Table 7 Reported treatment goals and activities in included studies

Progressive mobility

Positioning

[36, 46, 47, 50, 65,66,67,68,69, 73, 85, 104, 105]

Bed head elevation

[41, 47, 65, 67, 93]

 Sitting in bed

[25, 37, 41, 46, 54, 58, 65, 74, 76, 78, 87, 93, 103, 104]

 Sitting at the edge of bed

[24,25,26, 35,36,37,38,39, 41, 44, 46, 51, 52, 55, 57,58,59, 61, 65,66,67,68, 71, 74, 76,77,78, 82, 83, 85,86,87, 93, 94, 97, 100, 101, 103, 104, 107]

 Sitting out of bed

[24, 26, 35,36,37,38,39, 42, 44, 46, 49,50,51,52, 54, 58, 59, 64,65,66,67,68, 72, 75,76,77,78, 85, 87, 93, 95, 100, 103, 104]

Standing

[26, 35, 36, 42,43,44,45,46,47, 50, 54, 55, 63, 65,66,67,68,69, 71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80, 82, 83, 85, 88, 93, 94, 97, 101,102,103,104]

Ambulating

[24,25,26, 35, 37,38,39, 41, 42, 44, 46, 48,49,50, 54, 56, 58, 61, 64,65,66,67,68,69, 71, 72, 74,75,76,77,78,79,80, 82, 83, 85, 86, 89, 93,94,95, 100,101,102,103, 107]

Improving impairment

 Breathing exercises

[36, 44, 47, 54, 69, 72, 79, 97, 105, 106]

 Range of motions

[26, 36, 41, 49, 54, 60, 71, 73, 76, 77, 79, 85, 97, 101, 102, 104, 106]

 Limb exercises

[36, 44, 47, 48, 60, 68, 75, 76, 79, 87]

 Strengthening

[53, 58, 72, 73, 82, 86, 96, 98]

 Stretching

[36, 46, 68, 86, 96]

 Counter-resistance

[36, 42, 46, 59, 68, 72,73,74,75, 79, 89, 104]

 Weight bearing

[26, 35, 41]

 Cycling

[41, 42, 46, 53, 54, 58, 59, 74, 75, 83, 90,91,92, 96]

Regaining independence

Transfer training

[25, 26, 39, 44, 46, 53, 55, 61, 69, 73,74,75,76,77,78, 83, 89, 93,94,95, 97, 100, 107]

Marching

[25, 26, 36, 53, 61, 65, 69, 74, 76,77,78, 83, 89, 94, 97, 101, 107]

Balance training

[25, 26, 36, 37, 46, 53, 86, 89, 104]

Activity of daily livings

[25, 26, 36, 44, 60, 86]

Rolling

[26, 36, 44, 48, 65, 86, 97]

Bridging

[36, 48]

Staircase exercises

[74]

Sitting

see* (progressive mobility)