Effect Ergometer Use in Critically Ill Patients in Intensive Care Unit

Balbino Ventura Rivail Nepomuceno Júnior^1* & Leila Vitória do Nascimento Gaspar²

¹Reative Specialized Physiotherapy, physiotherapist Hospital Aliança, Salvador, BA Brazil
²Graduated from UNIME, Kroton, Salvador, BA Brazil

Balbino Ventura Rivail Nepomuceno Júnior, Reative Specialized Physiotherapy, physiotherapist Hospital Aliança, Salvador, BA Brazil.

Keywords: Cycle Ergometer; Critically Ill Patients; Early Mobilization; Physical Therapy in the ICU

Abstract

Introduction
During the hospital stay in an intensive care unit (ICU), the immobility of the bed leads to a clinical disorder, which may prolong the stay of patients in this environment, triggering certain damage to musculoskeletal system, may pass over a long period, or even after his discharge. The use of a cycle ergometer in critically ill patients can be of great value in the recovery, improvement of physical condition and this individual residence time at this location, as well as an optimization of the acquired disorders.
Objective
Enclose the benefits of using the cycle ergometer in critically ill patients in the ICU.
Methods
This study was conducted from May to September 2014 in the virtual library BIREME, LILACS, PUBMED, MEDLINE and SciELO, using the key words: cycle ergometer, Motor Physical Therapy Early, Motor Physical Therapy in ICU and critical patient. They included 29 articles to be considered relevant to the topic. Of these, 10 studies have directly proposed data. Twenty-one of them are in English and the other eight are in Portuguese.
Results
Ten studies have relevance to this review.
Conclusion
The evaluated studies claim that their use is safe and effective, will come to present favourable results for reversal of muscle weakness, improvement of peripheral and respiratory muscle strength, functionality level rise and could reduce the weaning time.

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