Heart bypass patients walk sooner with smart wearable guidance
NCT ID NCT06801314
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether starting gentle exercise soon after coronary artery bypass surgery, guided by wearable heart monitors, improves patients' ability to walk and function. 84 stable patients were split into three groups: usual care, usual care plus cycling, or usual care plus resistance exercises. The goal was to see if early, monitored movement could boost recovery before discharge.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- aerobic exercise (cycle ergometer) and resistance exercise
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could help heart bypass patients recover faster and improve their walking ability before leaving the hospital.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study with 84 patients, so results may not apply to everyone. Exercise after surgery carries risks like heart strain or injury.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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84 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2025
- Finished
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Sep 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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45 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1-post -operative clinically stable patients with hemodynamic stability through measurement of respiratory rate( \>8\<30) breaths/min , Heart rate (\>40\<130) beats /min , Spo2\>90% 2-both lower limbs will be physically functional 3-CABG surgery 4-Their age will be ranged from 45-65 years old \- Exclusion Criteria: 1. Respiratory insufficiency after surgery manifesting hypoxemia with partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood \<60 mmHg 2. Cardiogenic shock 3. acute renal failure 4. contra-indicated to submaximal exercise test 5. cardiac arrhythmia 6. locomotor/neurological limitation to ambulation 7. physiological compensatory tachycardia in case of (anemia, high tempreture and infection) 8. high blood pressure at rest (systolic blood pressure \>160mmHg or diastolic blood pressure \>100 mmHg -
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Faculty of physical therapy, Cairo university
Giza, Egypt, 11432, Egypt
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