Improving physical function of patients following intensive care unit admission (EMPRESS): protocol of a randomised controlled feasibility trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Physical rehabilitation delivered early following admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) has the potential to improve short-term and long-term outcomes. The use of supine cycling together with other rehabilitation techniques has potential as a method of introducing rehabilitation earlier in the patient journey. The aim of the study is to determine the feasibility of delivering the designed protocol of a randomised clinical trial comparing a protocolised early rehabilitation programme including cycling with usual care. This feasibility study will inform a larger multicentre study.

Methods and analysis

90 acute care medical patients from two mixed medical-surgical ICUs will be recruited. We will include ventilated patients within 72 hours of initiation of mech

SUBMITTER: Cusack R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9014051 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature