Clinical Study

Mood and Balance are Associated with Free-Living Physical Activity of People after Stroke Residing in the community

Table 1

Characteristics of participants.

CharacteristicParticipants ( )

Personal factors
 Age (yr), mean (SD)70 (10)
 Gender, male (%)29 (69)
 Weight (kg), mean (SD)73 (12)
 Height (m), mean (SD)1.7 (0.1)
 Side of hemiplegia, right (%)23 (55)
 Time since stroke (yr), mean (SD)2.8 (1.4)
 BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD)26.4 (4.3)
 Living with spouse, yes (%)37 (88)
Impairments
 Sensory-motor impairments, mean (SD, range)
  Strength ( )116 (52, 53–303)
  Contracture (°)4.8 (4.8, 0–19)
  Spasticity (0 to 4)1.2 (1.0, 0–3)
  Coordination (taps/s)0.6 (0.4, 0–1.6)
  Proprioception (°)4.2 (2.6, 0–12.6)
  Balance (s)5 (7, 0–30)
 Non-sensory-motor impairments, mean (SD, range)
  Mood (0 to 18)11 (4, 3–18)
  Confidence (10 to 40)29 (5, 17–39)
  Perception (mm)2.2 (1.6, 0–5)
  Cognition (0 to 30)25 (3, 17–30)
  Language (0 to 20)17 (4, 2–20)
Free-living physical activity over waking day, mean (SD, range)
 Time on feet (min)230 (115, 29–506)
 Activity counts (#)5656 (4091, 543–18804)