Effects of Osteopathic Treatment on Pulmonary Function After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (OSTinCARE)

Hartcentrum Hasselt

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Quality of Life; Mechanical Complication of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft; Respiratory Depression; Pain

Treatments: Other: Usual care; Other: Osteopathic treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01714791

09.07/cardio09.01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the short and long term effects of osteopathic treatment on pulmonary function, pain and quality of life in patients after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. The study is a randomized controlled trial.

Full description

Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is performed worldwide. Several studies have found that there is a decrease in pulmonary function, loss of thoracic mobility and a high prevalence of chronic poststernotomy pain (CPSP) after CABG. So far there is no effective treatment for these conditions. The OstinCare study aims to investigate whether osteopathic treatment has an added value in the treatment of these patients.

Enrollment: 112 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Planned Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery at the Jessa Hospital Hasselt
• Planned Endoscopic Atraumatic Coronary Artery Bypass (endo ACAB) surgery at the Jessa Hospital
• Planned Minimal Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement (mini AVR) surgery at the Jessa Hospital

Exclusion criteria

• Thoracic surgery in the past
• Redo CABG
• Complications after CABG, requiring long-term (more than 6 days) admission to intensive care
• Pathologies of the lungs
• Pathologies of the heart, other than the coronary artery disease
• Surgery in the sub diaphragmatic region: epigastric region, left and right hypochondriac region.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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112 participants in 2 patient groups

Usual care

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients following the outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program.

Treatment:

Other: Usual care

Usual care and Osteopathic treatment

Experimental group

Description:

Patients following the outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program and receiving osteopathic treatment.

Treatment:

Other: Usual care

Other: Osteopathic treatment