Intensive care unit-acquired weakness: Implications for physical therapist management

Physical Therapy

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1494-1506

  Nordon Craft, Amy ^a   Moss, Marc ^b   Quan, Dianna ^b   Schenkman, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BED REST; BREATHING MUSCLE; DISABILITY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POLYNEUROPATHY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ALGORITHMS; BED REST; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POLYNEUROPATHIES; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES;

EID: 84870655476     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20110117     Document Type: Article

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