Clinical Pilates (CP) Exercises and Kinesiophobia in CABG

Effect of Clinical Pilates (CP) Exercises on Kinesiophobia and Post-operative Cardiopulmonary Parameters in CABG Patients.

To determine Effect of Clinical Pilates (CP) exercises on kinesiophobia and post-operative cardiopulmonary parameters in CABG patients. Kinesiophobia may lead to patients' psychological fear of rehabilitation exercise, thereby refusing rehabilitation exercise, affecting the rehabilitation process of patients, resulting in disuse syndrome, depression, disability and other adverse consequences. Thus, this study is to be conducted to find out the effects Pilates exercises with cardiac rehabilitation for management of Kinesiophobia in post CABG patients.

Clinical Pilates are also evident to be safe and effective in post-surgical patients with different surgical interventions.

A study was conducted in 2021 to evaluate the effects of the Pilates method on pulmonary function and range of motion after coronary artery bypass grafting and concluded that the Pilates method is a safe, viable, and playful option for the patient profile after CABG but they did not evaluate kinesiophobia of patients

Inclusion Criteria:

• Hemodynamically stable patient Who underwent elective CABG.
• Patients diagnosed with Kinesiophobia via Tampa scale for Kinesiophobia Heart (TSK-SV Heart)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Neuromuscular conditions which lead to kinesiophobia
• Diseases that seriously affected the functional capacity or mobility such as liver cirrhosis, chronic renal failure and disabled patients.
• Prolong intubation
• Vital instability
• Patients needing maximum assistance
• Decline consent