TY - JOUR
T1 - Disability and physical activity in people with chronic disease receiving physiotherapy. A prospective cohort study
AU - Tønning, Lisa U.
AU - Mechlenburg, Inger
AU - Christiansen, David H.
AU - Andersen, Nils Bo V.
AU - Stabel, Henriette H.
AU - Pedersen, Asger R.
AU - Nielsen, Jørgen F.
AU - Grimm, Bernd
AU - Næss-Schmidt, Erhard
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by Fysioterapipraksisfonden and Søster and Verner Lipperts Foundation.
Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank John Brincks and Søren Mose as well as the physiotherapy education at VIA University College in Aarhus and Holstebro, Denmark, for collaboration in collecting the data. The authors would also like to thank Matthijs Lipperts for technical support on data analysis.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2022 Tønning, Mechlenburg, Christiansen, Andersen, Stabel, Pedersen, Nielsen, Grimm and Næss-Schmidt.
PY - 2022/9/23
Y1 - 2022/9/23
N2 - Chronic disease affects patients' disability and participation in activities of daily living. Longitudinal information on disability and physical activity is generally scarce in patients with chronic disease. The current study aimed to investigate if self-reported disability and physical activity changed in patients with chronic disease receiving physiotherapy. Furthermore, the aim was to assess if an improvement in self-reported disability was related to an increase in objectively measured physical activity and if an aggravation in self-reported disability was related to a decrease in physical activity. Seventy patients with either multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, rheumatoid arthritis or stroke receiving free of charge physiotherapy were tested at baseline and 1 year later. Disability was measured with the self-reported modified Ranking Scale-9 Questionnaire and physical activity was objectively measured using tri-axial accelerometry. Neither self-reported disability nor physical activity changed among patients receiving 1 year of free of charge physiotherapy at group level. Furthermore, self-reported change of disability was not expressed with changes in objectively measured physical activity, indicating that the two measures represent two different constructs.
AB - Chronic disease affects patients' disability and participation in activities of daily living. Longitudinal information on disability and physical activity is generally scarce in patients with chronic disease. The current study aimed to investigate if self-reported disability and physical activity changed in patients with chronic disease receiving physiotherapy. Furthermore, the aim was to assess if an improvement in self-reported disability was related to an increase in objectively measured physical activity and if an aggravation in self-reported disability was related to a decrease in physical activity. Seventy patients with either multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, rheumatoid arthritis or stroke receiving free of charge physiotherapy were tested at baseline and 1 year later. Disability was measured with the self-reported modified Ranking Scale-9 Questionnaire and physical activity was objectively measured using tri-axial accelerometry. Neither self-reported disability nor physical activity changed among patients receiving 1 year of free of charge physiotherapy at group level. Furthermore, self-reported change of disability was not expressed with changes in objectively measured physical activity, indicating that the two measures represent two different constructs.
KW - chronic disease
KW - modified Ranking Scale
KW - physical activity
KW - physiotherapy
KW - tri-axial accelerometry
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UR - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36213452
U2 - 10.3389/fspor.2022.1006422
DO - 10.3389/fspor.2022.1006422
M3 - Article
C2 - 36213452
SN - 2624-9367
VL - 4
JO - Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
JF - Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
M1 - 1006422
ER -