chest operation and its effects on chest mobility
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: I219- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/01/022925
- Lead Sponsor
- not applicable
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Closed to Recruitment of Participants
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients who are posted for cardiac surgeries via median sternotomy for phase 2
30 asymptomatic, healthy participants between the age group of 18-50 years shall be recruited for phase 1
Exclusion Criteria
-Medically unstable patients
-History of prior sternotomy
-History of recent rib fracture
-Presence of spinal instrumentations
-Scoliosis
-Stroke
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method sit tall testTimepoint: prior to sternotomy procedure, at discharge, at 10 days follow up, at one month follow up, another subsequent follow up as adviced by the surgeon
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method evaluation of chest expansionTimepoint: prior to sternotomy procedure, at discharge, at 10 days follow up, at one month follow up, another subsequent follow up as adviced by the surgeon;evaluation of forward head postureTimepoint: prior to sternotomy procedure, at discharge, at 10 days follow up, at one month follow up, another subsequent follow up as adviced by the surgeon;evaluation of thoracic kyphosisTimepoint: prior to sternotomy procedure, at discharge, at 10 days follow up, at one month follow up, another subsequent follow up as adviced by the surgeon;pectoralis minor muscle length (pectoralis minor index)Timepoint: prior to sternotomy procedure, at discharge, at 10 days follow up, at one month follow up, another subsequent follow up as adviced by the surgeon