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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 25.
Published in final edited form as: Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2012 Mar 28;28(6):307–318. doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2012.02.007

Table 3.

Changes in vital signs during mobility exercise.

Heart rate
Mean change (SD)
Respiratory rate
Mean change (SD)
Systolic blood pressure
Mean change (SD)
Peripheral oxygenation (SpO2)
Mean change (SD)
Day 1
 Control 7(5) 6(4) 15(13) 2(2)
 Intervention 6(5) 5(4) 13(13) 2(2)
 Total 6(5) 5(4) 13(13) 2(1)
Day 2
 Control 7(5) 6(5) 15(12) 2(2)
 Intervention 6(5) 5(4) 14(13) 2(2)
 Total 6(5) 5(4) 14(12) 2(2)
Day 3
 Control 7(5) 6(5) 15(8) 2(2)
 Intervention 6(4) 5(4) 14(13) 2(3)
 Total 6(5) 5(4) 14(12) 2(3)
Day 7
 Control 9(6) 5(4) 16(11) 2(1)
 Intervention 7(6) 5(4) 16(20) 2(1)
 Total 8(6) 5(4) 16(18) 2(1)

Abbreviations: SD = standard deviation.

No significant differences in resting values compared to intervention values, p > .10.