The effects of short bouts of ergometric exercise for severely burned children in intensive care: A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the effects of short bouts of ergometric exercises on the number of days in the burn intensive care unit (ICU), body mass, and functional ambulation.

Design

Multi-center, randomized controlled trial.

Setting

Burn intensive care unit.

Participants

Children ages 7-17 with severe burns covering over 30% total body surface area (TBSA).

Intervention

All patients received standard of care (Control) with the experimental group receiving additional exercise with a cycle ergometer (Exercise).

Main measures

The number of days in the ICU, total weight, lean body mass (LBM), and functional ambulation were taken shortly after randomization and again within one week of the scheduled hospital discharge. Results of outcomes are expressed as

SUBMITTER: Chao T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9420547 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature