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Table 2 Studies characteristics

From: Factors associated with upper extremity use after stroke: a scoping review of accelerometry studies

Firstauthor (year)

N

Time post stroke

Setting

UE use metric

Factors studied

Almubark (2018)

45

Chronic

Community

Relative: I

Body S&F: UE Kinematics, Compensatory movements, UE motricity

Activity: Unimanual capacity

AltMurphy (2019)

28

Subacute

Stroke unit

Relative: I

Absolute: I

Personal: Concordance

Environmental: Weekend vs. Weekday

Andersson (2021)

26

Subacute

Stroke unit

Relative: I

Absolute: I

Health condition: Stroke type, Time since stroke

Body S&F: UE motricity, UE spasticity, UE pain, UE sensory, LE motricity, LE non-motor

Activity: Mobility, General Autonomy

Personal: Sexe, Age, Concordance

Bailey (2015)

46

Chronic

Community

Relative: T

Absolute: T

Health condition: # comorbidities, time since stroke, # of stroke

Body S&F: Cognition, Depression

Activity: Unimanual capacity, General autonomy

Participation: Physical activity

Personal: Age, Concordance

Environmental: Living arrangement

Bailey (2015)

48

Chronic

Community

Relative: I

Activity: Unimanual capacity

Personal: Concordance

Barth (2020)

25

Acute

Stroke unit

Relative: T

Absolute: T

Body S&F: UE motricity

Activity: Unimanual capacity

Barth (2020)

78

Chronic

Community and laboratory setting

Relative: I, T

Absolute: I

Body S&F: Compensatory movements

Bezuidenhout (2022)

40

Chronic

Community and laboratory setting

Relative: I

Body S&F: UE motricity

Activity: Bimanual capacity

Personal: Concordance

Bhatnagar (2020)

21

Chronic

Community

Relative: I, T

Absolute: I, T

Body S&F: UE motricity

Activity: Unimanual capacity

Bochniewicz (2017)

10

Chronic

Laboratory setting

Absolute: Tc

Activity: Unimanual capacity

Chen (2023)

30

Chronic

Community

Absolute: Ta

Body S&F: UE motricity

Chin (2021)

60

Subacute

Stroke unit

Absolute: T

Health condition: Stroke severity, Time post-stroke

Body S&F: UE motricity, UE sensory, UE spasticity, UE pain, Balance, Cognition

Activity: General autonomy, Fall risk

Participation: Physical activity

Personal: Age, Sex, Knowledge on UE, Concordance, Self-efficacy

Environmental: Social support, Time spent in rehabilitation

Chin (2020)

60

Subacute

Stroke unit

Relative: I, T

Absolute: T

Body S&F: UE motricity

Environmental: Therapy

Personal: Concordance

Demers (2024)

30

Chronic

Community

Relative: T

Body S&F: UE motricity

Activity: Bimanual capacity

Personal: Self-efficacy

DeNiet (2007)

17

Subacute and chronic

Community or Stroke unit

Relative: I

Absolute: I

Body S&F: UE motricity

Doman (2016)

13

Subacute and chronic

Community (Outpatient)

Relative: I, T

Health condition: Time since stroke

Activity: Unimanual capacity

Personal: Age, Sex, Concordance

Duff (2022)

20

Chronic

Laboratory setting

Relative: I

Body S&F: UE motricity

Activity: Bimanual capacity

Dusfour (2023)

19

Chronic

Community

Relative: T

Body S&F: UE motricity

Narai (2016)

19

Acute to subacute

Stroke unit

Relative: I

Absolute: I

Health condition: Stroke severity

Body S&F: UE motricity, LE motricity

Activity: Unimanual capacity, General autonomy

Participation: Physical activity

Flury (2021)

15

Chronic

Community (Outpatient)

Relative: Tb

Absolute: Tb

Health condition: Stroke severity

Body S&F: UE motricity, Balance

Activity: Unimanual capacity, General autonomy, Mobility

Participation: Physical activity

Gebruers (2013)

129

Acute

Stroke unit

Relative: I

Absolute: I

Health condition: Stroke severity

Body S&F: UE motricity

Personal: Concordance

Gebruers (2011)

130

Acute

Stroke unit

Relative: I

Absolute: I

Health condition: Stroke severity

Body S&F: UE motricity, UE oedema

Gebruers (2008)

39

Acute

Stroke unit

Relative: I

Absolute: I

Health condition: Stroke severity

Body S&F: UE motricity

Geed (2023)

31

Chronic

Laboratory setting

Relative: Ta

Body S&F: UE motricity

Activity: Unimanual capacity

Gulde (2024)

50

Subacute to chronic

Stroke unit

Relative: I, T

Body S&F: UE strength

Activity: Unimanual capacity

Personal: Concordance, Sex

Haaland (2012)

