About the Authors

Michelle E. Kho

khome@mcmaster.ca

Affiliations School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Physiotherapy, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

Alexander J. Molloy

Affiliation Department of Physiotherapy, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

France J. Clarke

Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Daana Ajami

Affiliation Department of Physiotherapy, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Magda McCaughan

Affiliation Department of Physiotherapy, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Kristy Obrovac

Affiliation Department of Physiotherapy, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Christina Murphy

Affiliation Department of Physiotherapy, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Laura Camposilvan

Affiliation Department of Physiotherapy, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Margaret S. Herridge

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Karen K. Y. Koo

Affiliations Swedish Early Mobility Program in Critical Care, First Hill Campus, Swedish Medical Group, Seattle, Washington, Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Jill Rudkowski

Affiliation Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Andrew J. E. Seely

Affiliation Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Jennifer M. Zanni

Affiliation Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

Marina Mourtzakis

Affiliation Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Thomas Piraino

Affiliation Respiratory Therapy Service, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Deborah J. Cook

Affiliations Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Canadian Critical Care Trials Group

Membership of the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group is provided in S1 Text

Competing Interests

Michelle Kho received an equipment loan of 2 RT300 supine cycles from Restorative Therapies, Baltimore, MD for a different 7-centre multi-center pilot randomized trial of in-bed cycling that is distinct from this work. Margaret Herridge is a site co-investigator at one of the centers where Dr. Kho received the equipment loan from Restorative Therapies for this new study. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. On behalf of the remaining authors, the corresponding author states there is no conflict of interest.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MEK. Data curation: MEK. Formal analysis: MEK. Funding acquisition: MEK. Investigation: MEK AJM FC DA MMC KO CM LC. Methodology: MEK FC MSH KK JR AJS JMZ MM TP DJC. Project administration: MEK. Resources: MEK. Supervision: MEK DJC. Validation: MEK AJM. Visualization: MEK. Writing – original draft: MEK. Writing – review & editing: MEK AJM FC DA MMC KO CM LC MSH KK JR AJS JMZ MM TP DJC.