Research Article
Development and Preliminary Validation of a Stroke Physical Activity Questionnaire
Table 2
Reported physical activity per the SPAQ.
| | Variable | Number of patients engaged in activity | Average time (min/week) | Average time (min/day) |
| | Low intensity | 47 (100.0) | 1010.6 (949.5) | 144.4 (135.6) | | Basic activities of daily living | 47 (100.0) | 230.1 (127.8) | 32.9 (18.3) | | Light housework | 23 (48.9) | 113.7 (279.2) | 16.2 (39.9) | | Light gardening work | 16 (34.0) | 38.7 (71.8) | 5.5 (10.3) | | Grocery shopping | 19 (40.4) | 125.3 (377.8) | 17.9 (54.0) | | Flexibility exercise | 42 (89.4) | 225.0 (263.2) | 32.1 (37.6) | | Leisurely walking | 43 (91.5) | 175.0 (185.9) | 25.0 (26.6) | | Leisurely cycling | 21 (44.7) | 102.7 (287.9) | 14.7 (41.1) | | Moderate intensity | 24 (51.1) | 80.1 (167.7) | 11.4 (24.0) | | Walking up and down stairs | 20 (42.6) | 29.3 (52.6) | 4.2 (7.5) | | Brisk walking | 12 (25.5) | 80.2 (276.0) | 11.5 (39.4) | | Moderate intensity aerobic exercise i.e. cycling for exercise | 13 (27.7) | 50.5 (141.2) | 7.2 (20.2) | | High intensity | 11 (24.4) | 35.7 (85.0) | 5.1 (12.1) | | Strengthening exercise such as weight lifting | 10 (21.3) | 26.6 (65.1) | 3.7 (9.3) | | High intensity aerobic exercise i.e. running, aerobic dance | 3 (6.4) | 9.2 (38.3) | 1.3 (5.5) |
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