Table 3.

Physical mobility program of interventional studies.

Author year	Number of sessions per week	Length of sessions	Duration of therapy	Use of weights	Mechanical ventilation continued during training
Martin et al., 2005	5	30–45 min	Not defined	Yes	Yes
Chiang, et al, 2006	5	Not defined	6 weeks	Yes	Yes
Yang, et al., 2010	5	30 min	7 – 21 days	Yes	Not defined
Chen, S. et al., 2011	5	20	6 weeks	Yes	Yes
Clini, et al., 2011	6		15 sessions minimum	Yes	Conducted independent from weaning trials
Chen, Y-H. et al., 2012	4–6	30–40 min	10 sessions	Yes	Not defined