Records the number of steps in a time interval over extended periods of monitoring.
1
2 months
Continuous step monitoring during the day, step recorded at short adjustable time intervals usually one minute for a period ranging from 1-2 weeks to 2 months
Initially reviewed by Shweta Subramani in 10/2013.
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Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury:
(Bowden and Behrman, 2007; n = 11; during 6 minute walk test (6MWT) and 10 meter walk test (10 MWT), mean age = 24.0 years, mean 19.7 months post injury)
Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury:
(Bowden and Behrman, 2007)
Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury:
(Bowden and Behrman, 2007)
Chronic stroke:
(Mudge and Stott, 2008; n = 40, mean age = 69.2(12.6) years, mean years post stroke = 5.1)
Stroke:
(Haeuber et al, 2004; n = 17, mean age = 65 (6) years, mean latency since stroke = 41.6 months)
Concurrent validity:
Stroke:
(Mudge et al, 2007; n = 25, mean age = 69 years, 6 months post stroke)
Concurrent validity:
Parkinson’s Disease(PD) and Multiple sclerosis(MS):
Schmidt et al, 2011; n = 20, while ambulating 15m)
Healthy adults:
(Mudge et al, 2010; n = 30, mean age = 27.7(8.9) years, without any existing co-morbidity)
Diabetes:
Boone, D. A. and Coleman, K. L. (2006). "Use of a step activity monitor in determining outcomes." JPO: Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics 18(6): P86-P92.
Bowden, M. G. and Behrman, A. L. (2007). "Step Activity Monitor: accuracy and test-retest reliability in persons with incomplete spinal cord injury." J Rehabil Res Dev 44(3): 355-362. Find it on PubMed
Cavanaugh, J. T., Coleman, K. L., et al. (2007). "Using Step Activity Monitoring to Characterize Ambulatory Activity in Community‐Dwelling Older Adults." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 55(1): 120-124.
Haeuber, E., Shaughnessy, M., et al. (2004). "Accelerometer monitoring of home- and community-based ambulatory activity after stroke." Arch Phys Med Rehabil 85(12): 1997-2001. Find it on PubMed
McDonald, C. M., Widman, L., et al. (2005). "Utility of a step activity monitor for the measurement of daily ambulatory activity in children." Arch Phys Med Rehabil 86(4): 793-801. Find it on PubMed
Mudge, S. and Stott, N. S. (2008). "Test--retest reliability of the StepWatch Activity Monitor outputs in individuals with chronic stroke." Clin Rehabil 22(10-11): 871-877. Find it on PubMed
Mudge, S., Stott, N. S., et al. (2007). "Criterion validity of the StepWatch Activity Monitor as a measure of walking activity in patients after stroke." Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 88(12): 1710-1715.
Mudge, S., Taylor, D., et al. (2010). "Test-retest reliability of the StepWatch Activity Monitor outputs in healthy adults." J Phys Act Health 7(5): 671-676. Find it on PubMed
Schmidt, A. L., Pennypacker, M. L., et al. (2011). "Validity of the StepWatch Step Activity Monitor: preliminary findings for use in persons with Parkinson disease and multiple sclerosis." Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy 34(1): 41-45.
Smith, D. G., Domholdt, E., et al. (2004). "Ambulatory activity in men with diabetes: Relationship between self-reported and real-world performance-based measures." Journal of rehabilitation research and development 41(4): 571-580.
We have reviewed more than 500 instruments for use with a number of diagnoses including stroke, spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury among several others.