TY - JOUR AU - Peixoto-Souza, Fabiana Sobral AU - Baltieri, Letícia AU - Costa, Dirceu AU - Piconi-Mendes, Camila AU - Rasera- -Junior, Irineu AU - Barbalho-Moulim, Marcela Cangussu AU - Pazzianotto-Forti, Eli Maria PY - 2014/03/24 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Cardiorespiratory variables of the six-minute walking test of women submitted to bariatric surgery. JF - Manual Therapy, Posturology & Rehabilitation Journal JA - mtprehabjournal VL - 0 IS - 0 SE - Research articles DO - UR - https://www.mtprehabjournal.com/revista/article/view/1121 SP - 1-7 AB - <p>Introduction: It’s known that bariatric surgery provides an improvement in the functional capacity and cardiorespiratory performance. However, most of these studies are limited to the distance walked during the 6MWT as a function of the<br>functional capacity. Objective: The goal of this study was to evaluate the functional capacity and cardiorespiratory responses of women with morbid obesity, applying the six-minute walk test before and 6 months after bariatric surgery.<br>Method: Prospective and observational study in which 14 women with morbid obesity submitted to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass derivation were studied. The volunteers performed made the six-minute walking test (6MWT) before and six months<br>after surgery. The distance walked and the blood pressure were registered as well as the subjective sensation of dyspnea<br>and exhaustion of the lower limbs. In addition, the heart rate, oxygen saturation and breathing rate were registered at<br>the beginning, during the end of the 6MWT. Results: An increase in the distance walked was observed 6 months postsurgery (588.92 ± 34.81m) as compared to the preoperative distance (516.28 ± 50.91m). Regarding to the cardiorespiratory variables, which included the heart rate (HR), blood pressure (BP), peripheral oxygen saturation (SatO2), respiratory rate (RR) and sensation of dyspnea, there was a decrease in the systolic and diastolic blood pressures during the recovery period of the 6MWT. There was no statistical difference in the other variables analyzed. Conclusion: the bariatric<br>surgery and the following weight loss provided improvements in the functional capacity and blood pressure values during recovery from the exercise.</p> ER -