Exercise intervention for patients following lung resection: pilot randomised controlled trial.

Exercise intervention. The intervention arm in addition to standard care will receive twice daily, aerobic, resistance and stretching exercises from day one post-operative until discharge home in a group environment supervised by a physiotherapist. This program will take about 30 minutes performed twice a day, every day until discharge home. Following discharge the intervention arm will be provided with a home based exercise program (30 minutes of walking, 10 minutes of stretches and 10 minutes of resistance exercises each day). Following the 2 week post-operative surgeon review, participants will participate in a twice weekly, 1 hour, supervised outpatient exercise program for eight weeks. This will consist of treadmill walking and stationary cycling (30 minutes total of walking and cycling performed at an intensity of "somewhat hard" rating), resistance exercises (individually prescribed to the participant including exercises such as resisted leg press, calf raises (with hand held weights), wall squats (with hand held weights), step ups (with hand held weights), chest press, seated row and triceps extension (with theraband)). The entire outpatient program included all exercises listed lasts for 1 hour performed twice a week.