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The aim of this review is to appraise current research which examines the impact of early rehabilitation practices on functional outcomes and quality of life in adult intensive care unit (ICU) survivors.

A systematic literature search was undertaken; retrieved data was evaluated against a recognised evaluation tool; research findings were analysed and categorised into themes; and a synthesis of conclusions from each theme was presented as an integrated summation of the topic.

Electronic databases of PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Ovid Medline and Google Scholar were searched using key search terms ‘ICU acquired weakness’, ‘early rehabilitation’ ‘early mobility’ and ‘functional outcomes’ combined with ‘intensive care’ and ‘critical illness’. Additional literature was sourced from reference lists of relevant original publications …