Background: The promotion of early mobilization following critical illness is tempered by
national reports of patient and institutional barriers to this approach. We carried out a survey …

Objective: Early mobilization is safe, feasible, and associated with better outcomes in
patients with critical illness. However, barriers to mobilization in clinical practice still exist …

Objectives: While early mobilization is safe and enhances functional recovery in critically ill
adults, rehabilitation practices in critically ill children are not well characterized. The …

Objectives: 1) To successfully implement early mobilization of individuals with prolonged
mechanical ventilation in multiple ICUs at a tertiary care hospital and 2) to reduce length of …

Growing evidence shows that early mobilization of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) is
a safe and cost-effective strategy to improve patient outcomes. However, in ICUs where …

Objective: Early mobilization improves patient outcomes. However, diffusion of this
intervention into standard ICU practice is unknown. Dissemination and implementation …

Objectives To describe our experience and the practical tools we have developed to
facilitate early mobilization in the intensive care unit (ICU) as a multidisciplinary team …

Question From the perspective of intensive care unit (ICU) clinicians, what are the barriers to
and facilitators of implementing early mobilisation? Design A qualitative study using focus …

Objective To evaluate whether the level of mobilization achieved and the barriers for
progressing to the next mobilization level differ between nurses and physical therapists …

Background: Recent studies of ventilated, critically ill patients have shown early mobilization
to be safe and resulting in better functional outcomes at discharge but have not focused on …