RESULTS
During the study period 38 patients were hospitalized, of these nine were excluded, two of whom were due to combined surgery, six lung diseases and one due to physical limitations, leaving 29 individuals as shown in figure 1. The prevalence was male with 18 patients (62% ), the mean age was 67 ± 4 years, the BMI was 31.5 ± 2.5 kg/m2 and the prevalent comorbidity was sedentary lifestyle with 21 patients (72.4%). Regarding the surgical and clinical variables, all values are shown in table 1.
Regarding muscle strength, a decrease of 22% was observed in the MIP in the IG and in the 28% in the CG (p = 0.12). In MEP, IG decreased by 26% and CG by 34% (p = 0.21). These variables were not significant and are represented with absolute values in Table 2.
The 6-min walk test was performed before and after the operation and when compared, the IG had a drop of 26% in relation to the distance covered in meters and the CG 27% (p = 0.21). Table 3 shows the information regarding functional capacity.