298 EISSN 1676-5133 Copyright© 2003 por Colégio Brasileiro de Atividade Física, Saúde e Esporte Sep/Oct 2003 Fit Perf J Rio de Janeiro 2 5 Correspondence to: Submitted: Accepted: Original Article doi:10.3900/fpj.2.5.298.e Octuber / 2003 November / 2003 Physical activity on physiotherapy conduct protocol for hospital discharge precocity Cláudia Valéria Lacerda Mestrado em Ciência da Motricidade Humana/PROCIM/Universidade Castelo Branco(UCB-RJ); Laboratório de Biociências da Motricidade Humana(LABIMH/UCB-RJ); Marcelo de Albuquerque Vianna Mestrado em Ciência da Motricidade Humana/PROCIM/Universidade Castelo Branco(UCB-RJ); Laboratório de Biociências da Motricidade Humana(LABIMH/UCB-RJ); Universidade Estácio de Sá (UNESA-RJ)-Brasil Universidade Castelo Branco (UCB-RJ)-Brasil. marcelofisio@aol.com Estélio H. M. Dantas Laboratório de Biociências da Motricidade Humana(LABIMH/UCB-RJ); Centro de Capacitação física do Exército(CCFEx-RJ)-Brasil; Bolsista de Produtividade em Pesquisa B CNPq; LACERDA, C.V., VIANNA, M.A., DANTAS, E.H.M. Physical activity on physiotherapy conduct protocol for hospital discharge precocity. Fitness & Performance Journal, v.2, n.5, 298-302, 2003. Rua São Simão, 3 – Magalhães Bastos – RJ – CEP 21750-030 ABSTRACT: The present study aimed at defining and applying a precocity physiotherapist conduct protocol (PPCP) to patients who went through a cardiac surgery; in order to help the recovery of the patient, through an appropriate semiology, thus, decreasing a lot the time of internment at an intensive therapy unit (ITU) and also at the hospital. This inquiry was inserted in the thematic area of motor activity related to the health and the physical performance, in the string of research of prophylactic and therapeutic aspects of programs of promotion of health, mastership in the Science of the Human Motor Activity of the University Castelo Branco. This study was presented about patients who were affected by coronary artery disease (CAD) and who went through a cardiac surgery for precocity of hospital discharge both at the intensive therapy unit and ward. Sixty patients among men and women were researched and divided in two groups. G1 Control Group (n=30) and G2 Experimental Group (n=30) aged 40-88. A respiratory kinesiothe- rapy was carried out without the use of the superior limbs, emphasizing lungs basis, the patients were not put in right or left lateral decubitus and on the first day of ward they walked. In order to deal with time, variance analysis (ANOVA) was used, Wilcoxon test, test T of “Student” and the Qui-square. Afterwards, a “post hoc” verification was undertaken, via a Turkey-Test, under ANOVA. Keywords: Physiotherapist Conduct, Cardiac Surgery and Precocity of discharge. 298-302