Extra physiotherapy in critical care: intensive versus standard physical rehabilitation therapy in the critically ill

Completed

• Conditions: Topic: Generic Health Relevance and Cross Cutting Themes; Subtopic: Generic Health Relevance (all Subtopics); Disease: Critical Care; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN20436833
• Lead Sponsor: ewcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-02-20
• Last Update Posted: 4 September 2017

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 308

Inclusion Criteria

1. Participant has provided written informed consent, or their Personal Consultee has provided a signed Personal Consultee Declaration Form, for participation in the study, prior to any study specific procedures taking place
2. Medical and surgical patients (surgical patients are those admitted to ICU as a direct consequence of an operative procedure, or as a consequence of that procedure. All other patients are termed medical)
3. Age 18 years or over
4. Invasive or noninvasive ventilation for more than 48 hours
Target Gender: Male & Female ; Lower Age Limit 18 years

Exclusion Criteria

1. Invasive or non-invasive ventilation for more than 72 hours
2. Under 18 years
3. Patients receiving end-of-life care
4. Patients not expected to survive for more than 48 hours after enrolment
5. Acute brain injury
6. Acute spinal cord injury
7. Spinal surgery
8. Brain surgery
9. Multiple trauma
10. Burns
11. Rapidly progressive neuromuscular disease
12. Enrolment in another clinical trial
13. Post-cardiac arrest

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Physical QoL; Timepoint(s): 6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Changes in mental health; Timepoint(s): 6 months<br>2. Economic costs of intervention; Timepoint(s): 6 months