Mood and balance are associated with free-living physical activity of people after stroke residing in the community

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Title: Mood and balance are associated with free-living physical activity of people after stroke residing in the community
Related: Stroke research and treatment, Vol. 2012, Article 470648, (2012),
DOI: 10.1155/2012/470648
Publisher: Hindawi Publishing
Date: 2012
Author/Creator: Alzahrani, Matar A
Author/Creator: Dean, Catherine M
Author/Creator: Ada, Louise
Author/Creator: Dorsch, Simone
Author/Creator: Canning, Colleen G
Description: Purpose. To determine which characteristics are most associated with free-living physical activity in community-dwelling ambulatory people after stroke. Method. Factors (age, gender, side of stroke, time since stroke, BMI, and spouse), sensory-motor impairments (weakness, contracture, spasticity, coordination, proprioception, and balance), and non-sensory-motor impairments (cognition, language, perception, mood, and confidence) were collected on 42 people with chronic stroke. Free-living physical activity was measured using an activity monitor and reported as time on feet and activity counts. Results. Univariate analysis showed that balance and mood were correlated with time on feet (r=0.42, 0.43, P‹0.01) and also with activity counts (r=0.52, 0.54, P‹0.01). Stepwise multiple regression showed that mood and balance accounted for 25% of the variance in time on feet and 40% of the variance in activity counts. Conclusions. Mood and balance are associated with free-living physical activity in ambulatory people after stroke residing in the community.
Description: 8 page(s)
Subject Keyword: 110300 Clinical Sciences
Subject Keyword: impairments
Subject Keyword: activities of daily living
Subject Keyword: stroke
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Faculty of Human Sciences

Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/166549
Identifier: mq:18961
Identifier: ISSN:2042-0056
Identifier: mq-rm-2011005843
Identifier: mq_res-20110913-171637
Language: eng
Rights: Copyright the Author(s) [2012]. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.
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