Remote physical activity monitoring in neurological disease: a systematic review

VAJ Block, E Pitsch, P Tahir, BAC Cree, DD Allen… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Objective To perform a systematic review of studies using remote physical activity monitoring
in neurological diseases, highlighting advances and determining gaps. Methods Studies …

The promise of mHealth: daily activity monitoring and outcome assessments by wearable sensors

BH Dobkin, A Dorsch - Neurorehabilitation and neural repair, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Mobile health tools that enable clinicians and researchers to monitor the type, quantity, and
quality of everyday activities of patients and trial participants have long been needed to …

A soft robotic exosuit improves walking in patients after stroke

LN Awad, J Bae, K O'donnell, SMM De Rossi… - Science translational …, 2017 - science.org
Stroke-induced hemiparetic gait is characteristically slow and metabolically expensive.
Passive assistive devices such as ankle-foot orthoses are often prescribed to increase …

Assessing the reliability and validity of a shorter walk test compared with the 10-Meter Walk Test for measurements of gait speed in healthy, older adults

DM Peters, SL Fritz, DE Krotish - Journal of geriatric physical …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Background and Purpose: Walking speed is associated with several health-related
outcomes. Research examining how differences in test walking distance affect walking …

Predicting home and community walking activity poststroke

GD Fulk, Y He, P Boyne, K Dunning - Stroke, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Walking ability poststroke is commonly assessed using gait
speed categories developed by Perry et al. The purpose of this study was to reexamine …

White paper:“walking speed: the sixth vital sign”

S Fritz, M Lusardi - Journal of geriatric physical therapy, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Walking speed is “almost the perfect measure.” 1 A reliable, valid, 2, 3 sensitive 4 and
specific 5 measure, self-selected walking speed (WS), also termed gait velocity, correlates …

Physical activity and sedentary behaviors in people with stroke living in the community: a systematic review

C English, PJ Manns, C Tucak, J Bernhardt - Physical therapy, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background Regular physical activity is vital for cardiovascular health. Time spent in
sedentary behaviors (eg, sitting, lying down) also is an independent risk factor for …

Paretic propulsion as a measure of walking performance and functional motor recovery post-stroke: A review

SA Roelker, MG Bowden, SA Kautz, RR Neptune - Gait & posture, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Although walking speed is the most common measure of gait performance post-
stroke, improved walking speed following rehabilitation does not always indicate the …

Should body weight–supported treadmill training and robotic-assistive steppers for locomotor training trot back to the starting gate?

BH Dobkin, PW Duncan - Neurorehabilitation and neural …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Body weight–supported treadmill training (BWSTT) and robotic-assisted step training
(RAST) have not, so far, led to better outcomes than a comparable dose of progressive over …

The influence of locomotor rehabilitation on module quality and post-stroke hemiparetic walking performance

RL Routson, DJ Clark, MG Bowden, SA Kautz… - Gait & posture, 2013 - Elsevier
Recent studies have suggested the biomechanical subtasks of walking can be produced by
a reduced set of co-excited muscles or modules. Individuals post-stroke often exhibit poor …