title: Is walking endurance associated with activity and participation late after stroke?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  After stroke, impaired walking ability may affect activity and participation. The aim was to investigate whether self-reported activity and participation were associated with walking endurance late after stroke.
  
  
  METHODS
  A non-randomised sample of 31 persons with a mean age of 59.7 years and time since stroke of 7-10 years was studied. Walking endurance was measured by the 6-minute walk test (6MWT). Self-reported activity and participation were measured by the Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly and the Stroke Impact Scale. Relationships were analysed with linear regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A regression model including activities of daily living and 6MWT explained 44%, mobility and 6MWT explained 25% and a model including physical activity level and 6MWT explained 21% of the variation in activity. Regarding participation, the explanatory level of the model of participation and 6MWT was 30%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Walking distance several years after stroke was partly associated with self-reported difficulties in activity and participation.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden. anna.danielsson@vgregion.se
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Danielsson
authors.forename: Carin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Willén
authors.forename: Katharina S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Sunnerhagen
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity; D010807:Physical Endurance; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000503:physiopathology; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D013997:Time Factors; D016138:Walking