NCT07179718

Intensive Care Unit Rehabilitation Protocols

Effects of Two Different Rehabilitation Protocols on Mobility, Functional Status, Muscle Parameters, and Hemodynamic Responses in Intensive Care Patients

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 24 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hacettepe University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of NMES combination applied in addition to bicycle ergometry on mobility, functional status, muscle strength and hemodynamic responses in ICU patients. Participants will: * Exercise training will be performed using the bicycle ergometer method, under the supervision of a physiotherapist, for 30 minutes a day for 5 consecutive days, at the earliest stage when the patient is clinically stable. * The other group will perform a 30-minute quadriceps muscle NMES session applied with a 4-channel electrical stimulator for 5 consecutive days in addition to the bicycle ergometer. * Evaluations for both groups will be made on the first day of the study (before starting the exercise training) and at the end of the fifth day (after the exercise training).

Conditions

• Critical Illness
• ICU Patients

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	neuromuscular electrical stimulation	Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) is a treatment method in which electrical conduction via surface electrodes is used to stimulate muscle contraction.
DEVICE	bicycle ergometer	Exercise training will be performed using the bicycle ergometer method, under the supervision of a physiotherapist, for 30 minutes a day for 5 consecutive days, at the earliest stage when the patient is clinically stable.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-06-21
• Primary completion: 2026-04-01
• Completion: 2026-06-01
• First posted: 2025-09-18
• Last updated: 2025-09-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)