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