Acute Effects of Visual Feedback-Assisted Inspiratory Muscle Training After Lobectomy

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Conditions studied: VATS, Respiratory Muscles, Exercise Training, Lung Cancer (NSCLC), Lobectomy

In brief

This study aims to evaluate the acute effects of inspiratory muscle training performed with and without a mobile application providing visual feedback on exercise motivation, patient adherence, dyspnea perception, usability, and patient satisfaction in lung cancer patients undergoing lobectomy via video-assisted thoracic surgery. Participants will perform conventional inspiratory muscle training without visual feedback in the morning on postoperative day 1 after transfer to the ward. After at least two hours of rest, the same exercise protocol will be repeated with a smart adaptor connected to a mobile application to provide visual feedback. Inspiratory muscle training will be performed using a threshold-loading device at 40% of maximal inspiratory pressure, with three sets of ten breaths. Outcomes will be assessed before and/or after each session as appropriate.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07646288

Run by

Hacettepe University

People needed

40

Starts

2025-12-01

Expected to finish

2027-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-15

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Volunteering to participate in the study,
• Being clinically stable,
• Being a lung cancer patient scheduled for lobectomy,
• Being between 18 and 75 years of age,
• Being able to cooperate with the tests to be performed.

You may not qualify if…

• Presence of any orthopedic or neurological problem that prevents walking,
• History of any surgery involving the thoracic wall,
• Having diseases that may affect respiratory parameters, such as severe heart failure or severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Where it is running

• Hacettepe University — Ankara, Altındağ, Turkey (Türkiye) (enrolling)

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