Key result
Ventilatory muscle training for early cardiac rehabilitation improved functional capacity (+39 m in 6-MWT; p=0.052 vs baseline) and modulated mean blood flow (p=0.041 vs baseline) in CABG patients.
Why the study?
While cardiac rehabilitation with aerobic exercise improves functional capacity and vascular health after CABG, the benefits of other exercise modalities remain uncertain.
Does ventilatory muscle training or isometric training improve functional capacity and endothelial function in patients undergoing CABG?
RCT (n=15)
randomly assigned
Does ventilatory muscle training or isometric training improve functional capacity and endothelial function in patients undergoing CABG?
Early ventilatory muscle training during hospital admission for CABG may prevent the acute decline in functional capacity observed with conventional physiotherapy.
Early post-CABG exercise modalities may aid recovery; leaves open optimal regimen selection pending larger trials.
Background: Cardiac rehabilitation with aerobic exercises is the first strategy for nonpharmacological treatment in the postoperative period of individuals undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) to improve functional capacity and vascular health. However, other exercise modalities remain uncertain regarding the same benefits. Objectives: Evaluation of the effect of different modalities of exercise, such as early cardiac rehabilitation on subjects submitted to CABG in the six-minute walk test (6-MWT) and on the percentage of flow-mediated dilatation (FMD) of the brachial artery. Methods: A randomized clinical trial in which 15 patients (62.7 ± 6.7 years) who underwent CABG were randomly assigned to the following groups: isometric (IG, Handgrip Jamar®), ventilatory muscle training (VG, PowerBreathe®) and control (CG, conventional respiratory and motor physiotherapy). All patients were attended to physically twice a day (20 min/session) for a consecutive week after the CABG (hospital admission). Functional capacity was assessed by 6-MWT and endothelial function was assessed through the technique of FMD, before and after (~7 days) admission to CABG. The doppler ultrasound videos were analyzed by Cardiovascular Suite® software (Quipu, Pisa, Italy) to measure %FMD. Statistics: Generalized estimation equation, followed by Bonferroni post hoc (p < 0.05). Results: Systolic, diastolic and mean arterial pressure (SBP/DBP/MAP, respectively) were 133, 76 and 95 mmHg. The groups presented walking meters (m) distance before and after intervention of: IGbasal 357.80 ± 47.15 m vs. IGpost 306.20 ± 61.63 m, p = 0.401 (+51 m); VGbasal 261.50 ± 19.91 m vs. VGpost 300.75 ± 26.29 m, p = 0.052 (+39 m); CG basal 487.83 ± 83.23 m vs. CGpost 318.00 ± 31.08, p = 0.006 (−169 m). %FMD before and after intervention was IGbasal 10.4 ± 4.8% vs. IGpost 2.8 ± 2.5%, p = 0.152; VGbasal 9.8 ± 5.1% vs. VGpost 11.0 ± 6.1%, p = 0.825; CGbasal 9.2 ± 15.8% vs. CGpost 2.7 ± 2.6%, p = 0.710 and resting mean basal blood flow was IGbasal 162.0 ± 55.0 mL/min vs. IGpost 129.9 ± 63.7 mL/min, p = 0.662; VGbasal 83.74 ± 12.4 mL/min vs. VGpost 58.7 ± 17.1 mL/min, p = 0.041; CGbasal 375.6 ± 183.7 mL/min vs. CGpost 192.8 ± 115.0 mL/min, p = 0.459. Conclusions: Ventilatory muscle training for early cardiac rehabilitation improved acute functional capacity and modulated mean flow of individuals undergoing CABG.
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Eibel et al. (2022) conducted an RCT in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) (n=15). Ventilatory muscle training or isometric training vs. conventional respiratory and motor physiotherapy was evaluated on six-minute walk test (6-MWT) distance and percentage of flow-mediated dilatation (FMD). Ventilatory muscle training for early cardiac rehabilitation improved functional capacity (+39 m in 6-MWT; p=0.052 vs baseline) and modulated mean blood flow (p=0.041 vs baseline) in CABG patients.
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