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Effects of Physical Therapy on Cardiac Surgery

NCT01074957 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 35

Last updated 2010-02-24

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Summary

Background: Although respiratory physiotherapy has been used in patients undergoing cardiac surgery, evidence lacks concerning its effectiveness. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of three physiotherapeutic protocols used to recover respiratory volumes in the postoperative period.

Methods: Thirty five patients were randomly allocated into three groups. Exercise group (E) was oriented to progressive mobilization. Incentive Spirometry group (IS) performed deep breathings using VoldyneTM, while Breath-Stacking group (BS) performed successive inspiratory efforts using a facial mask adapted to an unidirectional valve. Both BS and IS also performed progressive mobilization. Forced spirometry was carried out in the pre-operative period and from the first to the fifth postoperative day. Statistical analysis used student t-test and ANOVA, and the differences were considered significant when p\<0.05.

Conditions

  • Pulmonary Volumes After Cardiac Surgery

Interventions

DEVICE

Incentive Spirometry

Incentive Spirometry (IS) has been used extensively in postoperative period and consists of spontaneous deep breaths through a device which provides a visual feedback to maintain a maximum insuflation

DEVICE

Breath-Stacking Technique

An one-way valve device to promote the summation of successive inspiratory volumes while expiration was avoided

OTHER

Exercise

Patients were taught huffing (forced expiration while the glottis is opened), supported cough (with patient's hands placed on the sternotomy incision) and mobilization, including active limb exercises, sit out of bed and deambulation (starting on the third postoperative day).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centro Universitário Augusto Motta

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cristina M Dias, DSc · Centro Universitário Augusto Motta

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-11-30
Primary Completion
2009-07-31
Completion
2009-11-30

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