Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Aug 2015
Physical activity, muscle strength, and exercise capacity 3 months after severe sepsis and septic shock.
To quantify the physical activity in daily life (PADL), muscle strength, and exercise capacity in the short and medium term in survivors of severe sepsis and septic shock. ⋯ Our results suggest that survivors of sepsis admitted to the ICU have a substantial reduction in physical activity, exercise capacity, and muscle strength compared to healthy subjects that persist even 3 months after hospital discharge.