Inspiratory Muscle Strength as a Determinant of Functional Capacity Early After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Ricardo Stein, MD, ScD, Cristiano P. Maia, PT, MSc, Anderson D. Silveira, MD, Gaspar R. Chiappa, PT, ScD, Jonathan Myers, PhD, Jorge P. Ribeiro, MD, ScD Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Volume 90, Issue 10, Pages 1685-1691 (October 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.05.010 Copyright © 2009 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Flowchart of patients through the study. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2009 90, 1685-1691DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2009.05.010) Copyright © 2009 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Mean ± SD FVC, FEV1, PImax, and PEmax, expressed as percentage of predicted (pred) in the preoperative period, 7 and 30 days postoperation in patients randomized to cardiopulmonary rehabilitation (Rehab) or usual care (Control). Two-way analysis of variance for repeated measures revealed time and interaction effects in the 4 variables (P<.05). *P<.05 for the Tukey test comparing groups. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2009 90, 1685-1691DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2009.05.010) Copyright © 2009 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Scatterplot of the association between PImax and VO2peak at 30 days after CABG. There was a highly significant correlation between the variables (r=.90; P<.001). Abbreviation: Rehab, rehabilitation. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2009 90, 1685-1691DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2009.05.010) Copyright © 2009 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Terms and Conditions