Monday, October 2, 2017

Sleep, Sedentary Behavior, Physical Activity, and Functional Ability After Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation

Image for article at link. The 74% sedentary time during the day is appalling.  Therapists are always complaining that survivors can't get enough repetitions during therapy to accomplish recovery. The answer is staring them in the face, create interventions that survivors can do by themselves during that sedentary time. Maybe music, action observation, virtual reality, passive movement?
http://www.archives-pmr.org/article/S0003-9993(17)30902-4/pdf
University of Alberta
Research Poster 293693
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2017.08.353

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