Goal-directed Mobilization of Medical Inpatients

Inclusion Criteria: * All consenting patients aged ≥ 18 years admitted to the Department of General Internal Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland, who have an indication for physiotherapy (prescription by the resident in charge or the care coordinator). * Participants must be randomized at latest on the second day after hospital admission. * Written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to follow study procedures, i.e., due to language problems (unable to read, speak or understand German), psychological disorders, severe dementia (defined as to levels 5 - 7 in the Global Deterioration Scale), blindness, Patients unable to provide informed consent themselves * Expected hospital stay for \< 5 days * Medically indicated bedrest for more than 24 h, e.g. after surgery * Injuries or neurologic deficits of one or both lower extremities directly impairing walking capacity (e.g. fractures, hemiplegia, previous use of a wheelchair or bedriddenness) * Terminal illness * Pregnancy or breast feeding * Previous enrolment in this study * Enrolment of the investigator, his/her family members, employees and other dependent persons