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Respiratory Physiotherapy After Cardiac Surgery

NCT01513642 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 16

Last updated 2012-01-20

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Summary

Although incentive spirometry is commonly used to avoid pulmonary complications in cardiac surgery patients, the breath-stacking technique has been proposed as an alternative to increase pulmonary volumes in the post-operative period.

Objective: To compare inspiratory volume and electromyographic activity of respiratory muscles during breath stacking technique and incentive spirometry in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.

Conditions

  • Functional Disturbance Following Cardiac Surgery

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Breath Stacking

To perform the BS maneuver, a silicone mask containing a one-way valve was attached to the patient's face. Once the mask was adjusted to allow only inspiration (the expiratory branch remained occluded), the patient was asked to make successive inspiratory efforts during 20 seconds.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cristina Dias, PhD · Centro Universitário Augusto Motta

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-03-31
Primary Completion
2010-02-28
Completion
2011-12-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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