Mobility activity of stroke patients during inpatient rehabilitation

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to quantify the actual upright activity of inpatient stroke patients in order to investigate the influence of disability, physiotherapy contact time, and time since stroke on the amount of activity recorded. Forty-one inpatients from three Glasgow stroke units were monitored during one therapeutic day. Measurements were made using an instrumented recording device which quantified (i) the proportion of time spent upright, and (ii) the frequency of transitions to upright. The results were compared to a global measure of disability, the Barthel Index, a functional mobility scale, the Rivermead Mobility Index (RMI) and walking speed. Results were also compared to ..