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What is Walking and Stretching?

Walking is a moderate form of physical activity that can have important health benefits. Stretching is a form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle is deliberately elongated to its fullest length to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Stiffness 54 9 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 52 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Fibromyalgia 26 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Muscle fatigue 11 0
Other 10 1 Efficacy_moderate
Back pain 8 1 Efficacy_slight

See all 178 patients currently doing Walking and Stretching

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 6
Mild
 5
None
 13

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Walking and Stretching

Pain worsened 3
Pain in lower back 2
Tenderness 2
Muscle fatigue 1
Soreness if I overdo it 1

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently doing Walking and Stretching. See all 45 dosages ►

  daily 10minutes as needed 30minutes as needed 1 hr daily 10 min daily 15 min daily 20 min daily 30 min daily 45 min daily 60 min daily
  4 Number of Patients: 4 5 Number of Patients: 5 7 Number of Patients: 7 10 Number of Patients: 10 10 Number of Patients: 10 13 Number of Patients: 13 16 Number of Patients: 16 42 Number of Patients: 42 8 Number of Patients: 8 12 Number of Patients: 12  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Doing Walking and Stretching (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 7   Other: 78%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 22%
I didn't have enough time 1   I didn't have enough time: 11%

See all 9 patients who’ve stopped doing Walking and Stretching

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Doing Walking and Stretching

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0

Stopped Doing Walking and Stretching

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Walking and Stretching

Always
 5 21%
Usually
 13 54%
Sometimes
 6 25%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Walking and Stretching

Very
 2 8%
Somewhat
 7 29%
A little
 9 38%
Not at all
 6 25%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Walking and Stretching

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 11 100%

Report created on May 28, 2012.