Table 2.

Physiotherapy-supervised exercises usually provided to cardiac surgery patients during the first postoperative days.

	POD 1	POD 2	POD 3	POD4
Thoracic/upper extremities ROM exercises
Unilateral	3%	17%	34%	31%
Bilateral	10%	69%	76%	66%
Lower extremities ROM exercises	41%	31%	28%	24%
Relaxation techniques	14%	14%	7%	3%
Body awareness, posture exercises	3%	10%	14%	10%
Massage	0%	0%	0%	0%

Data shown as % of respondents (n = 29). POD = postoperative day; ROM = range of motion.