Journal article
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