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Table 7 Functional outcomes on four important study days (12 patients)

From: Muscle mass, strength and functional outcomes in critically ill patients after cardiothoracic surgery: does neuromuscular electrical stimulation help? The Catastim 2 randomized controlled trial

 

Preoperative day

ICU discharge

Hospital discharge

P for change from preoperative day to hospital discharge

Average mobility level, median (range)

12 (12–12)

2 (0–11)a

12 (8–12)b

0.04

FIM score, median (range)

125.0 (119–126)

 

122.0 (82–126)

0.02

Timed Up and Go Test, median (range)

11.5 (7–20)

 

11.5 (1–28)

0.24

MCS-12, median (range)

52.82 (25.05–64.63)

 

51.91 (29.42–64.08)

0.88

PCS-12, median (range)

40.02 (17.91–61.61)

 

32.58 (27.46–45.90)

0.53

  1. ICU intensive care unit, FIM Functional Independence Measure, MCS-12 mental component score of the SF-12, PCS-12 physical component score of the SF-12
  2. a P for change from preoperative day to ICU discharge: 0.002
  3. b P for change from ICU discharge to hospital discharge: 0.002