Individuals who required ICP monitoring
during physical therapy sessions
had a lower median GCS for each physical therapy session than
those who did not require ICP monitoring
(12.7 [25%-75% IQR=8.4-
14.9] versus 14.7 [25%-75%
IQR= 13.2-15.0], P < .001). The durations
of physical therapy sessions
were similar for patients who
required ICP monitoring and those
who did not. Once physical therapy
was initiated, patients who received
ICP monitoring had rates of physical
therapy in the NICU that were similar
to those for patients who did not
receive monitoring (1.9 [25%-75%
IQR=1.2-3.5] versus 2.6 [25%-75%
IQR=1.2-7.0], P=. 27) but had less
frequent physical therapy over the
course of the hospitalization (2.3
[25%-75% IQR=1.4-4.5] versus 4.0
[25%-75% IQR=1.9-7.0], P=. 02)
(Tab. 2). Physical therapy sessions
with ICP monitoring were more
likely to include ROM interventions
than those without ICP monitoring
(43% versus 22% of sessions,
P=.0135). Bed-based interventions
were equally likely in physical therapy
sessions with ICP monitoring
and those without ICP monitoring.
Other interventions, including transferring,
standing, and walking, were
less likely in physical therapy sessions
with ICP monitoring than in
those without ICP monitoring
(Fig. 3)