Tag: mobility
Increased Hospital-Based Physical Rehabilitation and Information Provision After ICU Discharge
Post-ICU hospital-based rehabilitation, including increased physical and nutritional therapy plus information provision, did not improve physical recovery or HRQOL, but improved patient satisfaction with many aspects of recovery.... read more
Identifying Barriers to Nurse-Facilitated Patient Mobility in the ICU
Nurses have limited time for additional clinical activities but may miss potentially important opportunities for facilitating patient mobility during existing patient care. The proposed method is feasible and helpful in empirically... read more
Stopping ICU delirium by getting patients moving
Doctor says the treatment plan makes a 'massive difference' to those in critical care. Any hospital stay can be traumatic. But 30 percent of patients in intensive care units experience ICU delirium. The rate for... read more
Unplanned Early Hospital Readmission Among Critical Care Survivors
Although some readmissions are medically unavoidable, for many ICU survivors complex health and psychosocial issues contribute concurrently to early rehospitalisation. Care pathways that anticipate and institute anticipatory... read more
Effect of In-Bed Leg Cycling and Electrical Stimulation of the Quadriceps on Global Muscle Strength in Critically Ill Adults
In this single-center randomized clinical trial involving patients admitted to the ICU, adding early in-bed leg cycling exercises and electrical stimulation of the quadriceps muscles to a standardized early rehabilitation... read more
Inspiratory Muscle Training for ICU Patients
Inspiratory muscle weakness is a known consequence of prolonged mechanical ventilation, and there is emerging evidence that specific inspiratory muscle training (IMT) can ameliorate this weakness. Australian researchers recommend... read more
ICU Early Mobility – A Concept ICU Bed with Integrated Leg Press
ICU beds that promote muscle recovery not muscle loss. Critical care experts at Johns Hopkins are reporting initial success in boosting recovery and combating muscle wasting among critically ill, mostly bed-bound patients... read more
Early Mobility in ICU: From Patient to Physician
In the ICU, motion means life. Dr. Paul Wischmeyer, Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery, Duke University gives an overview of the challenges associated with early mobility in ICU, and the importance of implementing protocols.... read more
Bike Rehab is Helping Critical Care Patients Along the Road to Recovery
Getting on the bike is a stepping stone into rehabilitation - you see that bike and you know then that you're getting better. You know you're not just going to lie in that bed and vegetate. So successful was the exercise... read more
Process Monitoring in the ICU
Throughout a patient's stay in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), accurate measurement of patient mobility, as part of routine care, is helpful in understanding the harmful effects of bedrest. However, mobility is typically measured... read more
Early Mobility in Critically Ill Patients
Kyle Enfield, MD, speaks with Wes Ely, MD, MPH, about his talk presented at the Multiprofessional Critical Care Review: Adult course in Rosemont, Illinois entitled, "Early Mobility in Critically Ill Patients: More to Come."... read more
An attenuated rate of leg muscle protein depletion and leg free amino acid efflux over time is seen in ICU long-stayers
In critically ill patients with sustained organ failure and in need of a prolonged ICU stay, the initial high rate of skeletal muscle protein depletion was attenuated over time. The distinction between the acute phase and... read more
Effects of Physical Activity on Poststroke Cognitive Function
Despite the social, health, and economic burdens associated with cognitive impairment poststroke, there is considerable uncertainty about the types of interventions that might preserve or restore cognitive abilities. The... read more
Intensive Care Syndrome: Promoting Independence and Return to Employment (InS:PIRE)
Many patients suffer significant physical, social and psychological problems in the months and years following critical care discharge. At present, there is minimal evidence of any effective interventions to support this... read more
