Feasibility and Acceptance of a Remotely Supervised Home-Based Group Mobility Exercise for Older Adults Using a Mobile Robotic Telepresence: A Pilot Study.

Background/objectives:  Mobile robotic telepresence could be used to remotely supervise physical activity programs. Our study aims to explore the feasibility, acceptance, and usability of a physical activity program offered synchronously via a mobile robotic telepresence platform.

Methods:  For this interventional study, five Cutii robots were made available in two residences for older adults in Quebec.

Measurement Properties of the Dysphagiameter for the Assessment of Dysphagia in Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy.

Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is a rare late-onset muscle disease with progressive dysphagia as a major symptom. The Dysphagiameter is a newly developed patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) to assess the severity of dysphagia and its impact in patients with OPMD. This article reports on item reduction and a first assessment of the Dysphagiameter's psychometrics properties, in a French and English-speaking population of individuals with OPMD.

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of a French version of the Measure of Stroke Environment (MOSE) in stroke survivors in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Purpose: To investigate the psychometric properties of the MOSE-Benin, a French-language version of the Measure of Stroke Environment (MOSE) for Sub-Saharan Africa.

Materials And Methods: The original English version of the MOSE has been translated into French following the guidelines for cross-cultural adaptation. The resulting questionnaire (MOSE-Benin) was administered to a convenience sample of participants recruited in Benin, a French-speaking country.

Extended reality to assess post-stroke manual dexterity: contrasts between the classic box and block test, immersive virtual reality with controllers, with hand-tracking, and mixed-reality tests.

Background: Recent technological advancements present promising opportunities to enhance the frequency and objectivity of functional assessments, aligning with recent stroke rehabilitation guidelines. Within this framework, we designed and adapted different manual dexterity tests in extended reality (XR), using immersive virtual reality (VR) with controllers (BBT-VR-C), immersive VR with hand-tracking (BBT-VR-HT), and mixed-reality (MD-MR).

Objective: This study primarily aimed to assess and compare the validity of the BBT-VR-C, BBT-VR-HT and MD-MR to assess post-stroke manual dexterity.

Monitoring changes in locomotion-related daily life activities in post-stroke patients: the responsiveness of ABILOCO-Benin questionnaire.

Purpose: To investigate the responsiveness of ABILOCO-Benin questionnaire, a West-African adapted questionnaire of performance in locomotion-related daily-life activities in adults with stroke.

Materials And Methods: We conducted a longitudinal study involving 81 stroke patients (mean (SD) age: 54.6 (10.

Use of standardised outcome measures among physiotherapists in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa.

Background: The use of standardised assessment tools is a fundamental aspect of good clinical practice. However, to our knowledge, no study has documented the use of standardised assessment tools in physiotherapy in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa.

Objectives: Documenting the use of standardised outcome measures in physiotherapy in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa.

Immersive Virtual Reality to Assess Arm Kinematics among Older Adults with and without Major Neurocognitive Disorder - An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study.

Despite the recommendation of improving assessment objectivity and frequency, the use of immersive virtual reality to measure and quantify movement quality remains underexplored. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the reliability, validity and usability of an immersive virtual reality application, KinematicsVR, to assess upper limb kinematics among older adults with and without major neurocognitive disorder. The KinematicsVR involves the drawing of three-dimensional straight lines, circles and squares using a controller in a virtual environment.

Visual feedback and age affect upper limb reaching accuracy and kinematics in immersive virtual reality among healthy adults.

This cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate the effect of visual feedback, age and movement repetition on the upper limb (UL) accuracy and kinematics during a reaching task in immersive virtual reality (VR). Fifty-one healthy participants were asked to perform 25 trials of a reaching task in immersive VR with and without visual feedback of their hand. They were instructed to place, as accurately and as fast as possible, a controller held in their non-dominant hand in the centre of a virtual red cube of 3 cm side length.

Acceptability, Feasibility, and Effectiveness of Immersive Virtual Technologies to Promote Exercise in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Context: This review aimed to synthesize the literature on the acceptability, feasibility, and effectiveness of immersive virtual technologies to promote physical exercise in older people.

Method: We performed a literature review, based on four databases (PubMed, CINAHL, Embase, and Scopus; last search: 30 January 2023). Eligible studies had to use immersive technology with participants aged 60 years and over.

Relationships between Self-Efficacy and Post-Stroke Activity Limitations, Locomotor Ability, Physical Activity, and Community Reintegration in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Stroke self-efficacy is under-investigated in sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, studies focusing on the relationship between self-efficacy and post-stroke functional outcomes are scarce. This cross-sectional study aimed to explore the association between self-efficacy and post-stroke activity limitations, locomotor ability, physical activity, and community reintegration in Benin, a sub-Saharan African country.

