The Effect of Extremity Range of Motion on Vital Signs of Critically 111 Patients and Patients With Burns: A Pilot Study

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of range-of-motion exercise on vital signs of critically ill patients. The vital signs of 10 consecutive critically ill patients were evaluated during passive and active-assistive range-of-motion exercise. Vital signs monitored were heart rate, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and mean arterial pressure. The average length of an exercise session was 22.6 minutes. No clinically significant difference was found between pretreatment and treatment heart rate, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, or mean arterial pressure. It appears from this study that passive and active-assistive range-of-motion exercise can be performed safely, without unnecessary physiologic stress, on critically ill patients.

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