Exercise Training in Patients After Bypass Surgery

Bezmialem Vakif University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Treatments: Other: Aerobic exercise training; Other: Chest physiotherapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05188352

BVUsozyilmaz09

Details and patient eligibility

About

Based on clinical experience both physical condition and psychological recovery after surgery are individually variable. Exercise training plays an important part, has been recommended for CABS patients in order to enhance recovery. Regular exercise following CABS has shown that, in addition to the expected improvements in exercise capacity as a result of the surgery itself, patients who participate in cardiac rehabilitation can expect to see additional gains in exercise capacity and risk factor profiles. Exercise training also increases personal self-esteem and self-confidence, can alleviate depression and fear, and increase the sense of well-being. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of supervised aerobic exercise training on pulmonary function, functional capacity, maximal exercise capacity, and anxiety in patients after coronary artery bypass surgery.

Full description

Patients in the training group received supervised aerobic exercise training on the treadmill with the intensity of 60-75% of maximal VO2 for 40-50 minutes, 3 days a week for 8 weeks in a cardiac rehabilitation unit. Work-load was gradually increased during eight-week period. Each session had a five-minute warm-up and cool-down period. Blood pressure and ECG were recorded during training sessions before exercise, at the third minute of each workload, after exercise, and during each minute of the recovery period. In addition, conventional chest physiotherapy and was instructed to continue their daily physical activity program at home patients in this group Patients in the control group received no aerobic exercise training but were asked to continue their chest physiotherapy and daily physical activity program at home.

The same researcher, who was blind to the group allocation, were evaluated all patients for pulmonary functions, respiratory muscle strength and submaximal functional capacity, exercise capacity, and anxiety level initially and after 8 weeks.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 35 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male gender,
• CABG surgery performed in the last one month,
• Patients with negative exercise test (on the 30 days after discharge).

Exclusion criteria

• Valve surgery,
• Perioperative myocardial infarction assessed by electrocardiographic (ECG) and creatine kinase isoenzyme changes,
• Postoperative angina, diabetes mellitus, chronic renal failure, unstable angina, intermittent claudication, heart valve dysfunction (moderate or severe), severe cardiac arrhythmias, -Presence of symptoms at rest or with minimal exertion,
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (>70% FEV1/FVC), and
• Any disorder that might influence exercise performance physically (e.g. severe back pain, history stroke).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Training group

Experimental group

Description:

Patients in the training group received supervised aerobic exercise training on the treadmill with the intensity of 60-75% of maximal VO2 for 40-50 minutes, 3 days a week for 8 weeks. Work-load was gradually increased during the eight-week period. In addition, conventional chest physiotherapy and was instructed to continue their daily physical activity program at home patients in this group.

Treatment:

Other: Chest physiotherapy

Other: Aerobic exercise training

Control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients in the control group received no aerobic exercise training but were asked to continue their chest physiotherapy and daily physical activity program at home.

Treatment:

Other: Chest physiotherapy