THE EFFECT OF CALISTHENIC EXERCISES ON FATIGUE AND EXERCISE ATTITUDES IN PATIENTS WITH LUNG CANCER

Hasan Kalyoncu University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Fatigue in Cancer Survivors; Physiotherapy; Lung Cancer (NSCLC); Exercise

Treatments: Behavioral: Exercise; Behavioral: Home based exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07237503

2025/051

Details and patient eligibility

About

Purpose: This study was carried out to investigate fatigue and exercise barriers of calisthenic exercises in patients with lung cancer.

Enrollment: 33 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• To be between the ages of 18-65
• Patients with lung cancer who continue to receive chemotherapy, radiotherapy or immunotherapy (smart drugs)
• Patients reporting fatigue of 3 or more on the Modified Borg Scale

Exclusion criteria

• Uncontrolled hypertension, diabetes mellitus, heart failure and atrial fibrillation
• Any acute infection at the time of assessment
• Those with orthopaedic, neurological, psychological, etc. problems that may limit the assessments

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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33 participants in 2 patient groups

Physiotherapist-Led Exercise

Experimental group

Description:

Patients in Group 1 were exercised 3 days a week for 8 weeks at 50-60% of maximal heart rate for 40 min, accompanied by a physiotherapist.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Exercise

Home Exercise Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

. Patients in Group 2 were given an exercise booklet and followed up with weekly controls.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Home based exercise