The Importance of Psychological and Social Factors in Influencing the Uptake and Maintenance of Physical Activity after Stroke: A Structured Review of the Empirical Literature

Table 7

Psychological and social factors for which findings exist.

Psychological factors	Social factors
Self-efficacy	The role of family and friends in supporting PA after stroke
Locus of control	The role of health professionals
Competence to be physically active	The role of exercise professionals
Beliefs about the nature of PA	The role of other people with stroke and disability
Motivational barriers to becoming or remaining physically active	Group exercise
Self-determination as a facilitator to becoming and remaining physically active
Beliefs about positive and negative outcomes of being physically active