title: Know how. Kinetic therapy.
abstract: It is normal practice for patients in intensive care units to be turned regularly--every two hours, or more, depending on their medical condition and at-risk status. Manual turning makes high demands on nursing time and can result in a high incidence of back injuries. The introduction of kinetic therapy as a means of keeping patients moving is proving beneficial in both intensive care and high-dependency care settings to patients and their carers. It is a therapy that can be initiated by both nursing and medical staff.
authors.affiliation: Addenbrooke's NHS Trust, Cambridge.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Collier
mesh_terms: D001513:Beds; D006801:Humans; D017770:Lifting; D009068:Movement; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D018579:Patient Selection; D011187:Posture