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SynthesisFrontiers in neurology2025

Contextual factors associated with walking performance after stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Yi Zhang, Lan Xu, Xi Pan, Lei Chen, Weiying Zhong, Jiaxuan Li

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Synthesis in Frontiers in neurology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Yi ZhangThe First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Lan XuThe First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Xi PanThe First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Lei ChenThe First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Weiying ZhongThe First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Jiaxuan LiThe First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: To describe the walking performance of patients with stroke and summarize the contextual factors associated with walking performance. Methods: PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and the Cochrane Library were searched from the inception to September 4, 2024. Observational studies on the walking performance of people with stroke and their contextual factors were eligible for inclusion. The relationship between contextual factors and walking performance was evaluated using Fisher's Results: Thirty studies were included. Walking performance measures included step count, time, distance, and bouts; step count was most common, with pooled results showing a mean 4,296 steps/day after stroke. Guided by the contextual factors classification framework, we stratified the contextual factors of walking performance among subjects with stroke into three dimensions: user context, environmental context, and task context. Meta-analysis showed that walking endurance ( Conclusion: Daily step counts among individuals with stroke were not guideline-compliant. Contextual factors can inform the design of context-aware interventions aimed at increasing daily step counts.

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contextual factormeta-analysisstrokesystematic reviewwalking performance

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PMID41069432
PMCPMC12504098

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