Heart, lung & circulation
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Heart, lung & circulation · Apr 2008
Randomized Controlled TrialSupervised moderate intensity exercise improves distance walked at hospital discharge following coronary artery bypass graft surgery--a randomised controlled trial.
This study aimed to determine whether a structured, inpatient (or Phase 1 cardiac rehabilitation), physiotherapy-supervised walking program, with or without musculoskeletal and respiratory exercises, might improve walking capacity and other parameters for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). ⋯ A physiotherapy-supervised, moderate intensity walking program in the inpatient phase following CABG improves walking capacity at discharge from hospital. The performance of respiratory and musculoskeletal exercises confers no additional benefit to the measured outcomes.