Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2013 Aug;94(8):1534-9. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.12.014. Epub 2013 Feb 15.
To identify steps per day in a large sample of persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) and to describe variation by demographic and clinical characteristics and device type.
Cross-sectional design.
General community.
Convenience sample of persons with multiple sclerosis (N=645) recruited from the general community who were ambulatory and relapse free for 30 days. Mean age ± SD of the participants was 46.3 ± 10.6 years old. Participants were mostly women (85%), white (93%), and employed (64%).
Not applicable.
Step counts measured by a motion sensor during a 7-day period.
The average value for the entire sample was 5,903 ± 3,185 steps per day. This value varied by demographic and clinical characteristics, but not device type, and indicated that men, participants who were unemployed, had a high school education or less, progressive MS, a longer disease duration, and higher disability were less physically active based on the metric of steps per day.
This study provides an expected value for average steps per day among persons with MS. Such an expected value for this population is an important first step to help researchers and clinicians interested in improving the overall health of persons with MS through physical activity promotion.
在大量多发性硬化症（MS）患者中确定每天的步数，并描述其随人口统计学和临床特征以及设备类型的变化情况。
横断面设计。
普通社区。
从普通社区招募的多发性硬化症（N=645）患者的便利样本，这些患者在 30 天内无活动和复发。参与者的平均年龄±标准差为 46.3±10.6 岁。参与者大多为女性（85%），白人（93%），有工作（64%）。
不适用。
通过运动传感器在 7 天内测量的步数。
整个样本的平均值为每天 5903±3185 步。这个值因人口统计学和临床特征而异，但与设备类型无关，表明男性、失业者、高中学历或以下、进展型多发性硬化症、较长的疾病病程和较高的残疾程度，根据每天的步数衡量，身体活动量较少。
本研究提供了多发性硬化症患者每天平均步数的预期值。对于该人群，这样的预期值是帮助对通过促进身体活动来改善多发性硬化症患者整体健康感兴趣的研究人员和临床医生的重要的第一步。
