Deans' stroke musings: A nationwide analysis of physical inactivity and sedentary behavior among stroke survivors in Korea

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

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My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Thursday, April 10, 2025

A nationwide analysis of physical inactivity and sedentary behavior among stroke survivors in Korea

The solution is obvious! 100% RECOVERY PROTOCOLS! GET THERE!

And you can't figure that out? Are you that blitheringly stupid?

A nationwide analysis of physical inactivity and sedentary behavior among stroke survivors in Korea

Scientific Reports volume 15, Article number: 12174 (2025) Cite this article

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Abstract

This study aimed to identify key predictors of physical inactivity and prolonged sedentary behavior among stroke survivors (SSs) using data from the 2016–2020 Korea National Health and Nutrition Surveys. Of the 28,146 participants, 633 had a history of stroke. The results showed that SSs were significantly more likely to be physically inactive and spend longer sedentary times than controls. Multivariate analysis identified that age ≥ 80 years (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 5.45, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.96–15.15), lower education level (≤ 9 years) (aOR = 2.18, 95%CI 1.13–4.18), and living in rural areas (aOR = 1.91, 95%CI 1.11–3.29) were associated with aerobic physical inactivity. Female sex (aOR = 2.36, 95%CI 1.28–4.35) and lower education (aOR = 2.31, 95%CI 1.01–5.34) were linked to insufficient resistance exercises (≤ 1 day per week). Long sedentary time (≥ 8 h daily) was associated with being economically inactive (aOR = 1.90, 95%CI 1.21–2.96), single (aOR = 1.68, 95%CI 1.07–2.64), and perceiving oneself as unhealthy (aOR = 1.59, 95%CI 1.01–2.49). These findings highlight the need for targeted interventions, including community-based exercise programs and policy initiatives, to reduce sedentary behavior and promote physical activity among SSs. Implementing accessible and tailored rehabilitation strategies may help mitigate long-term health risks in this population.