(1) Older patients with more severe strokes spend more time sitting during the hospital stay. Time spent sitting and time spent upright increases gradually during hospitalization. The more time patients spent upright, the greater they improved their score on the Modified Rankin Scale. The patients who spent most time in the upright position also had higher Short Physical Performance Battery scores.

In the study, 58 patients admitted to hospital within seven days after stroke onset used body-worn sensors to measure physical activity and how activity levels changed over time during hospitalization.

(2) Stroke patients who improve their gait speed the most during early rehabilitation, also improve walking capacity and balance more than other patients.

Spatiotemporal gait parameters, walking capacity and balance were measured in 79 patients within two weeks of stroke onset, and again three months later. Improvement in nearly all gait parameters were associated with increased balance and walking capacity. In the multivarate analyses, only gait speed remained significant.

(3) Higher gait speed also associates with higher independence in basic activities of daily living three months after stroke. The association is independent of confounders such as fatigue at baseline, age, and stroke severity. Resilience, on the other hand, did not show and relation to activities of daily living at follow-up. 64 patients completed this study.