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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.