Evidence-Based Approach to Improving mobility

Question 1

The median time patients in the hospital spend walking is _____min/day

Answer 1

7 minutes

Question 2

T or F more than half of patients discharged from the hospital are below pre-hospitalization level of function

Answer 2

true 68%

Question 3

Did COVID increase or decrease physical activity among all age groups

Answer 3

decreased

Question 4

Patients in the hospital spend about ___% of their day upright walking or standing

Answer 4

5

Question 5

what are some barriers for implementation of optimal practice patterns?

Answer 5

1. limited incentives
2. fear of adverse events
3. lack of awareness of more effective clinical care strategies

Question 6

what is high-intensity resistance training?

Answer 6

achieving muscle overload
providing a stronger and different stimulus every time
objectively assessing progression daily
creating conditions for safe physiological adaptation

Question 7

what was the result of a high intensity rehab program in a veteran HH setting?

Answer 7

decreased functional deficits and decreased adverse events

Question 8

high intensity rehab has the potential to _____ physical function across all settings

Answer 8

improve