TY - JOUR
T1 - Duration of physical activity is normal but frequency is reduced after stroke
T2 - An observational study
AU - Alzahrani, Matar Abdullah
AU - Ada, Louise
AU - Dean, Catherine M.
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PY - 2011/3
Y1 - 2011/3
N2 - Question: What is the free-living physical activity of community-dwelling people with stroke compared with that of agematched healthy controls? Design: A cross-sectional observational study. Participants: 42 people with stroke and 21 agematched healthy controls aged 52 to 87 years living in Sydney, Australia. Outcome measures: Free-living physical activity was measured using the Intelligent Device for Energy Expenditure and Activity (IDEEA) and reported as duration (time on feet in min) and frequency (activity counts). Results: People with stroke spent 79 (95% CI 20 to 138) fewer min on their feet and performed 5308 (95% CI 3171 to 7445) fewer activity counts than healthy controls. The observation period of the free-living physical activity of stroke survivors was significantly less than that of the healthy controls. Data adjusted to a fixed observation period (12 hr) showed no relative difference in time on feet between the groups (mean difference 36 min, 95% CI -27 to 99) but that people after stroke still had relatively fewer activity counts than healthy controls (mean difference 4062 counts, 95% CI 1787 to 6337). Conclusions: The reduction in physical activity after stroke is not primarily because of a decrease in the time spent being active but rather a decrease in frequency of activity during that time. Future research into physical activity after stroke needs to consider energy expenditure because stroke survivors exhibit a reduced frequency of physical activity due to the nature of their impairments.
AB - Question: What is the free-living physical activity of community-dwelling people with stroke compared with that of agematched healthy controls? Design: A cross-sectional observational study. Participants: 42 people with stroke and 21 agematched healthy controls aged 52 to 87 years living in Sydney, Australia. Outcome measures: Free-living physical activity was measured using the Intelligent Device for Energy Expenditure and Activity (IDEEA) and reported as duration (time on feet in min) and frequency (activity counts). Results: People with stroke spent 79 (95% CI 20 to 138) fewer min on their feet and performed 5308 (95% CI 3171 to 7445) fewer activity counts than healthy controls. The observation period of the free-living physical activity of stroke survivors was significantly less than that of the healthy controls. Data adjusted to a fixed observation period (12 hr) showed no relative difference in time on feet between the groups (mean difference 36 min, 95% CI -27 to 99) but that people after stroke still had relatively fewer activity counts than healthy controls (mean difference 4062 counts, 95% CI 1787 to 6337). Conclusions: The reduction in physical activity after stroke is not primarily because of a decrease in the time spent being active but rather a decrease in frequency of activity during that time. Future research into physical activity after stroke needs to consider energy expenditure because stroke survivors exhibit a reduced frequency of physical activity due to the nature of their impairments.
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U2 - 10.1016/S1836-9553(11)70007-8
DO - 10.1016/S1836-9553(11)70007-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 21402330
AN - SCOPUS:79953759448
SN - 1836-9553
VL - 57
SP - 47
EP - 51
JO - Journal of Physiotherapy
JF - Journal of Physiotherapy
IS - 1
ER -