Exercise rehabilitation for patients with critical illness: a randomized controlled trial with 12 months of follow-up.

Introduction: The purpose of this trial was to investigate the effectiveness of an exercise rehabilitation program commencing during ICU admission and continuing into the outpatient setting compared with usual care on physical function and health-related quality of life in ICU survivors.

Methods: We conducted a single-center, assessor-blinded, randomized controlled trial. One hundred and fifty participants were stratified and randomized to receive usual care or intervention if they were in the ICU for 5 days or more and had no permanent neurological insult.

The environment and physical activity: The influence of psychosocial, perceived and built environmental factors.

Unlabelled: : This study sought to integrate perceived and built environmental and individual factors into the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) model to better understand adolescents' physical activity.

Methods: Participants (n = 110) aged 12 to 17 years (M = 14.6 +/- 1.