OBJECTIVE:To determine whether preoperative inspiratory muscle training is able to attenuate the impact of surgical trauma on the respiratory muscle strength, in the lung volumes, and diaphragmatic excursion in obese women undergoing open bariatric surgery.DESIGN:Randomized controlled trial.SETTING:Meridional Hospital, Cariacica/ES, Brazil.SUBJECTS:Thirty-two obese women undergoing elective open bariatric surgery were randomly assigned to receive preoperative inspiratory muscle training (inspiratory muscle training group) or usual care (control group).MAIN MEASURES:Respiratory muscle strength (maximal static respiratory pressure – maximal inspiratory pressure and maximal expiratory pressure), lung volumes, and diaphragmatic excursion.RESULTS:After training, there was a significant increase only in the maximal inspiratory pressure in the inspiratory muscle training group. The maximal expiratory pressure, the lung volumes and the diaphragmatic excursion did not show any significant change with training. In the postoperative period there was a significant decrease in maximal inspiratory pressure in both the groups. However, there was a decrease of 28% in the inspiratory muscle training group, whereas it was 47% in the control group. The decrease in maximal expiratory pressure and in lung volumes in the postoperative period was similar between the groups. There was a significant reduction in the measures of diaphragmatic excursion in both the groups.CONCLUSION:The preoperative inspiratory muscle training increased the inspiratory muscle strength (maximal inspiratory pressure) and attenuated the negative postoperative effects of open bariatric surgery in obese women for this variable, though not influencing the lung volumes and the diaphragmatic excursion.

Background Currently, little is known about early mobilization and exercise in individuals with COVID-19. Objective To describe the indication and safety of early mobilization and exercises in mild to severe COVID-19 patients and to investigate the use of telerehabilitation to deliver exercise programs to these patients. Methods This narrative literature review was conducted performing a comprehensive search of databases. Results 32 articles met the established criteria and the main findings were summarized and described, including indication, contraindication and recommendation for early rehabilitation and exercises prescription. Conclusion s: The literature suggests that early mobilization and physical exercise are beneficial for individuals with COVID-19. However, much of what has been published is based on expert opinion due to a lack of randomized trials, which are needed.

INTRODUCTION:Bariatric surgery has become increasingly more recommended for the treatment of morbidly obese individuals for whom it is possible to identify co-morbidities other than alterations in pulmonary function. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of conventional chest physiotherapy (CCP) and of conventional physiotherapy associated with transcutaneous electrical diaphragmatic stimulation (CCP+TEDS) on pulmonary function and respiratory muscle strength in patients who have undergone Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.METHODS:In total, 44 female patients with an average age of 37 ± 7.3 years and an average body mass index (BMI) of 47.4 ± 6.5 K/m² were selected as candidates for Roux-en-Y gastric bypass laparoscopy. They were evaluated for pulmonary volume and flow using spirometry and maximum respiratory pressure through manovacuometry during the preoperative period and on the fifteenth and thirtieth postoperative days.RESULTS:No differences were detected between CCP and CCP+TEDS, and both factors contributed to the maintenance of pulmonary flow and volume as well as inhalation muscle strength. Exhalation muscle strength was not maintained in the CCP group at fifteen or thirty days postoperative, but it was maintained in patients treated with conventional chest physiotherapy + transcutaneous electric diaphragmatic stimulation.DISCUSSION:These results suggest that both conventional chest physiotherapy and conventional chest physiotherapy + transcutaneous electric diaphragmatic stimulation prevent the reduction of pulmonary function during the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass postoperative period, and that transcutaneous electric diaphragmatic stimulation also contributes to expiratory muscle strength.

RESUMO: O objetivo deste estudo foi comparar o efeito da pressão positiva expiratória (EPAP, na sigla em inglês) e da inspirometria de incentivo a fluxo sobre a função pulmonar após o bypass gástrico em Y de Roux por videolaparoscopia. Participaram 28 mulheres, não-tabagistas e não-pneumopatas, com índice de massa corporal entre 35 e 50 kg/m 2 , submetidas à cirurgia bariátrica. Todas foram avaliadas por espirometria, cirtometria toracoabdominal e quanto à mobilidade diafragmática no pré e segundo dia de pós-operatório (o tempo de internação foi de 2 dias). Foram divididas em dois grupos, GI -grupo inspirômetro (n=13) e GE, grupo EPAP (n=15). A fisioterapia foi iniciada no dia da cirurgia, cada técnica, inspirometria ou EPAP, com duração de 15 minutos; a fisioterapia motora foi padronizada para ambos os grupos. No pós-operatório, houve redução similar nos dois grupos das variáveis: capacidade vital, volume de reserva inspiratório, capacidade vital forçada e ventilação voluntária máxima. Não houve alteração nos valores do volume corrente no GI e volume de reserva expiratório no GE. A mobilidade diafragmática e a mobilidade toracoabdominal foram menos prejudicadas no GI. No pós-operatório da cirurgia bariátrica por videolaparoscopia, a inspirometria de incentivo a fluxo exerceu melhores efeitos na manutenção do volume corente, na mobilidade diafragmática e toracoabdominal, enquanto a EPAP foi mais eficaz no restabelecimento do volume de reserva expiratório. DESCRITORES: Cirurgia bariátrica; Exercícios respiratórios; Fisioterapia (Especialidade); Obesidade ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to compare the effect of expiratory positive airway pressure (EPAP) and flow-oriented incentive spirometry on pulmonary function after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. Twenty-eight non-smoking women, with no lung disease and body mass index of 35 to 50 kg/m 2 , undergoing laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery (hospitalized for two days) were assessed by spirometry, thoracoabdominal cirtometry and as to diaphragmatic motion prior to, and on the second post-operative day. Before surgery patients were divided into two groups, SG -spirometer group (n=13), and EG -EPAP group (n=15). Motor physical therapy was standardized for both groups; respiratory therapy (both modalities) started on the day of surgery, in 15-minute sessions. Post-operative results showed similar reduction, in both groups, in the values of vital capacity, forced vital capacity, maximum voluntary ventilation, and inspiratory reserve volume. No changes were found in tidal volume values in SG, neither in expiratory reserve volume in EG. Diaphragmatic and thoracoabdominal motion were less harmed in SG. After bariatric surgery thus incentive spirometry had better effect in maintaining tidal volume, as well as on diaphragmatic and thoracoabdominal motion; while EPAP proved more efficient in re-establishing expiratory reserve volume in the postoperative period.