... University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada5Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada6Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, ... [18] 1990 Yes Yes No No NilFink [21] 1990 Yes No Yes Yes C, F, SA, SCDemarest [20] 1989 Yes No No Yes C, F, SASummer [26] 1989 No Yes No Yes C, F, L, SAGentilello [22] 1988 Yes No No Yes C, ... purposes)heterogeneity between subgroups being non-significant (p =0.53) (Additional file 4).Effect of kinetic bed therapy on mortalityEleven studies reported the effect of kinetic bed therapy onmortality [7,17-24,26,27]...