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Figure 2 Sternal Precautions, Older Adults Activities, Activities Adults, Cardiac Rehab, Geriatric Occupational Therapy, Ocupational Therapy, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Occupational Therapy Activities, Lower Extremity

In people who have undergone cardiac surgery via median sternotomy, does modifying usual sternal precautions to make them less restrictive improve phy…

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Kelsey James
Arm Exercises With Sternal Precautions Sternal Precautions, Open Heart Surgery, Heart Function, Acute Care, Arm Muscles, Heart And Lungs, Heart Surgery, Red Girl, After Surgery

During open heart surgery, the breastbone, or sternum is cracked open to provide access for the doctors to get to your heart. Following the procedure, wires are used to sew the bone back together. During the initial healing process, patients have to be careful about splitting open the sternum through heavy lifting or ...

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Jamie Stevens
Sternal Precautions & OT Sternal Precautions, Physical Rehabilitation, Heart Month, Physical Disabilities, Acute Care, Hand Therapy, Heart Pillow, Occupational Therapist, S Heart

Sternal Precautions and Occupational Therapy – Lorin G. (OT) Working in a SNF, I recently encountered a man who had just had a Coronary-Artery Bypass Graft (CABG), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD), and one or two other co-morbidities. I was told I really needed to watch sternal precautions for this patient, but what could I do with him to help him with ADLs, basic light easy therapeutic exercises and functional transfers and mobility? I remembered very little from school about…

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Crystal Van Maanen