People with mobility impairments: Physical activity and quality of participation

Crawford, Angela; Hollingsworth, Holly; Morgan, Kerri; Gray, David B.

doi:10.1016/j.dhjo.2007.11.004

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“…Although 64% of stroke patients have limited social participation in employment, activities of daily living, and leisure activities (Hardie et al 2004), most stroke rehabilitation approaches have mainly considered functional or activity-related evaluations (Salter et al 2007). Crawford et al (2008) reported that evaluating social participation is important in stroke rehabilitation; in particular, the evaluation should be included as a routine part of stroke rehabilitation. Thus, current study evaluated social participation after four weeks of a CWTP, and significant improvement in social participation was observed in the CWTP group compared to the control group.…”

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Community Walking Training Program Improves Walking Function and Social Participation in Chronic Stroke Patients

Kim

Cho

Lee

2014

Tohoku J. Exp. Med.

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Stroke patients live with balance and walking dysfunction. Walking is the most important factor for independent community activities. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a community walking training program (CWTP) within the real environment on walking function and social participation in chronic stroke patients. Twenty-two stroke patients (13 male, 50.45 years old, post stroke duration 231.64 days) were randomly assigned to either the CWTP group or the control group. All subjects participated in the same standard rehabilitation program consisting of physical and occupational therapy for 60 min per day, five times a week, for four weeks. In addition, the CWTP group participated in CWTP for 30 min per day, five times a week, for four weeks. Walking function was assessed using the 10-m walk test (measurement for 10-meter walking speed), 6-min walk assessment (measurement of gait length for 6-minutes), and community gait assessment. Social participation was assessed using a social participation domain of stroke impact scale. In walking function, greater improvement was observed in the CWTP group compared with the control group (P < 0.05). In addition, social participation improved more in the CWTP group compared with the control group (P < 0.05). These findings demonstrate the efficacy of CWTP on walking function and social participation in chronic stroke patients. Therefore, we suggest that CWTP within the real environment may be an effective method for improving walking function and social participation of chronic stroke patients when added to standard rehabilitation.

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Community Walking Training Program Improves Walking Function and Social Participation in Chronic Stroke Patients

Kim

Cho

Lee

2014

Tohoku J. Exp. Med.

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“…For persons with physical disabilities, sports activities are important to improve the quality of life (QOL) from physical, mental and social aspects (Crawford et al, 2008, Macko et al, 2008, Sporner et al 2009, Groff et al, 2009, Anneken et al, 2010. Among sports for persons with physical disabilities, swimming is widely accepted.…”

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Optimizing simulation of arm stroke in freestyle for swimmers with hemiplegia

Nakashima

Nemoto

Kishimoto

et al. 2018

Mechanical Engineering Journal

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The objective of this study was to solve the theoretically ideal arm stroke for a swimmer with hemiplegia by using the optimizing simulation. The method of optimizing simulation for non-disabled swimmers was extended to a swimmer with hemiplegia. In order to evaluate the arm strokes in the optimizing calculation, the swimming human simulation model SWUM was employed. As the design variables, the joint angles in the three time frames, in which the arm was performing underwater strokes, were used. The objective function was the swimming speed. Three constraint conditions including the maximum joint torque characteristics were imposed on the optimizing calculation. The swimming motion of an actual swimmer with hemiplegia was measured and put into the simulation as the original motion. In the simulation, significant increase in the swimming speed was obtained in the case of the optimized stroke with the actual swimmer's wrist motion at the slower stroke cycle. From the comparison between the optimized stroke and the actual swimmer's stroke, several differences were found as follows. First, at the entry phase in the fastest optimized stroke, the left elbow was more extended than the actual swimmer's stroke. Second, at the catch phase in the fastest optimized stroke, the forearm in the side view was more tilted with respect to the vertical line, while that in the actual swimmer was almost vertical. Third, at the pull and finish phases in the optimized stroke, the hand pushed the water sufficiently to the end, while that in the actual swimmer went out from the water earlier. Overall, it was found that the optimized stroke effectively utilized the joint torque at the shoulder and elbow to the maximum extent, by selecting the more natural positions and the slower stroke cycle.

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“…Se ha demostrado que las actividades físicas y deportivas son una buena herramienta para la socialización de las personas con discapacidad (Crawford, Hollingsworth, Morgan y Gray, 2008). Sin embargo la participación de dicha población en actividades de este tipo ha sido baja (Yazdani, Yee y Chung, 2013), tanto en educación física (Block y Obrusnikova, 2007), como en el contexto deportivo (Bult, Verschuren Jongmans, Lindeman y Ketelaar, 2011).…”

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Barreras, facilitadores y motivos de la práctica deportiva de deportistas con discapacidad intelectual

Abellán

Januário²

2017

PSYE

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El objetivo del presente trabajo es identificar las barreras, facilitadores y motivos para la práctica de actividad física y deporte en las personas con discapacidad intelectual, considerando el sexo, la carga de entrenamiento y la ocupación de los participantes. En el estudio han participado 23 deportistas con discapacidad intelectual, a los que se ha aplicado un cuestionario en forma de entrevista. Se ha utilizado estadística descriptiva y pruebas no-paramétricas para la comparación de grupos. Los resultados indican que las principales barreras están relacionadas con el tiempo de desplazamiento al lugar de entrenamiento; los principales facilitadores están relacionados con el apoyo del entorno del deportista; los principales motivos para la práctica están relacionados con mejorar la salud y con factores sociales. Considerando las variables independientes se han encontrado algunas diferencias estadísticamente significativas. Los hombres perciben que ducharse en las instalaciones es una barrera; los deportistas con más carga de entrenamiento perciben el desplazamiento como una barrera; y el apoyo de los padres es un facilitador para los deportistas que trabajan. En base a los resultados se presentan implicaciones a nivel teórico y a nivel práctico como ayuda para mejorar la práctica deportiva en las personas con discapacidad intelectual.

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People with mobility impairments: Physical activity and quality of participation

Cited by 74 publications

References 21 publications

Community Walking Training Program Improves Walking Function and Social Participation in Chronic Stroke Patients

Community Walking Training Program Improves Walking Function and Social Participation in Chronic Stroke Patients

Optimizing simulation of arm stroke in freestyle for swimmers with hemiplegia

Barreras, facilitadores y motivos de la práctica deportiva de deportistas con discapacidad intelectual

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