Cardiovascular and respiratory systems functional parameters and physical capacity relationships for patients after open heart surgery at the second stage of rehabilitation.

The aim. To evaluate cardiovascular and respiratory systems functional parameters and physical capacity relationships for patients after open heart surgery in the second stage of rehabilitation. Methodology. Subjects was divided into two groups. For the experimental group of patients was applied rehabilitation and respiratory muscle training, and for a control group of patients was applied just rehabilitation. Examination was carried out before and after the rehabilitation. Functional status determination was made by the following tests: blood pressure, heart rate, chest excursion measurements, respiratory rate elatuation and by making Henco and Stange samples, 6-minute walk test. Participants. Patients after open heart surgery. The study included voluntarily agreed to participate persons with their written consent to participate in the study after the explanation about the study aim and methods. Conclusions. 1. In subjects undergoing only conventional rehabilitation, decreased resting systolic and diastolic arterial blood pressure, resting heart rate, resting breathing rate, elevated thoracic excursion, prolonged Henco and Stange samples for respiration and a 6 minute walking distance (p <0.05 ) 2. In subjects undergoing conventional rehabilitation with additional respiratory muscle strengthening training reduced resting systolic and diastolic blood pressure, resting heart rate, resting breathing rate, elevated thoracic excursion, prolonged Henco and Stange samples for respiration and a 6 minute walking distance (p <0.05). 3. After conventional rehabilitation with additional respiratory muscle strengthening training, respiratory rate decreased and the 6 minute walking distance prolonged more than after conventional rehabilitation procedures, but diastolic arterial blood pressure decreased more after conventional rehabilitation than after conventional rehabilitation with additional respiratory muscle strengthening training (p <0.05). 4. a) After the conventional rehabilitation procedures, the average coherence were determined between the diastolic blood pressure and thoracic excursion, and also between the duration of the 6 minute walking distance and the duration of the breathing retention of the Stange sample (p