RehabMove 2018: PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AMONG PEOPLE WITH SPINAL CORD INJURY: A COMPARISON BETWEEN CANADA AND THE NETHERLANDS ...

Abstract The purpose of this study is to compare participation in leisure time physical activities among Canadian and Dutch individuals with a spinal cord injury (SCI). This international comparative study used cross-sectional data from Canadians with SCI (n=695) and Dutch individuals with SCI (n=429). Leisure time physical activity was measured using a selection of items from the PASIPD and the PARA-SCI. Physical activity levels were reported in MET h/day. In both countries, 50% of the participants reported no or low levels of leisure time physical activities (Canada: <0.1 MET h/day; the N... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Hoekstra, F.
De Groot, S.
Bruin, J.
van der Woude, L.H.V.
Hoekstra, T.
Post, M.W.M.
Martin Ginis, K.A.
Dokumenttyp: Scholarlyarticle
Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
Verlag/Hrsg.: Zenodo
Schlagwörter: Physical activity / spinal cord injury / international comparative study.
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29164070
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1490126

Abstract The purpose of this study is to compare participation in leisure time physical activities among Canadian and Dutch individuals with a spinal cord injury (SCI). This international comparative study used cross-sectional data from Canadians with SCI (n=695) and Dutch individuals with SCI (n=429). Leisure time physical activity was measured using a selection of items from the PASIPD and the PARA-SCI. Physical activity levels were reported in MET h/day. In both countries, 50% of the participants reported no or low levels of leisure time physical activities (Canada: <0.1 MET h/day; the Netherlands: <3.1 MET h/day). While the results showed that leisure time physical activity levels tend to be higher among Dutch individuals with SCI compared to Canadians with SCI (p<.001), the results need to be interpreted with caution due to differences in terminology and questionnaires used in both countries. In this study, a unique dataset is created including information on leisure time physical activity of ...