Physical therapy in the ICU appears to confer significant benefit in improving quality of life, physical function, peripheral and respiratory muscle strength, increasing ventilator-free days, and decreasing hospital and ICU stay. However, further controlled trials of better quality and larger sample sizes are required to verify the strength of these tentative associations.

Data are few, but there is some evidence to support the role of exercise in modulating various cancer pathways.

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This ultrasound technique has good reliability in recumbent positions, making it useful for application to clinical populations when the erect posture is not practical.