Effectiveness of Cardiopulmonary Exercises for Children With Pectus Excavatum

Ankara Etlik City Hospital

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Pectus Excavatum Deformity

Treatments: Other: Cardiopulmonary exercises at hospital; Other: Pulmonary and posture exercises at home

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07300748

AEŞH-EK-2025-168

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation on respiratory function, exercise tolerance and posture in patients with pectus excavatum.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Children aged 5-18 years with pectus excavatum deformity
2. Children undergoing conservative treatment (vacuum orthosis, exercise)
3. Patients whose families have signed a consent form agreeing to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

1. Known cardiac disease
2. Presence of an additional syndrome (Marfan syndrome, etc.)
3. Cobb angle ≥10°
4. Refusal to participate in the study
5. Presence of mixed deformity (pectus arcuatum)
6. Those with an indication for surgery

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

cardiopulmonary exercises group at hospital

Experimental group

Description:

The working group will be provided with a personalised exercise plan by a physiotherapist specialising in that field at the cardiopulmonary rehabilitation unit, to be carried out twice a week for five weeks. Patients will work on a bicycle ergometer. In addition, the same physiotherapist will demonstrate breathing and posture exercises for patients to perform at home.

Treatment:

Other: Cardiopulmonary exercises at hospital

pulmonary exercises group at home

Active Comparator group

Description:

The physiotherapist will only demonstrate the breathing and posture exercises that patients in the control group will perform at home.

Treatment:

Other: Pulmonary and posture exercises at home