ICU patients
Conditions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria were (1) general or emergency (ICU) inpatients aged 18 years or older, (2) independent of ADLs prior to admission, and (3) patients expected to remain on a ventilator for at least 48 hours.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria are (1) scheduled surgical patients, (2) patients weighing 200 kg or more (due to device weight capacity of up to 200 kg), (3) patients admitted for neuromuscular disease, (4) patients with leg loss or load limitation due to post-hospitalization surgery, (5) patients transferred after 48 hours of ventilation, (6) patients for whom enteral nutrition is impossible; and (7) patients expected to die within 7 days.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome is the motor score of the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) at hospital discharge | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| At ICU discharge: Functional Status Score for the ICU (FSS-ICU) [27], Medical Research Council (MRC) score, and ICU length of stay. At 14 days after ICU discharge: FIM motor, FIM cognitive (FIM cog), Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), body composition parameters, MRC score, and Brief Pain Inventory (BPI). At hospital discharge: MRC score, FIM cog, body composition parameters, BPI, length of hospital stay, and mortality. At 60 days after hospital discharge: FIM motor score, MRC score, FIM cog, MMSE score, body composition parameters, and BPI | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Toho University Omori Medical Center Critical Care Center