Sensors, Vol. 21, Pages 5917: Daily Life Upper Limb Activity for Patients with Match and Mismatch between Observed Function and Perceived Activity in the Chronic Phase Post Stroke

Sensors, Vol. 21, Pages 5917: Daily Life Upper Limb Activity for Patients with Match and Mismatch between Observed Function and Perceived Activity in the Chronic Phase Post Stroke
Sensors doi: 10.3390/s21175917
Authors:
Bea Essers
Marjan Coremans
Janne Veerbeek
Andreas Luft
Geert Verheyden

We investigated actual daily life upper limb (UL) activity in relation to observed UL motor function and perceived UL activity in chronic stroke in order to better understand and improve UL activity in daily life. In 60 patients, we collected (1) observed UL motor function (Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA-UE)), (2) perceived UL activity (hand subscale of the Stroke Impact Scale (SIS-Hand)), and (3) daily life UL activity (bilateral wrist-worn accelerometers for 72 h) data. Data were compared between two groups of interest, namely (1) good observed (FMA-UE >50) function and good perceived (SIS-Hand >75) activity (good match, n = 16) and (2) good observed function but low perceived (SIS-Hand ≤75) activity (mismatch, n = 15) with Mann–Whitney U analysis. The mismatch group only differed from the good match group in perceived UL activity (median (Q1–Q3) = 50 (30–70) versus 93 (85–100); p < 0.001). Despite similar observed UL motor function and other clinical characteristics, the affected UL in the mismatch group was less active in daily life compared to the good match group (p = 0.013), and the contribution of the affected UL compared to the...

Source: Sensors - September 2, 2021 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Bea Essers Marjan Coremans Janne Veerbeek Andreas Luft Geert Verheyden Tags: Article Source Type: research