Activity Levels and Rehabilitation Outcomes of Patients Post-stroke

Florida Gulf Coast University120 enrolled

Overview

Patients admitted to the in-patient rehabilitation center with a diagnosis of stroke will be recruited into the study. The participants will wear two activity monitors (one commercial grade and one research grade) for the duration of their rehab stay. Data from the monitors will be correlated with rehab outcomes, therapy units billed, and length of stay.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

120

Conditions

Stroke

Interventions

activity monitorsOTHER

activity monitors are worn on the wrist, much like a watch. Data from the activity monitors will be downloaded once a week and at discharge. Normal hospital and therapy activities will not be altered.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 90 Years

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Inclusion Criteria: * diagnosis of stroke * patient at the Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging \& Rehabilitation * not greater than maximum assistance to walk 10 feet * walking re-training included in the therapy plan of care Exclusion Criteria: * primary diagnosis other than stroke * allergy or reaction to the wrist bands of the activity monitors

Locations (2)

Florida Gulf Coast University

Fort Myers, Florida, United States

Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging & Rehabilitation

Naples, Florida, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Physical Activity Level

Amount of physical activity each day and throughout rehab stay as measured by 2 activity monitors beginning at admission and ending at discharge from the facility

Time frame: from the date of recruitment to the date of discharge or up to 45 days whichever comes first

Secondary Outcomes

therapy units billed

therapy units are billed 15 minute time blocks; the number of each type of unit will be assessed at discharge from the facility

Time frame: from the date of recruitment to the date of discharge or up to 45 days whichever comes first

Functional Independence Measure (FIM)

FIM is a standard rehabilitation outcome used in all rehabilitation hospitals; measured at admission and discharge from the facility

Time frame: from the date of recruitment to the date of discharge or up to 45 days whichever comes first

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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