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

Table 3

Outcome measures for assessing the effectiveness of early mobilization in the intensive care unit.

Outcomes	Outcome measures
Muscle strength	Hand-held dynamometer
	Medical Research Council Score
	Incidence of intensive care unit-acquired weakness (ICUAW) at hospital discharge
Physical function	ICU Mobility Scale
	Surgical intensive care unit optimal mobility score (SOMS)
	Interval scores Physical Function ICU Test (PFIT-s)
	Short Physical Performance Battery score (SPPB)
	Functional Independence Measure (FIM)
	Barthel Index
	Six-minute walk test
Quality of life	36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36)
	SF-36 physical health summary score and mental health summary scores