Effect of Adding Early Bedside Cycling to Inpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation on Physical Function and Length of Stay After Heart Valve Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: To assess whether adding bedside cycling to inpatient cardiac rehabilitation (CR) early after heart valve surgery could lead to better physical function and shorter length of hospital stays.

Design: This is a single-centered, randomized, controlled, parallel-group intervention study.

Settings: This study was conducted at the National Heart Institute from December 2022 to June 2023.