Longitudinal changes in physical activity accumulation patterns during 1-year follow-up in stroke survivors.

Purpose: Few studies have reported changes in the accumulation patterns of physical activity over a year after stroke. This study characterized the longitudinal changes in physical activity levels and their accumulation patterns for a 1-year follow-up period in stroke survivors.

Materials And Methods: In this single-center, prospective, longitudinal observational study, 47 stroke survivors were assessed at rehabilitation discharge and at 6 and 12 months post-discharge.

Weight Change during the Early Phase of Convalescent Rehabilitation after Stroke as a Predictor of Functional Recovery: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

It has been reported that weight gain at discharge compared with admission is associated with improved activities of daily living in convalescent rehabilitation (CR) patients with low body mass index. Here, we investigated whether weight maintenance or gain during the early phase of CR after stroke correlates with a better functional recovery in patients with a wide range of BMI values. We conducted this retrospective cohort study in a CR ward of our hospital and included adult stroke patients admitted to the ward from January 2014 to December 2018.

Sex Differences in Physical Activity in People After Stroke: A Cross-sectional Study.

Objective: Adequate physical activity after stroke is critical for cardiovascular health. Although sex is a potential factor associated with post-stroke physical activity, its mechanism remains unclear. This study aimed to examine sex differences in human physical activity following stroke.

Gait training using the Honda Walking Assist Device® for individuals with transfemoral amputation: A report of two cases.

Background: Independent walking is important for individuals who have undergone lower limb amputation. Recently, robot-assisted gait training has been widely used for individuals with abnormal gait. However, no study has evaluated the effect of the Honda Walking Assist Device® (HWA) on the gait of patients who have undergone transfemoral (TF) amputation.

Gait Training Using the Honda Walking Assistive Device in a Patient Who Underwent Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Single-Subject Study.

Background And Objectives: The Honda Walking Assistive device® (HWA) is a light and easywearable robot device for gait training, which assists patients' hip flexion and extension movementsto guide hip joint movements during gait. However, the safety and feasibility of robot-assisted gaittraining after total hip arthroplasty (THA) remains unclear. Thus, we aimed to evaluate the safetyand feasibility of this gait training intervention using HWA in a patient who underwent THA.

Walking activity in community-dwelling stroke survivors within 1 month after discharge from a rehabilitation setting.

To characterize the pattern of activity accumulation in stroke survivors. Nineteen stroke patients and 19 age-sex-matched healthy adults participated. Step counts were measured using a step activity monitor for 3 d.

Hip prosthesis in sitting posture for bilateral transfemoral amputee after burn injury: a case report.

Background: To overcome the challenges of rehabilitation of bilateral transfemoral amputees, we developed a novel "hip prosthesis in the sitting posture." Case Description and Methods: A 64-year-old male bilateral transfemoral amputee was transferred for rehabilitation 4 months following a burn injury. His wounds remained unhealed for 20 months; thus, he was unable to participate in standing training with the standard prosthetic sockets.