Effectiveness, Safety, and Barriers to Early Mobilization in the Intensive Care Unit

Table 1

Short-term impact of early mobilization on outcomes.

	Studies
Outcomes	Zhang et al. [18]	Doiron et al. [19]	Zang et al. [20]	Zhang et al. [17]	Tipping et al. [21]	Castro-avila et al. [22]
Muscle strength	No increase	Inconclusive	Prevented weakness	—	Improved	No difference
Complications such as deep vein thrombosis, pneumonia, and pressure sores	—	—	Incidence reduced	—	—	—
Delirium	—	Inconclusive	—	—	—	—
Length of ICU stay	—	Inconclusive	Decreased	Decreased	Could not be analyzed	No difference
Length of hospital stay	—	Inconclusive	Decreased	No difference	—	—
Duration of mechanical ventilation	Decreased	Inconclusive	No effect	Shortened	Could not be analyzed	—
Functional capacity	Improved		Improved	—	—	No effect
Physical function	—	Inconclusive	—	—	—	—
Walking ability	—		—	—	Improved	Improved
Discharge to home rate	Increased		—	—	—	—
Death in ICU	—	Inconclusive	No difference	—	—	—
Mortality at hospital discharge	—	—	—	—	No difference	—