60

Chronic

Laboratory setting

Absolute: Ta

Personal: Concordance

Hyakutake (2019)

10

Chronic

Community

Relative: I

Health condition: Time since stroke

Body S&F: UE motricity

Activity: Unimanual capacity

Personal: Age, Gender, Concordance

Iacovelli (2019)

20

Acute

Stroke unit

Relative: I

Health condition: Stroke severity

Body S&F: UE motricity

Personal: Age, Gender, Concordance

Kokotilo (2010)

10

Chronic

Community

Absolute: I

Health condition: Ipsilesional fMRI biomarker, Contralesional fMRI biomarker

Lakhani (2017)

18

Chronic

Community

Relative: I

Health condition: Lesion volume, Time since stroke, myelination asymmetry between sensorimotor regions

Body S&F: UE motricity

Activity: Unimanual capacity

Personal: Age, Concordance

Lang (2007)

34

Acute

Stroke unit

Absolute: T

Body S&F: UE motricity, UE pain, UE spasticity, UE sensory

Activity: Unimanual capacity, General autonomy

Personal: Concordance

Lee (2011)

16

Subacute

Stroke unit and community (multiple time points)

Relative: I

Absolute: I

Body S&F: UE motricity

Lee (2020)

29

Chronic

Community

Relative: I

Body S&F: UE motricity

Activity: Unimanual capacity

Personal: Concordance

Leuenberger (2017)

10

Subacute and chronic

Community

Relative: Ib, Tb

Absolute: Ib, Tb

Activity: Unimanual capacity

Lum (2020)

10

Chronic

Laboratory setting

Relative: T

Activity: Unimanual capacity

Lundquist (2022)

87(T1)

67 (T2)

Subacute

Community

Relative: T

Activity: Unimanual capacity

Michielsen (2009)

17

Subacute and chronic

Stroke unit and community

Relative: I

Body S&F: UE motricity

Activity: Unimanual capacity, Bimanual capacity

Otaki (2022)

25

Subacute

Stroke unit and Community (multiple time point)

Relative: I

Body S&F: Neglect, UE motricity

Activity: Unimanual capacity

Rand (2015)

32

Chronic

Community

Absolute: Ib

Personal: Age, Gender, Concordance

Reale (2023)

64

Acute

Stroke unit

Relative: I

Absolute: I

Health condition: Stroke severity

Body S&F: UE motricity

Reiterer (2008)

28

Acute and Subacute (Multiple time point)

Stroke unit and Community (multiple time point)

Absolute: I

Health condition: Stroke severity

Body S&F: UE motricity

Activity: General autonomy

Rinehart (2009)

29

Chronic

Laboratory setting

Absolute: Ta

Health condition: Concordance

Shim (2014)

40

Chronic

Stroke unit

Relative: I

Absolute: I

Body S&F: UE motricity

Thrane (2011)

31

Acute and subacute

Stroke unit (n = 23) or Community (n = 10)

Relative: T

Absolute: T

Body S&F: UE motricity

Activity: Mobility, General autonomy

Toba (2021)

35

Acute to chronic

Stroke unit or community

Relative: I

Health condition: Time since stroke

Body S&F: UE motricity, Neglect, Somatosensory impairment, Visual field, Preferential gaze orientation, Anosognosia

Personal: Sex, Age, Concordance, Education

Urbin (2014)

19

Chronic

Community

Absolute: T

Health condition: Homotopic rsFC, Heterotopic rsFC, Ipsilesional rsFC, Contralesional rsFC.

Urbin (2015)

27

Chronic

Community

Relative: I, T

Absolute: I

Activity: Unimanual capacity

Uswatte (2006)

169

Subacute

Community

Relative: T

Absolute: T

Activity: Mobility

VanderPas (2011)

45

Subacute and chronic

Community

Relative: I

Absolute: I

Body S&F: Unimanual capacity, Mobility

Vier (2020)

31

Chronic

Community

Relative: T

Activity: Unimanual capacity

Waddell (2019)

29

Subacute

Stroke unit and Community

Relative: T

Personal: Self-efficacy

Wallich (2023)

60

Subacute

Community

Relative: T

Activity: Unimanual capacity

Wang (2011)

51

Chronic

Community

Relative: T

Activity: Bimanual capacity

Yamamoto (2023)

20

Subacute

Stroke unit

Relative: I

Absolute: I

Body S&F: UE motricity

Activity: Unimanual capacity, General autonomy

  1. a Unilateral movement, b Walking time removed, c Non-functional movements removed
  2. Concordance concordance between the dominant UE and side of paresis, fMRI functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, I Intensity, LE Lower Extremity, rsFC resting state functional connectivity, S&F Structure and Function, T time, UE Upper Extremity