par Frans, Albert;Stanescu, Dinu ;Rousseau, Marc
Référence Acta Tuberculosea et Pneumologica Belgica, 66, 3, page (267-273)
Publication Publié, 1975
Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : The methods of physical re education are used for the persons suffering from severe chronic bronchitis. The patients are submitted to three functional cardiopulmonary balances: the two first balances are made before the training period in order to see the patients' stationary state; the third balance is made after the re education period in order to see the effects obtained. Such balances involve: spirography before and after bronchodilators; measure of the capacity of diffusion in apnea, of the resistance of the air passages and of the specific conductance; a maximal effort tolerance test; a right microcatheterism at rest and at the two stages of the effort; the blood gas is taken off at rest and at the two stages of the effort. Physical training involves three times a week the following exercises: gymnastics, walking, running, ergometric bicycle and rowing. At home, patients are requested to have a life as active as possible. The first results show that physical training does not change very much the functional parameters but improves the physical performances and the patients' wellbeing.