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Table 1 Schedule of assessments

From: Recovery of mobility function and life-space mobility after ischemic stroke: the MOBITEC-Stroke study protocol

Assessment

Recruit-ment

T0 (3 months after stroke)

T1 (6 months after stroke)

T2 (9 months after stroke)

T3 (12 months after stroke)

Participant characteristics

 Cognition (MoCA)

x

    

 Body height

 

x

   

 Leg length

 

x

   

 Body weight

 

x

x

x

x

 Years of education

 

x

   

 Social support (incl. Pre-stroke)

 

x

x

x

x

 Financial hardship

 

x

x

x

x

 Residential area

 

x

x

x

x

 Housing situation

 

x

x

x

x

 Living condition

 

x

x

x

x

 Instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs)

 

x

x

x

x

 Clinical-neurological examination

 

x

  

x

 Stroke severity (NIHSS)

 

x

  

x

 Level of functional independence (mRS)

 

x

  

x

 Comorbidities (SCQ)

 

x

  

x

 Depressive Symptoms (GDS-15)

 

x

  

x

 Health-related quality of life (SS-QoL)

 

x

  

x

 Use of centrally acting drugs

 

x

  

x

 Vison problems

 

x

  

x

 Hearing problems

 

x

  

x

Mobility

 Walking ability (incl. Pre-stroke)

 

x

x

x

x

 Mobility limitations (incl. Pre-stroke)

 

x

x

x

x

 Quantitative gait analysis (pressure sensitive walkway; portable sensors)

 

x

x

x

x

 Lower limb muscle power (leg press)

 

x

x

x

x

 Balance (force platform)

 

x

x

x

x

 5 times sit-to-stand (on force platform)

 

x

x

x

x

 Timed up-and-go test

 

x

x

x

x

 Objective life-space (1-week GPS)

 

x

x

x

x

 Self-reported life-space (UAB LSA)

 

x

x

x

x

 Reasons for going outdoors, transportation use, need for assistance (digital map-based tool)

 

x

x

x

x

 Availability and usage of a private car (incl. Pre-stroke)

 

x

x

x

x

Further measures

 Physical activity (1-week accelerometry)

 

x

x

x

x

 Active Ageing (UJACAS)

 

x

x

x

x

 Fall-history (3-month recall) (incl. Pre-stroke)

 

x

x

x

x

 Fall-related self-efficacy (FES-I)

 

x

x

x

x

 Retinal vessel analysis

  

x

 

x

 Rehab measures

 

x

x

x

x

 Medical events

 

x

x

x

x

  1. MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment; NIHSS National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; mRS Modified Rankin Scale; SCQ Self-Administered Comorbidity Questionnaire; GDS-15 15-Item Geriatric Depression Scale; SSQoL Stroke-Specific Quality of Life scale; GPS Global Positioning System; UAB LSA University of Alabama at Birmingham Study of Aging Life-Space Assessment; UJACAS University of Jyvaskyla Active Ageing Scale; FES-I Falls Efficacy Scale-International