5.2	17.1 ± 5.6	< 0.001
6MWD (m)
Baseline	385.0 ± 54.9	394.2 ± 56.0	0.35	397.4 ± 50.1	396.8 ± 63.2	0.95
T1	364.4 ± 43.7	375.2 ± 53.9	0.23	336.7 ± 47.8	325.5 ± 50.1	0.29
T2	384.1 ± 45.6	384.9 ± 38.8	0.91	367.3 ± 41.0	335.4 ± 53.9	< 0.01
T3	392.6 ± 50.6	394.0 ± 46.6	0.87	381.3 ± 38.9	369.1 ± 49.3	0.21
Modified BORG Scale
Baseline	0	0		0	0
T1	3.37 ± 1.12	3.47 ± 1.17	0.62	4.14 ± 1.10	4.58 ± 1.00	0.63
T2	1.27 ± 1.20	1.59 ± 1.18	0.13	3.73 ± 0.74	3.67 ± 0.80	0.73
T3	1.11 ± 0.92	1.16 ± 0.97	0.74	2.26 ± 1.65	1.00 ± 0.89	< 0.001
HADS
Baseline	0	0		0	0
T1	10.50 ± 3.07	9.76 ± 3.10	0.18	9.73 ± 3.32	9.95 ± 3.36	0.76
T2	4.77 ± 1.67	4.45 ± 1.70	0.29	4.70 ± 1.60	4.37 ± 1.67	0.35
T3	2.79 ± 1.90	3.22 ± 2.00	0.23	2.58 ± 1.80	2.93 ± 2.16	0.43

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