IMT Outcomes in Sufferers of Severe Walking Disabilities and Intensive Care Unit Acquired Weakness

twenty ICU-acquired weakness elderly patients will receive chest physiotherapy (cough training, vibration, percussion, rib springing, and postural drainage), 30 minutes of resisted training on upper- and lower-limb muscles (15 min on upper limb and 15 min on lower limb), and 30 minutes of neuromuscular electrical stimulation of lower- and upper-limb muscles (triceps and wrist extensors, dorsiflexors, and quadriceps). sessions will be executed 5 times weekly). this Group will receive 3-set IMT (two sessions daily via threshold IMT, the set contain 10 repetitions) 5 times weekly. The study duration will be 1 month.

twenty ICU-acquired weakness elderly patients will receive chest physiotherapy (cough training, vibration, percussion, rib springing, and postural drainage), 30 minutes of resisted training on upper- and lower-limb muscles (15 min on upper limb and 15 min on lower limb), and 30 minutes of neuromuscular electrical stimulation of lower- and upper-limb muscles (triceps and wrist extensors, dorsiflexors, and quadriceps). sessions will be executed 5 times weekly).