Development and Preliminary Validation of a Stroke Physical Activity Questionnaire.

Thunyakamon PhusuttatamJittima SaengsuwanPajeemas Kittipanya-Ngam

Published in: Stroke research and treatment (2019)

The SPAQ can be used to practically assess physical activity in chronic stroke patients, and it has acceptable psychometric properties which are comparable to other standard physical activity questionnaires. Future work should determine the validity of the SPAQ using an objective device such as an accelerometer.

Keyphrases

physical activity
psychometric properties
body mass index
atrial fibrillation
sleep quality
current status
brain injury
subarachnoid hemorrhage
cerebral ischemia