ArticleJournal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation2021
Objectively measured arm use in daily life improves during the first 6 months poststroke: a longitudinal observational cohort study.
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- Quantification of Movement in Stroke Patients under Free Living Conditions Using Wearable Sensors: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Pooled it
- A Sensor-Based Feedback Device Stimulating Daily Life Upper Extremity Activity in Stroke Patients: A Feasibility Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Trial
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- A Novel Approach to Characterizing Patterns of Real-World Upper-Extremity Use During Walking and Activities of Daily Living in People with Subacute Stroke.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The association of upper limb sensorimotor capacity, everyday inpatient behavior, and the effects of neurorehabilitation in persons with multiple sclerosis and stroke: a mixed-design study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Quantitative Assessment of Upper Limb Movement in Post-Stroke Adults for Identification of Sensitive Measures in Reaching and Lifting Activities.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Responsiveness and trajectory of changes in the rating of everyday arm-use in the community and home (REACH) scale over the first-year post-stroke.Clinical rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Effects of fine-scale habitat quality on activity, dormancy, habitat use, and survival after reproduction in Rana dybowskii (Chordata, Amphibia).BMC zoology · 2023Article
- Classification of functional and non-functional arm use by inertial measurement units in individuals with upper limb impairment after stroke.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Accuracy of gait and posture classification using movement sensors in individuals with mobility impairment after stroke.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Evolution and prediction of mismatch between observed and perceived upper limb function after stroke: a prospective, longitudinal, observational cohort study.BMC neurology · 2021Observational
- Upper Limb Performance in Daily Life Approaches Plateau Around Three to Six Weeks Post-stroke.Neurorehabilitation and neural repair · 2021Article
- Daily Life Upper Limb Activity for Patients with Match and Mismatch between Observed Function and Perceived Activity in the Chronic Phase Post Stroke.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Whole-Body Movements Increase Arm Use Outcomes of Wrist-Worn Accelerometers in Stroke Patients.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Observational
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Abstract
backgroundIt is unclear how arm use in daily life changes after stroke since studies investigating the change in arm use poststroke are scarce. The aim of this study was to investigate the change in arm use during the first six months poststroke. Secondary aim was to compare arm use changes between arm recovery clusters.
methodsArm use was measured during week 3, 12, and 26 poststroke with accelerometers on the wrists and the nonaffected leg. Outcomes were the amount of affected and nonaffected arm use during sitting and standing per day and per sit/stand hour, and the daily ratio between arms. Arm function was measured with the Fugl-Meyer Upper Extremity Scale to identify recovery clusters (poor/moderate/excellent). Generalized estimating equations compared arm use outcomes between time points and between recovery clusters.
resultsThirty-three stroke patients participated. Affected arm use per day increased between week 3 and 12 (30 %; p = 0.04) and it increased per sit/stand hour between week 3-12 (31 %; p < 0.001) and between week 3 and 26 (48 %; p = 0.02). Nonaffected arm use per day decreased between week 3 and 12 (13 %; p < 0.001) and between week 3 and 26 (22 %; p < 0.001) and it decreased per sit/stand hour between week 3 and 26 (18 %; p = 0.003). The daily ratio increased between week 3 and 12 (43 %; p < 0.001) and between week 3 and 26 (95 %; p < 0.001). Changes in arm use did not differ significantly between recovery clusters (p = 0.11-0.62). Affected arm use was higher in the excellent recovery cluster (p < 0.001).
conclusionsAffected arm use and the ratio between arms increase during the first 26 weeks poststroke especially in patients with excellent arm recovery.
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