SynthesisAge and ageing2023
Listening to the patients' voice: a conceptual framework of the walking experience.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Identifying Concepts of Physical Activity Which Are Clinically Meaningful to Patients and Care Providers: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Research.Clinical and translational science · 2025Pooled it
- Non-pharmacological interventions targeting mobility among people with advanced cancer: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Pooled it
- Investigating the prognostic value of digital mobility outcomes in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2023Pooled it
- Construct validity of instrumented gait assessments in hospital and daily life mobility in patients with Parkinson's disease and atypical Parkinson's syndromes: an exploratory study.Journal of neurology · 2026Trial
- Rethinking the relationship between ambulatory activity and falls in long-term care: risk versus reward.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2025Trial
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- Wearable-sensor based walking and non-walking measures as progression markers in early to mid-stage Parkinson's disease.NPJ Parkinson's disease · 2026Article
- A prospective analysis of falls in Parkinson's disease: Does physical capacity moderate the relationship between walking amount and falls rates?Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2026Article
- Digital mobility outcomes to describe real-world walking during recovery from a hip fracture: the Mobilise-D perspective.European geriatric medicine · 2026Article
- The future of clinical trials? Monitoring mobility as an outcome measure in Parkinson's disease: The mobilise-D study.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2026Article
- Toward an understanding of real-world mobility in Parkinson's: insights from enhanced contextualisation using GPS-derived location and data-driven modeling of walking speed.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026Article
- Daily-Life Walking Characteristics of Older Adults in Relation to Age, Sex, and Physical Function: the HUNT4 Trondheim 70+ Observational Study.JMIR aging · 2025Observational
- Digital assessment of real-world walking in people with impaired mobility: How many hours and days are needed?The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Article
- Bidirectional Associations Between Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Daily Symptoms in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Longitudinal Observational Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Observational
- A systematic review of real-world gait-related digital mobility outcomes in Parkinson's disease.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- Exploring older adults' experiences of daily mobility over the first 6 months after hip fracture: a qualitative interview study.BMJ open · 2025Article
- How do people with COPD walk? A European study on digitally measured real-world gait.The European respiratory journal · 2025Article
- Evaluating the Accuracy and Reliability of Real-World Digital Mobility Outcomes in Older Adults After Hip Fracture: Cross-Sectional Observational Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Observational
- Cocreating the Visualization of Digital Mobility Outcomes: Delphi-Type Process With Patients.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Identifying modifiable factors that influence walking in patients undergoing surgery for neurogenic claudication: a prospective longitudinal study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundwalking is crucial for an active and healthy ageing, but the perspectives of individuals living with walking impairment are still poorly understood.
objectivesto identify and synthesise evidence describing walking as experienced by adults living with mobility-impairing health conditions and to propose an empirical conceptual framework of walking experience.
methodswe performed a systematic review and meta-ethnography of qualitative evidence, searching seven electronic databases for records that explored personal experiences of walking in individuals living with conditions of diverse aetiology. Conditions included Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hip fracture, heart failure, frailty and sarcopenia. Data were extracted, critically appraised using the NICE quality checklist and synthesised using standardised best practices.
resultsfrom 2,552 unique records, 117 were eligible. Walking experience was similar across conditions and described by seven themes: (i) becoming aware of the personal walking experience, (ii) the walking experience as a link between individuals' activities and sense of self, (iii) the physical walking experience, (iv) the mental and emotional walking experience, (v) the social walking experience, (vi) the context of the walking experience and (vii) behavioural and attitudinal adaptations resulting from the walking experience. We propose a novel conceptual framework that visually represents the walking experience, informed by the interplay between these themes.
conclusiona multi-faceted and dynamic experience of walking was common across health conditions. Our conceptual framework of the walking experience provides a novel theoretical structure for patient-centred clinical practice, research and public health.
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