ReviewThe Korean journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery2018
Essentials of Physiotherapy after Thoracic Surgery: What Physiotherapists Need to Know. A Narrative Review.
Review in The Korean journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04447586 (Soft Drink Straw as an Alternative Device of Creating Positive Expiratory Pressure), which is not on this map. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Soft Drink Straw as an Alternative Device of Creating Positive Expiratory Pressure (PEP) in Thoracic Surgery Patients
Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.
- Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery for Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery: A Systematic Review of Key Elements and Advancements.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- Predictors for prescription of noninvasive ventilation in the postoperative period of cardiac surgery: a systematic review.Annals of medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of elastic therapeutic taping in pain management after median sternotomy: A randomized controlled trial.PloS one · 2026Trial
- Impact of respiratory muscle-stretching exercise on chest expansion and shoulder mobility post-thoracotomy: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2025Trial
- Efficacy of combined Kinesio-taping with chest physiotherapy program on pain, pulmonary function, respiratory muscle strength and quality of life after mastectomy: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Trial
- Effects of yoga-based and conventional physiotherapy programs on functional, respiratory, and psychosocial outcomes in stage II sarcoidosis: A randomized controlled trial.Sarcoidosis, vasculitis, and diffuse lung diseases : official journal of WASOG · 2026Article
- Perioperative respiratory rehabilitation: evolving concepts and clinical applications.Anesthesia and pain medicine · 2026Review
- Vibroacoustic lung therapy and early postoperative oxygenation after cardiac surgery: a multicentre prospective study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
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- Assessment of the Functioning Profile of Patients with Lung Cancer Undergoing Lobectomy in Relation to the ICF Rehabilitation Core Set.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Effects of early mobilisation program on functional capacity, daily living activities, and N-terminal prohormone brain natriuretic peptide in patients hospitalised for acute heart failure. A randomised controlled trial.Hong Kong physiotherapy journal : official publication of the Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association Limited = Wu li chih liao · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of Acapella along with institutional based chest physiotherapy techniques on pulmonary functions and airway clearance in post-operative CABG patients.Hong Kong physiotherapy journal : official publication of the Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association Limited = Wu li chih liao · 2022Article
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- Acute changes in handgrip strength, lung function and health-related quality of life following cardiac surgery.PloS one · 2022Observational
- Post-thoracotomy analgesia.Saudi journal of anaesthesiaReview
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Abstract
Physiotherapy has recently become an essential part of enhanced recovery protocols after thoracic surgery. The evidence-based practice of physiotherapy is essential for the effective management of postoperative patients. Unfortunately, only a small body of literature has discussed the rationale of the physiotherapy interventions that are routinely implemented following thoracic surgery. Nonetheless, we can integrate the available knowledge into our practice until new evidence emerges. Therefore, in this review, the principles of physiotherapy after thoracic surgery are presented, along with a detailed description of physiotherapy interventions, with the goals of enhancing the knowledge and practical skills of physiotherapists in postoperative care units and helping them to re-evaluate and justify their traditional practices.
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