Objective This review sought to (1) compare physical function and fitness outcomes in
people infected with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-related Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) …

Survivorship after critical illness is an increasingly important health-care concern as ICU use
continues to increase while ICU mortality is decreasing. Survivors of critical illness …

Cancer prehabilitation, a process on the continuum of care that occurs between the time of
cancer diagnosis and the beginning of acute treatment, includes physical and psychological …

Early mobilization of critically ill patients is beneficial, suggesting that it should be
incorporated into daily clinical practice. Early passive, active, and combined progressive …

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 …

Tissue trauma, physical inactivity, quasi-starvation and psychological distress represent
major stresses to the body. In turn, immediate systemic changes are initiated, resulting in …

BACKGROUND: Abdominal surgery represents a physiologic stress and is associated with a
period of recovery during which functional capacity is often diminished.“Prehabilitation” is a …

Background 'Prehabilitation'is an intervention to enhance functional capacity in anticipation
of a forthcoming physiological stressor. In patients scheduled for colorectal surgery, the …

Abstract The Task Force reviewed and discussed the available literature on the
effectiveness of physiotherapy for acute and chronic critically ill adult patients. Evidence from …

Prolonged immobility is harmful with rapid reductions in muscle mass, bone mineral density
and impairment in other body systems evident within the first week of bed rest which is …