Can Wearable Devices Support Recovery After NSCLC Surgery?

Medscape October 9, 2024
Edited by Gargi Mukherjee

TOPLINE:

A recent analysis, evaluating an intervention in which patients with non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) used a wearable device to help monitor exercise post-surgery, found that participants reported an increase in daily steps and vigorous activities as well as less dyspnea and pain compared with those receiving usual care after surgery. The intervention, however, did not appear to lead to improvements in patients’ cardiopulmonary function.

METHODOLOGY:

• Patients with NSCLC often experience decreased cardiopulmonary function and physical activity post-surgery. Emerging evidence suggests wearable devices can support rehabilitation by monitoring activity and encouraging exercise.
• To evaluate whether a personalized exercise program that incorporated wearable devices could improve recovery compared with usual care, researchers performed a single-center, nonrandomized clinical trial between...

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