Physical Activity and the Association With Self-Reported Impairments, Walking Limitations, Fear of Falling and Incidence of Falls in Persons With Late Effects of Polio.
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The purpose of this study was to determine the association between physical activity and self-reported disability in ambulatory persons with mild to moderate late effects of polio (N=81, mean age 67 years). The outcome measures were: Physical Activity and Disability Survey (PADS), a pedometer, Self-reported Impairments in Persons with Late Effects of Polio Scale (SIPP), Walking Impact Scale (Walk-12), Falls Efficacy Scale - International (FES-I) and self-reported incidence of falls. The participants were physically active on average 158 minutes per day and walked 6212 steps daily. Significant associations were found between PADS and Walk-12 (r = -0.31, p < 0.001), and between the number of steps and SIPP, Walk-12 and FES-I (r = -0.22 to -0.32, p < 0.05). Walk-12 and age explained 14% of the variance in PADS and FES-I explained 9% of the variance in number of steps per day. Thus, physical activity was only weakly to moderately associated with self-reported disability.
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Publishing year
2015
Language
English
Pages
425-432
Publication/Series
Journal of Aging and Physical Activity
Volume
23
Issue
3
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Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Human Kinetics
Topic
- Gerontology, specializing in Medical and Health Sciences
Status
Published
Research group
- Active and Healthy Ageing Research Group
- Rehabilitation medicine
- Human Movement: health and rehabilitation
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- ISSN: 1543-267X