Cardiovascular Diseases
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention group step count targeted physical therapy: Participants in the intervention group will receive step count targeted physical therapy in addition to standard physical therapy. The interven
Sponsors
Gunma Prefectural Cardiovascular Center, Department of Rehabilitation
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Patients hospitalized at the study institution who are prescribed physical therapy by a physician 2.Patients scheduled to undergo elective open-heart surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS), transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), or transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) 3.Aged 65 years or older 4.Patients who have undergone a preoperative physical therapy assessment 5.Patients who have provided written informed consent to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1 Patients who underwent emergency surgery 2 Patients with delayed extubation lasting more than forty eight hours 3 Patients with preoperative cognitive impairment defined as a Mini Mental State Examination score of twenty three or lower 4 Patients with preoperative functional dependency defined as a Barthel Index score of less than eighty five or a Functional Independence Measure score of less than eighty eight 5 Patients who developed postoperative cerebral infarction 6 Patients with uncontrolled arrhythmias or uncontrolled hypertension 7 Patients judged to be unsuitable for study participation by the principal investigator
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in the total Functional independence Measure (FIM) score from preoperative baseline to hospital Discharge. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactHiroko Kazama
Gunma Prefectural Cardiovascular Center Departmento of Rehabilitation
Outcome results
None listed