Early mobilization improves functional outcomes in critically ill patients.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

1. Mobilization of prolonged mechanical ventilation patients: An integrative review.Heart & lung : the journal of critical care
   Pooled it
2. Effects that passive cycling exercise have on muscle strength, duration of mechanical ventilation, and length of hospital stay in critically ill patients: a randomized clinical trial.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia
   Trial
3. Muscle wasting and the response to exercise in lung-injured mice is not primarily driven through the glucocorticoid axis.American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism · 2025
   Article
4. The Identification, Selection, and Validation of Topic Areas for a Physical Therapy Critical Care Learning Needs Assessment Tool: A Mixed Method Approach.Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada · 2025
   Review
5. Association Between Intensive Care Unit-Acquired Weakness and Early Nutrition and Rehabilitation Intensity in Mechanically Ventilated Patients: A Multicenter Retrospective Observational Study.Cureus · 2023
   Article
6. Effects of Mobilization among Critically Ill Patients in the Intensive Care Unit: A Single-center Retrospective Study.Progress in rehabilitation medicine · 2022
   Article
7. Changes in barriers to implementing early mobilization in the intensive care unit: a single center retrospective cohort study.Nagoya journal of medical science · 2021
   Article
8. Effects of the Intensity and Activity Time of Early Rehabilitation on Activities of Daily Living Dependence in Mechanically Ventilated Patients.Progress in rehabilitation medicine · 2021
   Article
9. Improved survival after lung transplantation for adults requiring preoperative invasive mechanical ventilation: A national cohort study.The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2020
   Article
10. Safety and Feasibility of Early Mobilization in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and External Ventricular Drain.Neurocritical care · 2019
    Observational
11. Quality improvement project aimed at improving the reliability of spontaneous awakening trials in a district general intensive care unit.BMJ open quality · 2019
    Article
12. Determinants of gait independence after mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit: a Japanese multicenter retrospective exploratory cohort study.Journal of intensive care · 2019
    Article
13. Effect of Early Rehabilitation Activity Time on Critically Ill Patients with Intensive Care Unit-acquired Weakness: A Japanese Retrospective Multicenter Study.Progress in rehabilitation medicine · 2018
    Article
14. Association Between Early Rehabilitation for Mechanically Ventilated Intensive Care Unit Patients and Oral Ingestion.Progress in rehabilitation medicine · 2018
    Article
15. Perioperative Management of Elderly Patients with Gastrointestinal Malignancies: The Contribution of Anesthesia.Visceral medicine · 2017
    Review
16. Tracheostomy in special groups of critically ill patients: Who, when, and where?Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2016
    Review
17. Bed to bedside: Plan for early mobilization.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2012
    Article
18. Quality Improvement Methodology to Optimize Safe Early Mobility in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.Pediatric quality & safety
    Article

Corrections and comments

• Comment on
  Early physical and occupational therapy in mechanically ventilated, critically ill patients: a randomised controlled trial.2009

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Funding

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Abstract

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