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Direct referral and physical activity counselling upon discharge from spinal cord injury rehabilitation

Abstract

Study design:Sixteen-week follow-up study.Objective:To evaluate the efficacy of referral from a health-care provider to regular exercise combined with 16 weeks of counselling support following discharge from inpatient or outpatient spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitation.Setting:Two rehabilitation centres in Canada.Methods:Seventeen participants (age 42.1±10.6 years, C3–T12, ASIA impairment score A–C) were recruited at discharge from inpatient …

Authors

Pelletier CA; Latimer-Cheung AE; Warburton DE; Hicks AL

Journal

Spinal Cord, Vol. 52, No. 5, pp. 392–395

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

May 2014

DOI

10.1038/sc.2014.16

ISSN

1362-4393