PURPOSE: The aims of this study were to assess the feasibility of cardiopulmonary exercise
testing (CPET) for the early assessment of cardiorespiratory fitness in general adult intensive …

Purpose To evaluate aerobic exercise capacity in 5-year intensive care unit (ICU) survivors
and to assess the association between severity of organ failure in ICU and exercise capacity …

Background ICU survivors suffer from impaired physical function and reduced exercise
capacity, yet the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. The goal of this exploratory …

CPET shows great promise in the guidance of rehabilitation in functionally limited ICU
survivors. Parallels in the physiological response to exercise in athletes and clinical …

Objective To evaluate the feasibility and safety of exercise testing and to describe the
physiological response to exercise of patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Design A …

Objective: To develop an outcome measure as a basis for prescribing and evaluating
rehabilitation in the critically ill, and to measure its reliability and responsiveness to change …

Introduction: Intensive care (ICU) survivors have poor quality of life (QoL) and physical
outcomes compared to people of the same age and sex [1]. Although rehabilitation of …

Objectives: To investigate whether a daily exercise session, using a bedside cycle
ergometer, is a safe and effective intervention in preventing or attenuating the decrease in …

Background Promotion of increased physical activity is advocated for survivors of an
intensive care unit (ICU) admission to improve physical function and health-related quality of …

The combination of nutrition with effective, early rehabilitation is highly likely to be essential
to optimize muscle mass/strength and physical function in ICU survivors. Currently …