Participants
lung cancer, non-small cell lung carcinoma, cognitive impairment
LUNG CANCER, THORACIC, NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA, MOTOR DISORDERS
The participants were patients with lung cancer admitted to the Department of Thoracic Surgery in China. Patients were included if they (1) were aged between 18 and 80 years, (2) were diagnosed with stage I to IIIA non-small cell lung carcinoma subtypes by pathological cytology, (3) were undergoing thoracoscopic lobectomy or segmentectomy, (4) had no history of mental illness and cognitive impairment, (5) had no motor disorders of the limbs and motor contraindications, (6) had a predicted percentage of forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1% of predicted) at admission ≥ 80% [