Cardiovascular fitness is unrelated to mobility limitations in ambulant people with traumatic brain injury

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between mobility, activity levels, and cardiovascular fitness in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) currently undergoing rehabilitation, and to determine whether mobility and cardiovascular fitness differs between people with TBI and matched healthy controls (HCs). DESIGN:: Cross-sectional cohort study. PARTICIPANTS:: Twenty-eight people with TBI and 28 matched HCs. OUTCOME MEASURES:: The primary outcome measure for mobility was the high-level mobility assessment tool. Steps per day was the outcome measure for activity level, and the physical work capacity at 130 (PWC130) submaximal VO2 Monark bike test was the primar..