The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Limited Range of Motion in the Older Bedridden Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of this study is to examine the association between physical activity and contracture in older patients confined to bed in long-term care (LTC) facilities.

Methods

Patients wore ActiGraph GT3X+ for 8 hours on their wrists, and vector magnitude (VM) counts were obtained as the amount of activity. The passive range of motion (ROM) of joints was measured. The severity of ROM restriction classified, as the tertile value of the reference ROM of each joint, was scored 1-3 points. Spearman's rank correlation coefficients (Rs) were used to measure the association between the VM counts per day and ROM restrictions.

Results

The sample comprised 128 patients with a mean (SD) age of 84.8 (8.8) years. The mean (SD) of VM was 84574.6 (115195.2) per day. ROM r

SUBMITTER: Murata C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9953499 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature