Early Resistance Training Post Valve Replacement Surgery

Background: Recent recommendations from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) are multidisciplinary cardiac rehabilitation including therapeutic exercises for patients after heart valve surgery unless there is insufficient evidence to decide whether therapeutic exercise cardiac training should be provided for such patients. As well, resistance training is an extremely safe systemic physical activity, and it has no contraindications if well-oriented, in addition to being the fastest-growing physical activity in the world in several practitioner settings. Purpose: This study was conducted to investigate the effect of early resistance training on the fitness level (vo2 max) and (PR interval) of patients post-valve replacement surgery.