TY - JOUR AU - Wollersheim, Tobias AU - Haas, Kurt AU - Wolf, Stefan AU - Mai, Knut AU - Spies, Claudia AU - Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth AU - Wernecke, Klaus-D. AU - Spranger, Joachim AU - Weber-Carstens, Steffen PY - 2017 DA - 2017/01/09 TI - Whole-body vibration to prevent intensive care unit-acquired weakness: safety, feasibility, and metabolic response JO - Critical Care SP - 9 VL - 21 IS - 1 AB - Intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired weakness in critically ill patients is a common and significant complication affecting the course of critical illness. Whole-body vibration is known to be effective muscle training and may be an option in diminishing weakness and muscle wasting. Especially, patients who are immobilized and not available for active physiotherapy may benefit. Until now whole-body vibration was not investigated in mechanically ventilated ICU patients. We investigated the safety, feasibility, and metabolic response of whole-body vibration in critically ill patients. SN - 1364-8535 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-016-1576-y DO - 10.1186/s13054-016-1576-y ID - Wollersheim2017 ER -