How Adults With Stroke Conceptualize Physical Activity: An Exploratory Qualitative Study

CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Participants broadly categorized PA, encompassing multiple activity types, which is encouraging because reducing sedentary behavior and increasing PA of any intensity can improve cardiometabolic health. Interventions that complement and enhance these conceptualizations, alone or in combination with other mechanisms of action, should be explored for their efficacy in increasing PA in adults with stroke.WHAT THIS ARTICLE ADDS: After stroke, perceptions of PA encompass exercise, daily activities and occupations, and avoiding sedentary behavior; these perceptions could be harnessed to promote PA among adults after stroke.PMID:33657356 | DOI:10.5014/ajot.2021.041780
Source: The American Journal of Occupational Therapy - Category: Occupational Health Authors: Source Type: research