Physiotherapy Practice Patterns for Management of Patients Undergoing Thoracic Surgeries in India: A Survey

Table 2

Preoperative assessment for thoracic surgery patients.

S. number	Techniques	Always or frequently, (%)	Sometimes, (%)	Seldom or never, (%)
(1)	Measurement impairments
	(a) Physical examination	218 (93.1)	12 (5.2)	1 (0.4)
	(b) Chest expansion	217 (92.7)	13 (5.6)	2 (0.9)
	(c) ABG analysis	183 (78.2)	37 (16.2)	7 (3.1)
	(d) Pulmonary function test	175 (74.1)	45 (19.6)	10 (4.3)
	(e) Chest X-ray	215 (93.5)	13 (5.7)	2 (0.9)
	(f) SpO2 (oxygen saturation)	211 (90.1)	16 (6.9)	4 (1.7)
	(g) Peripheral muscle strength	175 (74.7)	50 (21.6)	7 (3.0)
	(h) Cardiopulmonary exercise test	159 (67.9)	55 (23.8)	17 (7.3)
	(i) 6 min walk test, 12 min walk test	138 (60.0)	79 (34.3)	13 (5.7)
(2)	Measure of function
	(j) Barthel index	157 (70.4)	38 (17.0)	28 (12.5)
	(k) Functional independence measure	164 (72.3)	41 (18.1)	22 (9.7)