Application of Exercises Based on the Pilates in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Summary

The major cause of mortality worldwide is due to cardiovascular diseases. A way to treat these diseases is coronary artery bypass grafting, one of the most common surgical procedures in the world. The incidence of post-operative complications contributes to functional decline of the patient, reduced quality of life and post-discharge mortality. Also, cardiac surgery leads to changes in lung capacity and respiratory muscle strength, causing a decrease in the function lung. Physical therapy proves to be an effective tool to combat changes resulting from cardiac surgery, demonstrating beneficial results in the pulmonary function, functional capacity, and peripheral and respiratory muscle strength. The Pilates method has been studied as a therapeutic way to healthy subjects and various kinds of diseases, but there are no studies in the literature evaluating the effect method in patients after coronary artery bypass surgery.

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of Pilates on functional capacity , flows and lung volumes, respiratory and peripheral muscle strength after coronary artery bypass grafting.

Randomized clinical trial in which patients will be eligible after elective coronary artery bypass surgery, randomly allocated into two groups : conventional physiotherapy group (n = 15) and Pilates method associated with conventional physiotherapy group (n = 15). The outcomes will be assessed by blinded evaluator and data randomization will be performed through by electronic randomization.The interventions will take place during the length of stay in the hospital, totalizing a maximum of six days of intervention.

It is expected that the application of the Pilates method exercise method associated with conventional physiotherapy in patients in postoperative coronary artery bypass grafting improves functional capacity, flows and lung volumes and respiratory and peripheral muscle strength.

Conditions

• Cardiovascular Diseases

Interventions

OTHER

Pilates

The exercise program will be held during the period of hospitalization for six days, often two to three sessions per day, totaling 12 sessions.

OTHER

Conventional Physiotherapy

The conventional physiotherapy group will continue with the routine hospital consisting of respiratory physiotherapy, twice daily, six days.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior.

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul

  collaborator OTHER

• Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Manoela H dos Reis, Graduated · Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre

• Leonardo F Neves, Graduated · University of the Sinos Valley

• Cinara Stein, Master · Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre

• Mirelle Hugo, Undergrad · Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre

• Aline Miozzo, Graduated · Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

• Christian Coronel, Master · Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

40 Years

Max Age

80 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2014-04-30

Primary Completion

2014-12-31

Completion

2015-04-30

Countries

• Brazil

Study Locations