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Limb heaviness as a sensorimotor disorder alters rehabilitation adherence after a stroke

INTRODUCTION: To the best of our knowledge, it is still unknown how perceived limb heaviness affects rehabilitation adherence. As rehabilitation adherence is very important for the functional recovery of patients with stroke, it is important to explore the relationship between perceived limb heavine...

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Autores principales: Chen, Yuanyuan, Yang, Hongyan, Chen, Yanqin, Wei, Hui, Lan, Meijuan
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9433699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36061991
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.840808
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author Chen, Yuanyuan
Yang, Hongyan
Chen, Yanqin
Wei, Hui
Lan, Meijuan
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Yang, Hongyan
Chen, Yanqin
Wei, Hui
Lan, Meijuan
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description INTRODUCTION: To the best of our knowledge, it is still unknown how perceived limb heaviness affects rehabilitation adherence. As rehabilitation adherence is very important for the functional recovery of patients with stroke, it is important to explore the relationship between perceived limb heaviness and rehabilitation adherence. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the data of patients with consecutive stroke recruited in the CIRCLE study. The influence of age, gender, time from onset to enrollment, educational background, hypertension, diabetes, Modified Rankin Scale (MRS), and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) on rehabilitation adherence was analyzed. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to examine the association between perceived limb heaviness and rehabilitation adherence changes. RESULTS: A total of 108 participants completed the study. About 40 (37.0%) participants felt limb heaviness. The mean scores on the Medical Research Council (MRC) scale for the upper affected limb strength were 3.05 ± 1.7, and the mean score on the exercise adherence questionnaire (EAQ) was 34.27 ± 8.9. Univariate analysis showed that rehabilitation adherence levels differed in upper limb muscle strength and whether they perceived limb heaviness. After adjustment for independent predictors, we found that perceived limb heaviness was associated with rehabilitation adherence (B = −9.681 ± 1.494, p < 0.05) and R(2) was 0.332 and 0.074 if the muscle strength of the upper limb and perceived limb heaviness were included in the model and the model was without perceived limb heaviness, respectively. CONCLUSION: By identifying patients with stroke with limb heaviness, it led to lower levels of motor functional rehabilitation adherence. We must pay more attention to limb heaviness and provide effective interventions to improve rehabilitation adherence and promote patient recovery.
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spelling pubmed-94336992022-09-02 Limb heaviness as a sensorimotor disorder alters rehabilitation adherence after a stroke Chen, Yuanyuan Yang, Hongyan Chen, Yanqin Wei, Hui Lan, Meijuan Front Neurol Neurology INTRODUCTION: To the best of our knowledge, it is still unknown how perceived limb heaviness affects rehabilitation adherence. As rehabilitation adherence is very important for the functional recovery of patients with stroke, it is important to explore the relationship between perceived limb heaviness and rehabilitation adherence. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the data of patients with consecutive stroke recruited in the CIRCLE study. The influence of age, gender, time from onset to enrollment, educational background, hypertension, diabetes, Modified Rankin Scale (MRS), and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) on rehabilitation adherence was analyzed. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to examine the association between perceived limb heaviness and rehabilitation adherence changes. RESULTS: A total of 108 participants completed the study. About 40 (37.0%) participants felt limb heaviness. The mean scores on the Medical Research Council (MRC) scale for the upper affected limb strength were 3.05 ± 1.7, and the mean score on the exercise adherence questionnaire (EAQ) was 34.27 ± 8.9. Univariate analysis showed that rehabilitation adherence levels differed in upper limb muscle strength and whether they perceived limb heaviness. After adjustment for independent predictors, we found that perceived limb heaviness was associated with rehabilitation adherence (B = −9.681 ± 1.494, p < 0.05) and R(2) was 0.332 and 0.074 if the muscle strength of the upper limb and perceived limb heaviness were included in the model and the model was without perceived limb heaviness, respectively. CONCLUSION: By identifying patients with stroke with limb heaviness, it led to lower levels of motor functional rehabilitation adherence. We must pay more attention to limb heaviness and provide effective interventions to improve rehabilitation adherence and promote patient recovery. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9433699/ /pubmed/36061991 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.840808 Text en Copyright © 2022 Chen, Yang, Chen, Wei and Lan. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Neurology
Chen, Yuanyuan
Yang, Hongyan
Chen, Yanqin
Wei, Hui
Lan, Meijuan
Limb heaviness as a sensorimotor disorder alters rehabilitation adherence after a stroke
title Limb heaviness as a sensorimotor disorder alters rehabilitation adherence after a stroke
title_full Limb heaviness as a sensorimotor disorder alters rehabilitation adherence after a stroke
title_fullStr Limb heaviness as a sensorimotor disorder alters rehabilitation adherence after a stroke
title_full_unstemmed Limb heaviness as a sensorimotor disorder alters rehabilitation adherence after a stroke
title_short Limb heaviness as a sensorimotor disorder alters rehabilitation adherence after a stroke
title_sort limb heaviness as a sensorimotor disorder alters rehabilitation adherence after a stroke
topic Neurology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9433699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36061991
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.840808
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