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- Title
Physical Activity and Spinal Cord Injury: Lessons Learned at the Lowest End of the Physical Activity Spectrum.
- Authors
Todd, Kendra R.; Martin Ginis, Kathleen A.
- Abstract
Given profound physical, psychosocial, and environmental barriers to physical activity (PA), people living with spinal cord injury (SCI) are less active than virtually every other segment of the population. Nevertheless, people with SCI are not universally "sedentary." Many people with SCI live physically active lives, and behavioral interventions have proven effective at increasing and maintaining both PA and fitness. This paper discusses PA and inactivity in the SCI population and reviews the who, what, and how of effective SCI PA-enhancing interventions. The authors conclude with 3 recommendations for increasing PA in other low-active populations: Know your audience and the issues, develop audience-specific messages and tailored interventions, and use behavior-change theory to develop messages and interventions.
- Subjects
SPINAL cord injuries; PHYSICAL activity; SEDENTARY behavior; EXERCISE; PHYSICAL training &; conditioning
- Publication
Kinesiology Review, 2019, Vol 8, Issue 1, p54
- ISSN
2163-0453
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/kr.2018-0062