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- Title
- Ability to negotiate stairs predicts free-living physical activity in community-dwelling people with stroke : an observational study
- Related
- Australian journal of physiotherapy, Vol. 55, Issue 4, (2009), p.277-281
- Related
- http://ajp.physiotherapy.asn.au/AJP/vol_55/4/AustJPhysiotherv55i4Alzahrani.pdf
- Publisher
- Australian Physiotherapy Association
- Date
- 2009
- Author/Creator
- Alzahrani, Matar Abdullah
- Author/Creator
- Dean, Catherine M
- Author/Creator
- Ada, Louise
- Description
- Which clinical measures of walking performance best predict free-living physical activity in community-dwelling people with stroke? Design: Cross-sectional observational study. Participants: 42 community-dwelling stroke survivors. Outcome measures: Predictors were four clinical measures of walking performance (speed, automaticity, capacity, and stairs ability). The outcome of interest was free-living physical activity, measured as frequency (activity counts) and duration (time on feet), collected using an activity monitor called the Intelligent Device for Energy Expenditure and Physical Activity. Results: Time on feet was predicted by stairs ability alone (B 166, 95% CI 55 to 278) which accounted for 48% of the variance. Activity counts were also predicted by stairs ability alone (B 6486, 95% CI 2922 to 10 050) which accounted for 58% of the variance. Conclusion: The best predictor of free-living physical activity in community-dwelling people with stroke was stairs ability.
- Description
- 5 page(s)
- Subject Keyword
- Walking
- Subject Keyword
- Physical activity
- Subject Keyword
- Ambulatory monitoring
- Subject Keyword
- Stroke
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Faculty of Human Sciences
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/136756
- Identifier
- ISSN:0004-9514
- Identifier
- mq_res-20110914-16113
- Language
- eng
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