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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Intensive Care Med. 2016 Jun 22;42(9):1504–1505. doi: 10.1007/s00134-016-4425-1

Table 1.

Functional Independence Measurement scores in critically ill patients with normal strength

Outcome ≥2 individual NCS amplitudes
below outpatient lower limit of
normal (n=13)
Patients with MRC ≥48 and
normal electrophysiology (n=9)
p
FIM bed mobility, median (IQR) 5 (3.5–7) 7 (5.5–7) 0.04
FIM transfers, median (IQR) 4.5 (2–6.25) 7 (5.5–7) 0.02
FIM gait, median (IQR) 4.5 (1.5–5.25) 7 (5.5–7) 0.01

FIM Functional Independence Measurement, IQR interquartile range (25th–75th percentiles), MRC Medical Research Council, NCS nerve conduction study