Table 1.

Early Rehabilitation Studies^a

^aICU=intensive care unit, RICU=respiratory intensive care unit, LOS=length of stay, CI=confidence interval, PTI=physical therapy interventions, RCT=randomized controlled trial, SF-36=Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey questionnaire, IQR=interquartile range, OTI=occupational therapy interventions, QI=quality improvement.

^b Because there was no primary outcome measure in the studies of Needham and colleagues,^38,39 the results shown were from secondary outcome measures.