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Patients receiving inpatient rehabilitation for lower limb orthopaedic conditions do much less physical activity than recommended in guidelines for healthy.

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1 Patients receiving inpatient rehabilitation for lower limb orthopaedic conditions do much less physical activity than recommended in guidelines for healthy older adults: an observational study  Casey L. Peiris, Nicholas F. Taylor, Nora Shields  Journal of Physiotherapy  Volume 59, Issue 1, Pages (March 2013) DOI: /S (13) Copyright © 2013 Australian Physiotherapy Association Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Flow of participants through the study.
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3 Figure 2 Correlation between steps per day and rehabilitation length of stay. Steps per day correlates with rehabilitation length of stay (r=−0.43, p<0.01). Note that the vertical axis is in logarithmic scale. Journal of Physiotherapy  , 39-44DOI: ( /S (13) ) Copyright © 2013 Australian Physiotherapy Association Terms and Conditions

4 Figure 3 Correlation between steps per day and the amount of change per day in the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) mobility score. Steps per day correlates with FIM mobility change per day when steps per day > median (398 steps, blue line) (r=0.42, p=0.03). Journal of Physiotherapy  , 39-44DOI: ( /S (13) ) Copyright © 2013 Australian Physiotherapy Association Terms and Conditions


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