Steps to Recovery: Body-weight-supported treadmill training for patients in the intensive care unit: a randomized controlled trial

Completed

Conditions: Critical illness
Intensive Care Unit-Acquired Weakness (ICU-AW)
10028302

Registration Number: NL-OMON48582

Lead Sponsor: Academisch Medisch Centrum

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

Admission at ICU for medical or surgical reasons, age *18, Mechanical
ventilation *48 hours, Meeting safety critiria vor rehabilitation according to
the Evidence Statement for ICU physiotherapy (Sommers, 2016)

Exclusion Criteria

Not meeting the safety criteria for rehabilitation according to the evidence
statement for ICU physiotherapy (protocol page 7; exclusion criteria)

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The number of days to independent ambulation as measured with the Functional<br /><br>Ambulation Categories (FAC *3).<br /><br>The FAC is recorded daily as part of physiotherapy treatment.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The following parameters are recorded as part of daily physiotherapy care and<br /><br>will be used as secundairy outcome measures: walking distance, overall muscle<br /><br>strength, fatigue after physiotherapy, physiological response to exercise<br /><br>(heart rate, respiratory frequency, blood pressure, saturation), functional<br /><br>status, walking capacity, duration of treatment, number of staff needed,<br /><br>duration of mechanical ventilation, ICU acquired weakness, time to start of<br /><br>walking training..<br /><br>The following parameters will be recorded additionally to usual care for the<br /><br>purpose of this study: anxiety, pain and satisfaction (numeric rating scale)<br /><br>and symptoms of post traumatic stress (PCL-5). </p><br>