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Effects of Cardiac Rehabilitation on Postoperatory of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft.

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Complication of CABG
Registration Number
NCT01410253
Lead Sponsor
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Brief Summary

Randomized Clinical Trial to evaluate the use of different techniques of physical therapy on recovery of functional capacity, pulmonary function and respiratory muscle strength in the period of hospital stay after coronary artery bypass graft.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria

-Patients are recruited from the waiting list for a first CABG intervention at the Porto Alegre Clinical Hospital.

Exclusion Criteria
  • chronic renal failure,
  • unstable angina,
  • moderate or severe valve disease,
  • complex cardiac arrhythmia,
  • stroke,
  • inability to exercise the lower limbs,
  • subjects with forced expiratory volume in 1 second less than 70% of predicted

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
submaximal functional capacityChange from Baseline in functional capacity at seven days and thirty days after surgery

functional capacity evaluated by six-minute walk test

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
respiratory muscle strengthChange from Baseline in respiratory muscle strength at seven days and thirty days after surgery

Both PImax and PEmax were obtained using a pressure transducer

capacity functionalevaluated 40 days after surgery

cardiopulmonary exercise testing ( VO2)

lung functionChange from Baseline in lung function at seven days and thirty days after surgery

assessed by spirometry (FVC and FEV1)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Porto Alegre Clinical Hospital

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Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Porto Alegre Clinical Hospital
🇧🇷Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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