The Independent Mobility-related Physical ACTivity (IMPACT) Program is a coach-supported intervention that uses self-management strategies to empower patients who went through stroke to engage in additional autonomous walking-related activities after stroke during and after inpatient rehabilitation.

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People with mobility, circulatory, respiratory, or neurological disabilities use many kinds of devices for mobility. Advances in technology have given rise to new devices that some people with disabilities use as mobility devices, including many veterans injured while serving in the military.

- Wheelchairs
- Crutches, walkers
- Joysticks
- Head pointers
- Trackballs
- Eye- or head-trackers
- Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)

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DePaul, V. G., Bosch, J., Oczkowski, W. J., Wishart, L., O'Donnell, M., & Hart, R. G. (2020). Promoting Independent Mobility-related Physical ACTivity (IMPACT) in an inpatient stroke rehabilitation unit: a proof-of-concept evaluation of self-management intervention. [ABSTRACT] Disability and rehabilitation, 42(22), 3172–3181. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2019.1587012

Promoting Independent Mobility-related Physical ACTivity (IMPACT) in an inpatient stroke rehabilitation unit: a proof-of-concept evaluation of self-management intervention

Independent Mobility-related Physical ACTivity (IMPACT) Program

 The FIT-at-Home fall prevention program is an evidence-based, theory-informed, and user-endorsed intervention, which is a home-based lifestyle-integrated physical exercise training and home modification program for older people with a risk of falling, functional limitations, and limited mobility.

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