STEPS To ICU Recovery

Recruiting

Conditions: Critical illness, early mobilisation, intensive care, ICU-aquired weakness, ambulation.

Registration Number: NL-OMON20691

Lead Sponsor: Academic Medical Center Amsterdam (AMC]

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 88

Inclusion Criteria

Admission at ICU for medica! or surgical reasons, age 2:18, Mechanica! ventilatlon 2:48 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. Imminent to death. Insufficient knowledge of the Dutch language. Unable to walk in the month prior to ICU admission. Neurological diseases and disorders as reason for ICU admission. One or more amputated lower extremities. Mental retardation

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary objective is to investigate the effect of BWSTT in critically ill patients on time to functional ambulation

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The secondary objectives of this study are to investigate the effects on other patient relevant outcome measures for the evaluation of BWSTT. These outcomes are walking capacity, walking distance, muscle strength, ICU acquired weakness, symptoms of post-traumatic stress, experienced exertion after physiotherapy (PT) intervention, training intensity (i.e. respiratory frequency, heart rate, blood pressure and oxygen saturation) of PT interventions, status of functional independency, functional ambulation, duration of mechanical ventilation, (Serious) Adverse Events), number of staff needed, time spent on intervention and patient satisfaction.