Body-weight support gait training in neurological intensive care: safety, feasibility, and delays before walking with or without suspension.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early Mobilization in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) enhances patients' evolution, but has been rarely studied in neurological ICUs. The aim of this study was to assess gait training with body-weight support (BWS) in neuroICU, and to report on its safety, feasibility and on delays before walking with and without BWS.

Methods

This study was an observational one-year single-center study. Inclusion criteria were adults with a neurological injury requiring mechanical ventilation. Exclusion criteria were early death or ICU transfer. After weaning from ventilation, patients were screened for indications of BWS walking using predefined criteria.

Results

Patients' conditions were mostly brain injuries: 32% subarachnoid hemorrhages, 42% focal strokes, and 12% traumatic

SUBMITTER: Jourdan C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10720049 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature