%0 Journal Article %T Capacidade de exerc赤cio e seu valor progn車stico no p車s-operat車rio de cirurgia card赤aca %A Bueno %A Fl芍via Regina %A Corr那a %A Fernanda Rocha %A Alves %A Mariana Agnes da Silva %A Bardin %A Marcela Grigol %A Modesto %A Jana赤na Aparecida %A Dourado %A Victor Zuniga %J Fisioterapia em Movimento %D 2012 %I Pontif赤cia Universidade Cat車lina do Paran芍 %R 10.1590/S0103-51502012000400017 %X introduction: the prognostic value of exercise capacity in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) needs clarification. objectives: to assess exercise capacity and its prognostic value in patients with coronary artery disease undergoing elective cabg. materials and methods: we evaluated 21 patients and 29 controls. two incremental shuttle walk test (iswt) and two tests of 6-min walk test (6mwt) were performed randomly on alternate days. the handgrip strength (fpm) was also evaluated. results: the fpm in percentages (78.4 ㊣ 16 vs. 97.2 ㊣ 15%), the 6mwt in meters (412 ㊣ 79 vs. 601 ㊣ 7 m) and percentage values (72 ㊣ 13 vs. 110 ㊣ 11%) and the iswt in meters (257 ㊣ 90 vs. 517 ㊣ 138 m) and percentage values (53 ㊣ 16 vs. 108 ㊣ 16%) were significantly (p < 0.05) lower in patients. eleven patients had postoperative complications (group c) and 10 had a good outcome (group sc). the group c showed significantly (p < 0.05), older age (57 ㊣ 6 vs. 71 ㊣ 7 years old), fpm lower (33 ㊣ 6 vs. 9 ㊣ 41 kgf) and iswt lower (208 ㊣ 81 vs. 311 ㊣ 66 m). there were no significant differences for the 6mwt. logistic regression analysis comparing the iswt and 6mwt selected iswt as a determinant of prognosis of patients (p = 0.04). conclusion: patients waiting for elective cabg have significantly reduced exercise capacity and iswt had significant prognostic value discriminating patients with postoperative complications. %K arterial coronary disease %K exercise capacity %K iswt %K 6mw. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-51502012000400017&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en