Social participation of individuals with spinal injury using wheelchairs in rural Tanzania after peer training and entrepreneurial skills training.

Background: Individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) in less-resourced settings reported barriers to community integration, including inaccessible rehabilitation services, restricted environments and limited social integration. Peer training and entrepreneurial skills training are provided by Motivation, a nonprofit organisation, and Moshi Cooperative University to enhance occupational engagement of individuals with SCI in less-resourced settings.

Objective: This study aimed to explore the impact of peer training and entrepreneurial skills training on the social participation of individuals with SCI living in Tanzania.

Measuring global activity performance in children with cerebral palsy in West Africa: validation of an adapted version of the ACTIVLIM-CP questionnaire.

Purpose: To calibrate a West-African version of the ACTIVLIM-CP questionnaire (ACTIVLIM-CP-WA) for children with cerebral palsy (CP).

Materials And Methods: We recruited 287 children with CP of various age range: 2-6 years ( = 117, preschoolers), 6-12 years ( = 96, children) and 12-19 years ( = 74, adolescents). Caregivers of children of each age range completed the experimental version of the ACTIVLIM-CP-WA including 76 (preschoolers), 78 (children) and 76 (adolescents) global daily life activities.

Facilitators and barriers to participation in physical activities in children and adolescents living with cerebral palsy: a scoping review.

Purpose: This scoping review aimed to synthetize personal and environmental facilitators and barriers to participation in physical activities among youths living with cerebral palsy.

Methods: A systematic literature search was performed in five databases: CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Cochrane, WEB OF SCIENCE. The studies were selected by two independent researchers based on inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Criterion validity of ActiGraph monitoring devices for step counting and distance measurement in adults and older adults: a systematic review.

Background: Wearable activity monitors such as ActiGraph monitoring devices are widely used, especially in research settings. Various research studies have assessed the criterion validity of ActiGraph devices for step counting and distance estimation in adults and older adults. Although several studies have used the ActiGraph devices as a reference system for activity monitoring, there is no summarized evidence of the psychometric properties.

Association between post-stroke psychological disorders, activity limitations and health-related quality of life in chronic stroke survivors in Benin.

Purpose: To evaluate the association between depression/anxiety and activity limitations and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in chronic stroke survivors in Benin.

Materials And Methods: One hundred and seventy-six chronic stroke survivors (113 males; mean age (±SD): 56.5 (±10.

Relationships between overall physical activity and step counts in able-bodied adults and stroke survivors in developing countries: a cross-sectional study.

Purpose: To investigate how step counts relate to overall physical activity (PA) in able-bodied adults and stroke survivors in developing countries.

Materials And Methods: Sixty able-bodied adults (mean age: 48.8 ± 11.

A description of physical activity behaviors, barriers, and motivators in stroke survivors in Quebec.

Background: Stroke survivors do not meet physical activity (PA) recommendations to accrue the associated health benefits. Perceived barriers and motivators to PA can be influenced by geographic and cultural nuances that are important to consider when developing stroke-specific PA interventions.

Objective: The objectives of this study were to describe PA duration and frequency, barriers and motivators to PA, and to explore sex and ages differences in PA among stroke survivors in Quebec.

Global and Leisure-Time Physical Activity Levels Among People Living With HIV on Antiretroviral Therapy in Burundi: A Cross-sectional Study.

The latest recommendations for HIV therapeutic management emphasize the importance of regular physical activity (PA). This cross-sectional study assessed the self-reported level of PA, amount of leisure time PA (LTPA), and the predictors of PA practiced in 257 people living with HIV (PLWH) in Burundi. The World Health Organization recommends 150 min of PA per week.

Reliability of ActiGraph GT3X+ placement location in the estimation of energy expenditure during moderate and high-intensity physical activities in young and older adults.

WHO defines physical activity (PA) as any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure (EE). The purpose of this study was to compare the EE estimations by ActiGraph GT3X+ with a gold standard measurement, the portable gas analyser in a set of 3 different PAs. This cross-sectional study involved 56 participants, age range (years, [min, max]: young people [20, 33], older adults [65, 83]).

Cardiorespiratory strain during stroke rehabilitation: Are patients trained enough? A systematic review.

Background: Rehabilitation is a mandatory component of stroke management, aiming to recover functional capacity and independence. To that end, physical therapy sessions must involve adequate intensity in terms of cardiopulmonary stress to meet the physiological demands of independent living.

Objective: The aim of this systematic review was to determine the current level of cardiopulmonary strain during rehabilitation sessions in stroke patients.

Activity and participation in stroke survivors in a low-income setting: A cross-sectional study.

Objectives: To describe patients' activity and participation levels and to compare these levels across different groups of stroke survivors according to their walking speed (WS).

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 67 stroke survivors (43 men, mean age: 58.4 ± 12.