Comparisons of Quality of Life and Asymmetric Atrophy in Regularly Walking Elderly Female Stroke Survivors

My conclusion on this is that the doctors involved need to come up with interventions that stop the 5 causes of the neuronal cascade of death in the first week. Thus resulting in much less dead and damaged neurons. But that isn't what is going to happen. The patient is going to be blamed for not walking enough or better. Notice the word 'motivation'. Who needs motivation is the doctor, the doctor caused the problem(not getting the patient 100% recovered) and is responsible for solving it.

Comparisons of Quality of Life and Asymmetric Atrophy in Regularly Walking Elderly Female Stroke Survivors

• 발행기관:

  국제물리치료연구학회 [International Academy of Physical Therapy Research]

• 간행물:

  Journal of International Academy of Physical Therapy Research [Journal of International Academy of Physical Therapy Research (JIAPTR)]

• 발행일:

  2018년 12월

• 저자 :

  Hea Mi Jee

• 언어 :

  ENG

• URL:

  http://db.koreascholar.com/article.aspx?code=365424 [ URL 복사 ]

키워드 :

Bilateral atrophy,Quality of life,Stroke,Physical activity,Walking

목차

INTRODUCTION
SUBJECTS AND METHODS
  Subjects
  Questionnaires on general status and quality of life
  Body composition
  Physical activity
  Statistical analysis
RESULTS
DISCUSSION
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES

초록

Regularly participating in physical activity is known to improve quality of life and body composition in elderly with stroke. However, comparatively less physical activity is performed by the stroke survivors. The factors related to inactivity in elderly female stroke survivors have not been elucidated. Therefore, this study aims to compare the quality of life factors and limb compositions between the active and inactive elderly female stroke survivors. Forty nine subjects between the ages of 65 to 75 years were selected from the KNHANES data between the years 2009 to 2011. In addition, 186 agematched healthy peers were also selected for limb composition comparisons. The subjects were groups based on walking days per week: walkers; 3 days or more, non-walkers; less than 3 days per week. BMI and waist circumference were within the obesity ranges for both the non-walkers and walkers. As results, the trend for greater fat (±10%) and lean mass (±30%) differences were observed for non-walker and walkers, respectively. Significantly greater reasons for function limitation by stroke and hypertension were reported with significantly greater self-care difficulty was shown by the walkers. In conclusion, elderly female stroke survivals may require customized motivation and continuous support to participate in physical activity regularly.