Researchers present a case of how early mobility interventions benefited a 71-year-old patient who sustained extensive injuries after being struck by a vehicle.

Is early mobilization in the surgical intensive care unit (ICU) beneficial? To test this hypothesis, the authors carried out a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial in five university hospitals, ...

ATS 2009, SAN DIEGO—Aside from the obvious and immediate health problems that patients undergoing mechanical ventilation face, those who recover often do so with profound loss of strength and mobility ...

Critical care patients on mechanical ventilation who received early physical and occupational therapy showed significantly lower rates of cognitive impairment 1 year after hospital discharge compared ...

Title: Effect of Early Mobilization Programs in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). A Review of Systematic Reviews Authors: Nicholas C. Higa, SPT1; Stephanie J. Pelham ...

Use of mobile patient lifts for ICU patients on mechanical ventilation improve their physical function during ICU admission by accelerating the standing process. The intervention group predominantly ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . From the start of rehabilitation, it took a median of 1 day for patients given a mobile patient lift to stand vs ...

Critical care rehabilitation and early mobilization have emerged as fundamental strategies in the management of critically ill patients. Recent advances underscore that timely physical and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . High dose early mobilization is not recommended for those with diabetes in the ICU. A larger proportion of ...

Brooke Nack, a physical therapist with the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago at Franciscan St. Anthony-Crown Point, wears a white button that has a red anti-sign through the words, Bed Rest. The ...

Machine vision technology may serve as a new method to monitor patient mobility in intensive care units, according to a study published in Nature. Researchers at Stanford (Calif.) University and ...