Evaluation of Inspiratory Muscle Strength Early After Coronary Artery Bypass

Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre20 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of a 6-day postoperative in hospital cardiopulmonary rehabilitation program on inspiratory muscle strength and its potential association with improved functional capacity after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.

Eligible patients were randomized to a cardiopulmonary rehabilitation program (Rehab; n = 10) or to usual care (Control; n = 10). The randomization was done by the Graphpad StatMate computerized program. Those patients assigned to Control were followed by their own physicians, received routine nursing assistance, were visited daily by the one of the investigators (CPM), but were not exposed to any specific respiratory or motor physical intervention. Those randomized to Rehab received the same medical and nursing care, but followed a structured physical therapy program twice a day.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Coronary Artery Disease

Interventions

In Hospital Cardiopulmonary RehabilitationOTHER

The program consisted of bronchial hygiene characterized by detachment and removal of secretions and respiratory exercises which were applied in the respiratory muscles in order to strengthen and increase the resistance. Patients were instructed to maintain diaphragmatic breathing, at a rate of 12 to 18 breaths per minute during EPAP mask use, and the expiratory pressure was increased progressively in the following fashion: 3-8 cm H2O during 3-12 minutes. Also, they performed flexion/extension of hip and knee, active free exercises for upper limbs, ambulation exercise and ascent/descend of stairs

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 21 YearsMax age: 75 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Previous history of more than one vessel coronary artery disease * Lifelong abstinence from tobacco * Formal indication for CABG Exclusion Criteria: * Patients older than 75 years of age * Chronic renal failure (dialysis for more than 3 months) * Unstable angina in the 48 hours prior to CABG * Moderate or severe valve disease * Complex cardiac arrhythmia's * Stroke * Inability to exercise the lower limbs * Previous pulmonary disease (forced vital capacity \[FVC\] \< 80% of predicted and/or forced expiratory volume in 1 s \[FEV1\] \< 70% of predicted) * Previous history of asthma.

Locations (1)

Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Maximal inspiratory and expiratory pressure were measured (before, 7 and 30 days after surgery).

Time frame: From 1 day before surgery up to 30 days after surgery (CABG)

Secondary Outcomes

Six-minute walk test (6MWT) was performed 7 days after surgery, and maximal cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) was performed 30 days after CABG.

Time frame: From 7 days after surgery up to 30 days after surgery (CABG)

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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