Early mobilisation by head-up tilt with stepping versus standard care after severe traumatic brain injury - Protocol for a randomised clinical feasibility trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intensive rehabilitation of patients with severe traumatic brain injury is generally applied in the subacute stages of the hospital stay. Few studies have assessed the association between early and intensive physical rehabilitation and functional outcomes. The aim of this trial is to assess the feasibility of an intensive physical rehabilitation intervention focusing on mobilisation to the upright position, starting as early as clinically possible versus standard care in the intensive care unit. The feasibility study is intended to inform a subsequent randomised clinical trial that will investigate benefits and harms of the intervention.

Methods

This randomised clinical feasibility trial with a follow-up period of 1 year will use blinded outcome assessors for the

SUBMITTER: Riberholt CG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6225708 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature