Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity After Mitral Valve Surgery: An Analysis of the UK Mini Mitral Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Wearable accelerometer devices measure free-living physical activity and sleep without relying on self-reports. Their utility to measure and compare recovery of physical function after cardiac surgery procedures has not been previously studied in the setting of a randomized controlled trial.

Methods

Data were collected during the UK (United Kingdom) Mini Mitral trial, in which patients were randomized to undergo either a sternotomy or a minimally invasive thoracoscopically guided right minithoracotomy procedure (Mini) for mitral valve repair. This is a secondary analysis of the trial data using a different primary end point. Patients wore a wrist-worn triaxial accelerometer on their nondominant wrist for 24 hours over a 7-day period before surgery and at 6, 12, 18

SUBMITTER: Wagnild JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12551420 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature