Addition of blood flow restriction to passive mobilization reduces the rate of muscle wasting in elderly patients in the intensive care unit: a within-patient randomized trial.

Matheus BarbalhoAngel Caroline RochaThamires Lorenzet SeusRodolfo RaiolFabrício Boscolo Del VecchioVictor Silveira Coswig

Published in: Clinical rehabilitation (2018)

The use of blood flow restriction did not present adverse effects and seems to be a valid strategy to reduce the magnitude of the rate of muscle wasting that occurs in intensive care unit patients.

Keyphrases

blood flow
intensive care unit
end stage renal disease
skeletal muscle
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported