Physiotherapy in the intensive care unit: an evidence-based, expert driven, practical statement and rehabilitation recommendations

Physiological Responses to Passive Exercise in Adults Receiving Mechanical Ventilation

(2013) C. Amidei et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE

Additional Saturday rehabilitation improves functional independence and quality of life and reduces length of stay: a randomized controlled trial

(2013) Casey L Peiris et al.   BMC Medicine

Interventions to Improve the Physical Function of ICU Survivors

(2013) Enrique Calvo-Ayala et al.   CHEST

Physiotherapy in Intensive Care

(2013) Kathy Stiller   CHEST

Electrical Muscle Stimulation in the Intensive Care Setting

(2013) Selina M. Parry et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Physical Therapy for the Critically Ill in the ICU

(2013) Geetha Kayambu et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Assessment of Limb Muscle Strength in Critically Ill Patients

(2013) Goele Vanpee et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

The effect of electrical muscle stimulation on the prevention of disuse muscle atrophy in patients with consciousness disturbance in the intensive care unit

(2013) Tomoya Hirose et al.   JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE

A Physical Function Test for Use in the Intensive Care Unit: Validity, Responsiveness, and Predictive Utility of the Physical Function ICU Test (Scored)

(2013) L. Denehy et al.   PHYSICAL THERAPY

Acute microcirculatory effects of medium frequency versus high frequency neuromuscular electrical stimulation in critically ill patients - a pilot study

(2013) Epameinondas Angelopoulos et al.   Annals of Intensive Care

A critical review and synthesis of qualitative research on patient experiences of critical illness

(2013) Lee R. Cutler et al.   Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

A review of the efficacy of neuromuscular electrical stimulation in critically ill patients

(2013) Nicola Williams et al.   PHYSIOTHERAPY THEORY AND PRACTICE

The Clinical Utility of the Functional Status Score for the Intensive Care Unit (FSS-ICU) at a Long-Term Acute Care Hospital: A Prospective Cohort Study

(2012) A. Thrush et al.   PHYSICAL THERAPY

Effects of Exercise Training on Pulmonary Mechanics and Functional Status in Patients With Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation

(2012) Y.-H. Chen et al.   Respiratory Care

Examining the positive effects of exercise in intubated adults in ICU: A prospective repeated measures clinical study

(2012) Chris Winkelman et al.   Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

The development of a clinical management algorithm for early physical activity and mobilization of critically ill patients: synthesis of evidence and expert opinion and its translation into practice

(2011) Susan Hanekom et al.   CLINICAL REHABILITATION

The surgical intensive care unit optimal mobility score predicts mortality and length of stay*

(2011) George Kasotakis et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Muscle weakness in septic patients requiring mechanical ventilation: Protective effect of transcutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation

(2011) Pablo O. Rodriguez et al.   JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE

Quantity and Quality of Exercise for Developing and Maintaining Cardiorespiratory, Musculoskeletal, and Neuromotor Fitness in Apparently Healthy Adults

(2011) Carol Ewing Garber et al.   MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE

Functional Disability 5 Years after Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

(2011) Margaret S. Herridge et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

A Tool for Clinical Reasoning and Reflection Using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Framework and Patient Management Model

(2011) Heather L. Atkinson et al.   PHYSICAL THERAPY

The Levels of Evidence and Their Role in Evidence-Based Medicine

(2011) Patricia B. Burns et al.   PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY

Chair-Sitting Exercise Intervention Does Not Improve Respiratory Muscle Function in Mechanically Ventilated Intensive Care Unit Patients

(2011) M.-Y. Chang et al.   Respiratory Care

Early Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation for Patients With Acute Respiratory Failure: A Quality Improvement Project

(2010) Dale M. Needham et al.   ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION

Clinical trials of early mobilization of critically ill patients

(2010) John P. Kress   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Joint contractures in the intensive care unit: association with resource utilization and ambulatory status at discharge

(2010) Heidi Clavet et al.   DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION

Effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on muscle layer thickness of knee extensor muscles in intensive care unit patients: a pilot study

(2010) W Gruther et al.   JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION MEDICINE

Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation As a Possible Means to Prevent Muscle Tissue Wasting in Artificially Ventilated and Sedated Patients in the Intensive Care Unit: A Pilot Study

(2010) Raf L.J. Meesen et al.   NEUROMODULATION

Early intensive care unit mobility therapy in the treatment of acute respiratory failure*

(2009) Peter E. Morris et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Early exercise in critically ill patients enhances short-term functional recovery*

(2009) Chris Burtin et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Early physical and occupational therapy in mechanically ventilated, critically ill patients: a randomised controlled trial

(2009) William D Schweickert et al.   LANCET

A Qualitative Application of the Diffusion of Innovations Theory to Examine Determinants of Guideline Adherence Among Physical Therapists

(2009) J. Harting et al.   PHYSICAL THERAPY

Joint contracture following prolonged stay in the intensive care unit

(2008) H. Clavet et al.   CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL

Patients with respiratory failure increase ambulation after transfer to an intensive care unit where early activity is a priority

(2008) George E. Thomsen et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

The de Morton Mobility Index (DEMMI): An essential health index for an ageing world

(2008) Natalie A de Morton et al.   Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Physiotherapy for adult patients with critical illness: recommendations of the European Respiratory Society and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Task Force on Physiotherapy for Critically Ill Patients

(2008) R. Gosselink et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Mobilizing Patients in the Intensive Care Unit

(2008) Dale M. Needham   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Rehabilitation and exercise prescription in Australian intensive care units

(2008) Elizabeth H. Skinner et al.   Physiotherapy