Facilitating Exercise Engagement among Community Dwelling Stroke Survivors: Is a once Per Week Group Session Sufficient?
| العنوان: | Facilitating Exercise Engagement among Community Dwelling Stroke Survivors: Is a once Per Week Group Session Sufficient? |
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| المؤلفون: | Nor Azlin Mohd Nordin, Devinder Kaur Ajit Singh, Nor Asma Husna Yusoff |
| المصدر: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 16 Issue 23 |
| بيانات النشر: | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019. |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, medicine.medical_treatment, Group exercise, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, group exercise, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine, Humans, Survivors, 030212 general & internal medicine, cardiovascular diseases, Stroke survivor, Stroke, Qualitative Research, Aged, Balance (ability), Rehabilitation, business.industry, Stroke Rehabilitation, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, physical performance, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, stroke, Exercise Therapy, Preferred walking speed, Physical performance, Physical therapy, Female, Independent Living, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Independent living, Program Evaluation |
| الوصف: | Although exercise is proven as an effective strategy to combat post-stroke complications and the risk of stroke recurrence, many stroke survivors fail to engage in this activity following rehabilitation. In this study, we assessed the feasibility and usefulness of a low-frequency group exercise to determine its suitability as an approach to facilitate exercise engagement among stroke survivors. Forty-one stroke survivors, mean (SD) age 59.34 (10.02) years, mean time post-stroke 17.13 (17.58) months, completed a 90 minute, once per week, group exercise supervised by therapists for 12 weeks. The exercise outcomes were measured using standardized clinical tests. We observed improvement in the group&rsquo s physical performance balance score by 3 units (Z = &minus 3.88, p < 0.001), speed of repetitive sit to stand by 3.4 s (Z = &minus 4.69, p < 0.001), and walking speed by 8.22 m/min (Z = &minus 3.25, p < 0.001). Scores of seven out of 14 Berg&rsquo s balance scale items increased significantly, indicating better balance ability among the survivors. In conclusion, a 12-week, once per week group exercise session seems feasible and sufficient to improve the physical performance of community dwelling stroke survivors. This exercise arrangement may be offered to stroke survivors to facilitate exercise practice following rehabilitation. |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1660-4601 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph16234746 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::bd68b434585b9ca8a64e281f5310f1aeTest |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....bd68b434585b9ca8a64e281f5310f1ae |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 16604601 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph16234746 |