Clinical Study
Mood and Balance are Associated with Free-Living Physical Activity of People after Stroke Residing in the community
Table 2
Univariate analysis of the correlation between characteristics and free-living physical activity using Pearson’s correlation coefficient
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| Characteristic | Free-living physical activity | | Time on feet | Activity counts |
| Personal factors | | | Age | −0.18 (0.26) | −0.26 (0.09) | Gender | 0.10 (0.52) | 0.17 (0.28) | Side of hemiplegia | 0.12 (0.45) | 0.00 (0.99) | Time since stroke | 0.00 (0.99) | −0.03 (0.85) | BMI | −0.29 (0.06) | −0.12 (0.45) | Living with spouse | 0.00 (0.98) | 0.12 (0.44) | Impairments | | | Sensory-motor impairments | | | Strength | 0.18 (0.25) | 0.03 (0.85) | Contracture | −0.28 (0.07) | −0.27 (0.09) | Spasticity | −0.15 (0.33) | −0.21 (0.18) | Dexterity | 0.10 (0.52) | 0.15 (0.33) | Proprioception | 0.07 (0.68) | −0.02 (0.89) | Balance | 0.42 (<0.01) | 0.54 (<0.001) | Non-sensory-motor impairments | | | Mood | 0.43 (<0.01) | 0.52 (<0.001) | Confidence | −0.03 (0.84) | 0.09 (0.57) | Perception | −0.13 (0.42) | −0.26 (0.10) | Cognition | 0.18 (0.25) | 0.03 (0.85) | Language | 0.11 (0.50) | −0.04 (0.80) |
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