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Trial name or title	Extra physiotherapy in critical care (EPICC) trial: a randomised controlled trial Country: UK
Methods	Multicentre (3) RCT
Participants	Adults from Intensive care and high dependency units receiving 48 hours or more invasive or non invasive mechanical ventilation, Expected n =154 (77/77)
Interventions	Intervention Early intensive physical rehabilitation therapy Control Early standard physical rehabilitation therapy in the critically ill patients
Outcomes	Physical health measured by Short Form 36 Health survey (SF36) Physical Component Summeray (PCS) score at 6 months after randomization. Mental health (SF 36), exercise capacity, muscle power, physical functional ability, ADL, quality of life, survival status and place of residence Delirium (CAM‐ICU) Ventilator‐free days Health economic outcomes
Starting date	January 2012
Contact information	Dr Simon V Baudouin;simon.baudouin@newcastle.ac.uk
Notes	Study number: ISRCTN20436833 Status: first patient included January 2012 and final patient was recruited December 2014, The trial is currently in follow‐up period. Contact with authors: ‐email 26 September.2016 ‐ awaiting response.