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Functional Capacity of Exercise and Lung Function in Patients Submitted Early Rehabilitation

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Funnel Chest
Interventions
Other: Early rehabilitation
Registration Number
NCT02441452
Lead Sponsor
Instituto do Coracao
Brief Summary

The aim of this study was to compare the functional capacity of exercise by six-minute walk test and lung function by spirometry, before and after Nuss procedure in subjects who have undergone the early rehabiliation program with those who were under conventional care. Researchers want to find out if early rehabilitation is a strategy to enhance recovery after Nuss procedure.

Detailed Description

The replacement of some traditional approaches in surgical care has demonstrated that surgical recovery can be accelerated and convalescence decreased. These multimodal approaches focuses on enhancing recovery and reducing morbidity by reduction of surgical stress,minimal invasive surgery, optimized pain relief, early nutrition and ambulation.

In postoperative, the bed rest leads to the increase in muscle loss and weakness, impairs pulmonary function, predisposes to venous stasis and thromboembolism, increases infection complications and reduces functional capacity even in patients who are not restricted to bed.

However, few studies have focused on when start the mobilization and which effects on functional capacity of exercise and lung function during hospital stay.

In this trial the investigators will consider early rehabilitation to be safe and feasible in Nuss procedure.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria
  • children who are scheduled to undergo a surgical procedure for the correction of pectus excavatum
  • sign the informed consent form
  • independent ambulation
  • ability to understand and follow instructions
  • ability to perform lung function test
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Exclusion Criteria
  • contraindications for epidural catheter placement
  • patients undergoing the open surgical repair of pectus excavatum
  • refusal to do physical exercises on postoperative
  • patients did not perform the six-minute walk test and lung function test on postoperative
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Early rehabilitationEarly rehabilitationone day before surgery, patients and their families were instructed by physiotherapists than explained the importance to perform physical exercises and breath exercises in postoperative. At the postoperative recovery room, after extubation and fully awake, patients started physiotherapy exercises, as physical exercises of moving up upper and lower extremities accompanied by deep breathing exercises. After than, the patients standed up beside the bed and if there was no complications, patients performed ambulation.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Functional capacity of exercise ( six-minute walk test)participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 6 days

Change from baseline in distance walking on hospital discharge

Lung function (spirometry)participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 6 days

Change from baseline in lung function on hospital discharge

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Time to first postoperative ambulationup 2 hour after surgery

Time from end of surgical procedure until first postoperative ambulation was used as an indicator for early rehabilitation.

Pain intensityparticipants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 6 days

Auto-evaluation of pain (the numeric rating scale and visual analogue scale of pain from 0 -no pain- to 10 - maximal pain)

The length of hospital stayexpected average of 6 days

Time to achieve standardized hospital discharge criteria (tolerance of oral intake, recovery of lower gastrointestinal function, adequate pain control on oral analgesia, ability to mobilize and self care and no evidence of complications or untreated medical problems).

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