| Comparative Effects of Incentive Spirometer Versus Inspiratory Muscle Trainer on Diaphragmatic Excursion Post-Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery |
| Paper ID : 1035-IPTCCU. (R1) |
| Authors |
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Mohamed Ali Ahmed Mohamed *1, Nagwa Mohamed Hamed Badr2, Heba Ali Abdelghaffar2, Ibrahim Mostafa Helmi3 1National Heart Institute 2Cairo University 3Radiology/General Organization for Teaching Hospitals and Institutes |
| Abstract |
| Open heart surgeries to patch the coronary arteries are followed by a noticeable impact on the respiratory system and complications that often threaten the patient's life ,especially in the first period after surgery . It has been found that subjecting the patient to physical therapy sessions for the respiratory system and using accompanying devices such as the respiratory stimulus device and the inspiratory muscle trainer device protects the patient from many complications and helps him overcome the danger stage safely and return to his normal life. This research was conducted to compare the effect of both the respiratory stimulus and inspiratory muscle trainer devices to determine which of the two devices could achieve the greatest benefit for this category of patients. This study included 60 patients between the ages of 40 and 65 years . The patients were divided into two groups: A group that performs exercises with the respiratory stimulus device after surgery for three weeks at a rate of two sessions per day. B group performed exercises with an inspiratory muscle training device after surgery for three weeks at a rate of three sessions per week .The results of this research showed a significant improvement in the displacement of the diaphragm muscle in both groups . It also showed that the difference in improvement between the two groups was not statistically significant |
| Keywords |
| Coronary artery bypass graft, incentive spirometry, inspiratory muscle training, diaphragmatic excursion, postoperative rehabilitation |
| Status: Accepted |