Feasibility of preoperative and postoperative physical rehabilitation for cardiac surgery patients – a longitudinal cohort study

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  Fig. 1. Overview of the physical elements of the Heart-ROCQ-pilot program. ↑: An increase; LE: lower extremities; Max-IP: Maximum inspiratory pressure; rep: repetitions; RM: repetition maximum; RPE: rate of perceived exertion (Borg scale 0–10); UE: upper extremities; VO2: oxygen uptake

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  Fig. 2. Consort flow diagram of patients in- and excluded in the Heart-ROCQ-pilot program and drop-outs during the three rehabilitation phases

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  Fig. 3. Number of bicycle (A) and strength (B) training sessions in the three rehabilitation phases according to the protocol, offered to and actually completed by the patients. n: number of patients; Ns: number of sessions

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  Fig. 4. Training load of bicycle training at the first and last session of the three rehabilitation phases. (A) External workload, heart rate, and workload to heart rate ratio; (B) Rate of perceived exertion. Differences paired samples t-tests: *first vs. last session in a rehabilitation phase; #first session of PRE phase vs. last session of POST-out phase; +last session of PRE phase vs. last session of POST-out phase. a days (Median (IQR)) relative to the surgery

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  Fig. 5. Absolute volume load (sets*repetitions*intensity) of the strength training at the first and last session of the three rehabilitation phases. Mean with upper limit of 95% confidence interval are shown. Differences of repeated measures analyses of all exercises (black), leg exercises (blue), and the arm exercises (orange): *first vs. last session in a rehabilitation phase; #first session of PRE phase vs. last session of POST-out phase; +last session of PRE phase vs. last session of POST-out phase. a days (Median (IQR)) relative to the surgery