Health Care : Current Reviews

Effects of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with diffuse interstitial lung disease

Euro Health Care and Fitness Summit

September 01-03, 2015 Valencia, Spain

Jhonatan Betancourt Peña and Hugo Hurtado Gutierrez

Universidad del Valle, Colombia

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: Health Care: Current Reviews

Abstract:

Diffuse interstitial lung diseases (DILD) are a heterogeneous group of disorders of the lung parenchyma, which are classified into one group to present similar clinical, radiological, pathophysiology and anathopathological features. In patients with DILD exercise has benefits to reduce dyspnea, improve functional capacity and quality of life. The aim of the study was to establish the effects of an exercise program in patients with DILD. It is a quasi-experimental study in a population of patients diagnosed with DILD and those admitted to an exercise program for 8 weeks of continuous exercise on treadmill for 30 minutes starting at 80% of the speed achieved in 6MWT increased at 4 weeks at 90%; upper limb muscle strengthening 4 sets of 12 reps with 1 minute rest at 30% of maximum resistance (MR), increasing to four weeks at 40% of the MR; breathing techniques and mobility of the chest. The data were entered into a template in Excel 2010 and processed in Statistical Package EPIINFO 2000; statistical tests of differences in means ± standard deviation were performed using paired t-test. Previous studies established that patients with DILD to obtain a minimal difference in the walk test six minutes at the end of pulmonary rehabilitation program in the range of 24-34 meters, but was identified that women walked less distance compared with men. Despite the small number of patients involved in the study, there was a significant increase in the distance covered in the walk test of six minutes. Symptomatic patients with DILD, with impaired functional capacity and life quality benefit from an exercise program for 8 weeks, so it is safe and is recommended as an alternative treatment for all symptomatic patients with DILD.

Biography :

Jhonatan Betancourt Peña is a Physiotherapist, Specialist in Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and has an MSc in Business Administration, and is currently conducting MSc studies in Public Health at Universidad del Valle. He belongs to the research group Interdisciplinary Group on Health and Society Research IGHSR ascribed to COLCIENCIAS. He has published at least 5 articles in journals indexed in Colombia and other countries. He has spoken at numerous times in symposia and conferences presenting issues related diseases Cardiopulmonary exercise.

Email: johnnatanbp@hotmail.com