An influence of bicycle training on lung function and lipid peroxidation in a complex treatment of pneumonia patients

Abstract

An influence of bicycle training on lung function and lipid peroxidazing process in a complex treatment of pneumonia patients was studied. The bicycle training was conducted by a method of free choice of the exercise. One hundred and thirty two patients were examined, of those 88 persons had mild pneumonia and 44 ones had moderate pneumonia. The patients were divided into 3 groups; the 1^st group included 69 patients who were treated with bicycle ergometer training under the free choice condition and medication simultaneously. The 2^nd group consisted of 22 patients treated with medication and breathing exercise and 41 patients included into the 3 rd group were given medication only. Over 7-8 treatment days the bicycle training facilitated lung function to become normal in mild pneumonia patients and to be improved in moderate pneumonia; lipid peroxidazing process was decreased independently on the pneumonia severity compared with the patients did not receive the bicycle training. While the bicycle training course was ended, lung function of moderate pneumonia patients became normal and the lipid peroxidizing process was decreased; the last one became normal in the mild pneumonia patients compared with those who were not given the bicycle training.