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- Title
Free-living monitoring of ambulatory activity after treatments for lower extremity musculoskeletal cancers using an accelerometer-based wearable - a new paradigm to outcome assessment in musculoskeletal oncology?
- Authors
Furtado, Sherron; Godfrey, Alan; Del Din, Silvia; Rochester, Lynn; Gerrand, Craig
- Abstract
Ambulatory activity (walking) is affected after sarcoma surgery yet is not routinely assessed. Small inexpensive accelerometers could bridge the gap. Study objectives investigated, whether in patients with lower extremity musculoskeletal tumours: (A) it was feasible to conduct ambulatory activity assessments in patient's homes using an accelerometer-based wearable (AX3, Axivity). (B) AX3 assessments produced clinically useful data, distinguished tumour sub-groups and related to existing measures.
- Publication
Disability and rehabilitation, 2023, Vol 45, Issue 12, p2021
- ISSN
1464-5165
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1080/09638288.2022.2083701