Association between ICU rehabilitation parameters and recovery of activities of daily living in mechanically ventilated patients: A multicenter prospective observational study.

Shinichi Watanabe, Kota Yamauchi, Yuji Naito, Tomohiro Yoshikawa, Daisetsu Yasumura, Yoshie Hirota, Yasunari Morita

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Article in Journal of intensive medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Shinichi WatanabeDepartment of Rehabilitation, National Hospital Organization, Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan.

Kota YamauchiDepartment of Rehabilitation, Steel Memorial Yawata Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan.

Yuji NaitoDepartment of Rehabilitation, Shizuoka Medical Center, National Hospital Organization, Shizuoka, Japan.

Tomohiro YoshikawaDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, National Hospital Organization, Hokkaido Medical Center, Hokkaido, Japan.

Daisetsu YasumuraDepartment of Rehabilitation, Naha City Hospital, Okinawa, Japan.

Yoshie HirotaDepartment of Rehabilitation, National Hospital Organization, Beppu Medical Center, Oita, Japan.

Yasunari MoritaDepartment of Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, National Hospital Organization, Nagoya Medical Center, Aichi, Japan.

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Abstract

Background: Recovery of activities of daily living (ADL) is a key outcome for critically ill patients following intensive care unit (ICU) admission. However, the relationship between early rehabilitation parameters and ADL recovery remains unclear. Methods: This Results: Among 121 eligible patients, 28.9% achieved early recovery, 28.9% recovery, and 42.2% delayed recovery. Patients in the early recovery group had significantly higher mean MQS (median=6.7, interquartile range [IQR]: 4.1-12.6 Conclusions: Higher rehabilitation dose and intensity during ICU stay were associated with a reduced risk of delayed ADL recovery. Optimizing these parameters may improve functional outcomes in critically ill patients. These findings should be interpreted with caution, as the analysis was

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Activities of daily livingBarthel indexEarly rehabilitationIntensive care unitMechanical ventilation

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PMID41736782

DOI10.1016/j.jointm.2025.08.003

PMCPMC12925936

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