Six Months of Exercise Training Improves Ventilatory Responses during Exercise in Adults with Well-Healed Burn Injuries.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Pulmonary function is lower after a severe burn injury, which could influence ventilatory responses during exercise. It is unclear whether exercise training improves pulmonary function or ventilatory responses during exercise in adults with well-healed burn injuries. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that exercise training improves pulmonary function and ventilatory responses during exercise in adults with well-healed burn injuries.

Methods

Thirty-nine adults (28 with well-healed burn injuries and 11 non-burn-injured controls) completed 6 months of unsupervised, progressive exercise training including endurance, resistance, and high-intensity interval components. Before and after exercise training, we performed comprehensive pulmonary function testing and meas

SUBMITTER: Watso JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10106361 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature