326
Participants
Start Date
November 30, 2014
Primary Completion Date
July 31, 2016
Study Completion Date
August 31, 2016
Comprehensive phase one rehabilitation
"Patients allocated to the experimental group receive a rehabilitation programme consisting of physical exercise and psycho-education.~The physical exercises consist of; breathing exercises with and without using incentive spirometry with expiratory positive pressure airway, walking and cycling exercises and neck/shoulder exercises during hospitalisation and an exercise programme running from discharge until 4 weeks following surgery. The psycho-educative rehabilitation programme consists of four psycho-educative consultations with a specially trained nurse."
Hjertecentret, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, Copenhagen
Odense University Hospital
OTHER
Rigshospitalet, Denmark
OTHER