Stroke related sarcopenia in individuals with different physical activity levels: A cross-sectional study.

Autor: Galvão ACJ; Physiotherapy Department, Faculdade Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil., Dias C; Post-Graduate Program of Health Sciences, Faculdade Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil., Miranda AL; Post-Graduate Program of Health Sciences, Faculdade Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil., Moura D; Post-Graduate Program of Health Sciences, Faculdade Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil., Palhares CVT; Physiotherapy Department, Faculdade Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil., Oliveira Leopoldino A; Post-Graduate Program of Health Sciences, Faculdade Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil., Polese JC; Physiotherapy Department, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy [Physiother Res Int] 2024 Apr; Vol. 29 (2), pp. e2084.
DOI: 10.1002/pri.2084
Abstrakt: Background and Objective: Individuals after stroke are likely to deal with the possible development of sarcopenia and reduced physical activity levels. The purpose of this study was to compare sarcopenia of individuals with chronic stroke who were stratified according to their physical activity levels, and to evaluate the relationship between sarcopenia and physical activity levels.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted with individuals after chronic stroke recruited from the general community. Individuals were submitted to sarcopenia screening (SARC-F questionnaire) and assessment of physical activity levels (Human Activity Profile questionnaire) to classify the individuals as impaired, moderately active, and active according to their Adjusted Activity Status (AAS). ANOVA was used to investigate the sarcopenia between groups and Pearson's coefficient to investigate the association among variables.
Results: Fifty-four individuals with a mean age of 56 ± 17.4 years were included. Twenty-one percent of the individuals were screened for sarcopenia. Inactive individuals had higher mean scores in the SARC-F (3.6 ± 2.1 points), whereas moderately active and active individuals presented lower mean scores in the same questionnaire, being 1.2 ± 1.1 points and 0.5 ± 0.7 points, respectively. A statistically significant inverse and high association was found between sarcopenia and physical activity levels (r = -0.716; p < 0.01).
Conclusion: Sarcopenia was found to be higher in individuals after chronic stroke with lower physical activity levels considered inactive when compared to individuals with higher physical activity levels. Furthermore, there was an inverse relationship between sarcopenia and physical activity level in stroke survivors.
(© 2024 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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