Respiratory Muscle Training in Patients Recovering Recent Open Cardiothoracic Surgery: A Randomized-Controlled Trial

<table>Study flow diagram. Study measures collected by demographic data (a), pletismography (b), arterial gas analysis (c), respiratory muscle performance (d), 6 min walking test (e), chronic MRC dyspnoea scale (f), health status-SF 36 (g), and patient-related symptoms (dyspnoea, thoracic pain, and well being) (h). </table>

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Figure 1: Respiratory Muscle Training in Patients Recovering Recent Open Cardiothoracic Surgery: A Randomized-Controlled Trial 