Static cycle ergometry during ward based physiotherapy
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Does cycle ergometry during ward based physiotherapy improve physical functioning and health related quality of life in adult patients following discharge from critical care?: a pilot feasibility randomised control trial
IRAS ID
244331
Contact name
Ben Richardson
Contact email
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 2 months, 28 days
Research summary
Each year 110,000 adults are admitted to an NHS intensive care unit in England and Wales, and 75% of these patients will survive to be discharged from hospital. After patients have been ill in an intensive care unit, they can feel very weak and tired which can affect how well and far they can walk, because their muscles have lost strength through being ill and inactive in bed. Also, patient’s health and wellbeing can be greatly affected leading to problems with stress, anxiety and depression.
We know through research that has already been done with patients in intensive care that starting to do physiotherapy and exercise, using a piece of cycling equipment called cycle ergometry before being discharged to the ward is safe and can also help to improve muscle strength, begin to make walking feel easier and help enhance patient’s feelings of health and wellbeing. What still remains unknown is the best way for patients to do physiotherapy and exercise when they are on a hospital ward after being discharged from intensive care, and whether or not cycle ergometry can be delivered in a hospital ward setting.
Cycle ergometry is a piece of exercising equipment which involves patients pedalling whilst they are safely seated in a chair. The equipment has a built in mechanism that can alter the level of resistance, so it can be made easier or harder for the patient to exercise.
The aim of this trial is to determine whether it is possible to conduct a big research trial investigating whether or not cycle ergometry is better than standard physiotherapy that patients receive on the ward after being discharged from intensive care. Patients will be allocated in this trial to one of two group’s usual physiotherapy care plus cycle ergometry or usual physiotherapy care
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Bradford Leeds Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/YH/0276
Date of REC Opinion
3 Aug 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion