Pain and pulmonary function in patients submitted to heart surgery via sternotomy

Maria Cristina dos Santos Baumgarten^I; Gisele Kalata Garcia^II; Michele Hagi Frantzeski^III; Cristiane Mecca Giacomazzi^IV; Verlaine Balzan Lagni^V; Alexandre Simões Dias^VI; Mariane Borba Monteiro^VII

DOI: 10.1590/S0102-76382009000500011

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1. Physiotherapist; Post graduate student in cardiorespiratory physiotherapy by the Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul 2. Physiotherapist; Instructor of pilates 3. Physiotherapist; Professor of the physiotherapy course of the Centro Universitário Metodista do Sul IPA; Post graduate student in physiotherapy in pediatrics and neonatology by the Hospital Moinhos de Vento de Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul 4. Physiotherapist; resident in cardiopulmonary rehabilitation of the Multidisciplinary residence Healthcare Program of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PREMUS PUCRS) 5. Physiotherapist; specialist in kinesiology by the Federal University do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS); Professor of the physiotherapy course of the Centro Universitário Metodista do Sul IPA 6. Physiotherapist; PhD in physiology by UFRGS; Professor of the physiotherapy course of the Centro Universitário Metodista do Sul IPA 7. Physiotherapist; PhD in Pneumologies by UFRGS; Professor of the physiotherapy course of the Centro Universitário Metodista do Sul IPA Correspondence
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