| Autor: |
Abubakar Abdelhady, Abdifatah Omar, Bakr El Missiri, Ahmed Mohamed Abo, Abdelhady Araquib, Ahmed Kadry, Mohammed Fahmy, Youssef Mohammed |
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QJM: An International Journal of Medicine; 2024 Supplement, Vol. 117, pii49-ii49, 1p |
| Abstrakt: |
Background: The impact of cardiac rehabilitation on quality of life and 6 minute walk test in post Glenn patients. The present study conducted on 35 patients of both sex and age of 6 years old and above and at least 6 month after Glenn surgery at Ain Shams university Hospitals recruited during the period of 6 month. Objective: To investigate the impact of a 12-week completed cardiac rehabilitation program on 6-minute walk test and quality of life in-patients of post Glenn shunt. Methods: This was a 2-arm parallel prospective, randomized, controlled Study conducted on 35 patients of both sex and age of 6 years old and above and at least 6 month after Glenn surgery at Ain Shams university Hospitals recruited during the period of 6 month. Results: We found that a significant improvement of Quality of life with reduced functional capacity in exercised group only after 3 months from enrollment in CR program, while control group didn't show any improvement. Improvement was not only in quality of life but also there was a significant improvement in 6MWD in CR group when compared with control group (32.33 vs 2.25, p=0.032 respectively). Conclusion: Completed CR program improves quality of life and 6MWD in patients with post Glenn shunt with restricted physical activity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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