Effectiveness of a Very Early Stepping Verticalization Protocol in Severe Acquired Brain Injured Patients: A Randomized Pilot Study in ICU.

Verticalization was reported to improve the level of arousal and awareness in patients with severe acquired brain injury (ABI) and to be safe in ICU. We evaluated the effectiveness of a very early stepping verticalization protocol on their functional and neurological outcome.Consecutive patients wit...

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Main Authors: Giuseppe Frazzitta, Ilaria Zivi, Roberto Valsecchi, Sara Bonini, Sara Maffia, Katia Molatore, Luca Sebastianelli, Alessio Zarucchi, Diana Matteri, Giuseppe Ercoli, Roberto Maestri, Leopold Saltuari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4957764?pdf=render