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Effect of Trunk Stabilizing Exercises on Patients With Median Sternotomy After Heart Valve Surgery

Egypt40 participantsStarted 2020-11-21

Plain-language summary

PURPOSE: The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of trunk stabilizing exercises on sternal instability in patients with median sternotomy after heart valve surgery

Who can participate

Age range40 Years – 50 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion criteria

✓. age between 40 and 50 years, female gender
✓. hemodynamic stability
✓. BMI from 25 to 29.9 kg/m2
✓. they will have acute sternal instability.

Exclusion criteria

✕. previous thoracic surgery
✕. elective and urgent coronary artery bypass surgery
✕. respiratory insufficiency after surgery manifesting hypoxemia with partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood \<60 mmHg
✕. renal insufficiency with serum creatinine ≥1.8 mg/dl after surgery
✕. low cardiac output syndrome with ST segment elevation in multiple electrocardiogram leads, cardiac arrhythmias, or hypotension, according to the American College of Cardiology Foundation and American Heart Association
✕. other medical conditions such as diabetes, uncontrolled hypertension and obesity
✕. Past medical history that include conditions that may have influenced the provision of physiotherapy interventions such as (severe asthma, chronic airflow limitation, bronchiectasis, ankylosing spondylitis or lumbar disc prolapse

What they're measuring

sternal separation

Timeframe: it will be measured after four weeks

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04632914

SponsorCairo University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2020-12-25

Contact for this trial

al shaymaa sh abd el azeim, lecturer

01033771553 alshaymaa.shaaban@pt.cu.edu.eg

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