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Abstract
In post-stroke individuals with walking difficulties, prolonged sitting can lead to increased mortality. Interventions targeting increased physical activity for these individuals are limited. Consequently, many such stroke survivors become reliant on wheelchairs, leading to prolonged inactivity. This report highlights a case where a chronic stroke patient, with walking challenges, was transitioned from a wheelchair to regular chair sitting by nursing staff in a facility lacking specialised rehabilitation professionals. This simple act of transitioning from a wheelchair to a chair during daily routines led to improvements in the patient’s physical activity and upper limb functionality and reduced the need for help during meals.
- Rehabilitation medicine
- Stroke
- Medical management
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Contributors The following authors were responsible for drafting the text, sourcing and editing clinical images, investigation results, drawing original diagrams and algorithms and critically revising important intellectual content: AH, TY and KN. The following authors gave final approval of the manuscript: AH, TY and KN.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Case reports provide a valuable learning resource for the scientific community and can indicate areas of interest for future research. They should not be used in isolation to guide treatment choices or public health policy.
Competing interests None declared.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.