Program Of Exercises During The Hospitalization Of Children And Adolescents With Cystic Fibrosis

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of a physical exercise program on the functional capacity of children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis hospitalized at the Hospital de Clínicas of Porto Alegre (HCPA) through a six-minute walk test using the distance traveled In six minutes. In the first 48 hours of hospital stay, the following evaluations will be performed: Six-minute walk test, physical and health fitness test, spirometry and data collection. Patients will be randomized to either control group or intervention group. The control group will receive the conventional treatment offered by hospital care, the intervention group will receive this same treatment plus an exercise protocol. After 14 days they will be reevaluated with the same tests applied at the beginning of hospitalization.