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Progressive Mobilization With Dose Control and Training Load in in Critically Ill Patients

Effects of the Addition of a Protocol of Progressive Mobilization With Dose Control and Training Load in in Critically Ill Patients: Randomized Controlled Trial

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03596853
Enrollment
104
Registered
2018-07-24
Start date
2019-06-01
Completion date
2022-07-31
Last updated
2019-05-01

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Conditions

Critically Ill

Brief summary

Immobilization and bed rest of patients in intensive care units (ICU) increases their risk for muscle dysfunction and prolonged mechanical ventilation, leading to physical deconditioning and loss of functionality. Active mobilization is a therapeutic strategy that typically involves exercises in which the patient uses his or her own strength and muscular control, is a feasible, safe, and low-cost intervention to improve muscle dysfunction and disability in patients at the ICU. Despite scientific advances, the current description and prescriptions of exercises at the ICU remain incomplete with respect to the control and the description of the variables of training load (volume and intensity), programming, and progression.

Detailed description

This prospective double-blind (patient and evaluator). This study will be conducted in accordance with Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials recommendations. The trial will be performed at the University Hospital Professor Edgard Santos in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. This study was approved by the institutional hospital ethics committee (approval reference number 2.371.933). Before enrollment, written informed consent will be obtained from participants or their legal guardians.

Interventions

OTHERProgressive mobilization

Will be applied once a day, 5x/ week, performed into 4 levels: N1 (bridge and rolling for both sides); N2 (transfer training from lying down to sitting on both sides); N3 (sit and stand up from a chair); N4 (running training). According to their functional level, patients will perform, once a day, 8 sets of each movement, alternating 20 seconds of execution with 10 seconds of rest. Patients will be stimulated constantly to perform the movements with the highest possible speed. If the patient performs adequately within of your level functional level, can will progress in level, if can not progress, there will be an increase in training volume within the level itself. Adequate performance within the functional level means that the patient is able to complete more than eight sets of exercise and does not present increased sensation of pain, present sensation of perceived exertion within the safety limit of the protocol (Borg ≤ 6).

OTHERUsual Care

This group will receive standard usual, which will be monitored, but not protocolised.

Sponsors

Federal University of Bahia
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)

Masking description

Masking: Triple (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Being able to roll in the bed and bridge. * Barthel score of at least 70 weeks before admission to the ICU * Ability to interact with the researcher

Exclusion criteria

* Mortality rate in excess of 50% according to Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Disease Classification System II (APACHEII) * Present intracranial pressure increase * Cardiorespiratory arrest, * Has unstable fractures that hamper progression in levels of mobilization, * Severe lower limb injury or amputation * Neuromuscular disease * Underwent radiotherapy and / or chemotherapy in the last 6 months.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Length of ICU stay in daysat 28 days or discharge from ICU whichever occurs earlierTime in days, from baseline to discharge from ICU

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change in muscle strengthBaseline and after 3 and at 7 day intervals up to 28th day or discharge from ICUMuscle Strength measured by hand held dynamometer
Physical activity: total activityAt 28 days or discharge from hospitalaccelerometry measurement of the total activity
Activity and participationChange from baseline up to 1 year post dischargeMeasurement characteristics of World Health Organisation Disability Assessment Schedule II
MortalityAt 28 days or discharge from hospital and at 12 monthsMortality
Functional StatusChange from baseline up to 28th day or discharge from hospitalFunctional Status Measured Using Functional Status Score for the Intensive Care Unit (involves five functional tasks (rolling, supine to sit transfer, sit to stand transfer, sitting on the edge of bed and walking). Each task is evaluated using an 8-point ordinal scale ranging from 0 (not able to perform at all) to 7 (complete independence)
Muscle massChange from baseline at 28th dayUltrasound measurement (quadriceps, biceps brachii, and diaphragm - cross-sectional area on B-mode ultrasound
MobilityChange from baseline up to 28th day or discharge from hospitalTimed up-and-go score
Health-Related Quality of Life: SF-36At 28 days or discharge from hospital and at 12 monthsHealth-Related Quality of Life will be measured by a questionnaire 36-item Short Form Health Survey. The SF-36 is a widely used generic instrument for evaluating HRQoL, consisting of eight subscales evaluating specific health status domains and two summary scales, a Physical Component Summary and a Mental Component Summary. Scores on the SF-36 range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better health status.
Days with mechanical ventilationFrom 3 to 28 daysNumber of uninterrupted days in use of mechanical ventilation
Length of hospital stay in daysUp to 1 month post hospital dischargeTime in days, from baseline to discharge from hospital
Muscle thicknessChange from baseline at 28th dayUltrasound measurement (quadriceps, biceps brachii, and diaphragm on B-mode ultrasound measured in mm
Surgical Optimal Mobilisation Score (SOMS) levelChange from baseline up to 28th day or discharge from hospitalSurgical Optimal Mobilisation Score (SOMS) level algorithm for goal-directed mobility ranges from '0-No mobility' to '4-Ambulation'. The intermediate steps are '1-Passive Range of Motion,' '2-Sitting,' and '3-Standing.'

Countries

Brazil

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026