Outpatient-based physical rehabilitation does not affect exercise capacity in survivors of prolonged critical illness [synopsis]

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SummarySummarySummary score were greater in the intervention group compared with the control group (MD 5.1 points, 95% CI 1.5 to 8.7 and MD 5.9 points, 95% CI 0.8 to 11.0, respectively). Conclusion: Compared with no intervention, a 7-week outpatient physical rehabilitation program did not change exercise capacity, although improvements were observed in health-related quality of life. [95% CIs calculated by the CAP Editor] Provenance: Invited. Not peer reviewed. Elizabeth H Skinner Physiotherapy, Monash University, Australia http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2016.05.005 2016 Australian Physiotherapy Association. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).