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Potential of social engagement for overcoming barriers to physical activity in individuals with spinal cord injury
INTRODUCTION: Many barriers to physical activity (PA) exist for individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). Social engagement may improve motivation to perform PA, which in turn may increase PA levels. This pilot study investigates how social engagement facilitated by mobile technology may reduce lac...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10327411/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37426039 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20556683231185755 |
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author | Canori, Alexandra Lakshminarayanan, Rithika Nunn, Melissa Schmidt-Read, Mary Intille, Stephen S Hiremath, Shivayogi V |
author_facet | Canori, Alexandra Lakshminarayanan, Rithika Nunn, Melissa Schmidt-Read, Mary Intille, Stephen S Hiremath, Shivayogi V |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Many barriers to physical activity (PA) exist for individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). Social engagement may improve motivation to perform PA, which in turn may increase PA levels. This pilot study investigates how social engagement facilitated by mobile technology may reduce lack of motivation as a barrier to PA in individuals with SCI and demonstrates design implications for future technologies. METHODS: A user-needs survey was conducted with participants in the community. We recruited 26 participants (16 individuals with SCI and 10 family members or peers). A participatory design process using semi-structured interviews was used to identify themes relating to PA barriers. RESULTS: One theme related to PA barriers was lack of PA-focused forums to connect with peers. Participants with SCI considered connecting with other individuals with SCI more motivating than connecting with their family members. Another key finding was that participants with SCI did not perceive that personal fitness trackers were targeted towards wheelchair-based activities. CONCLUSIONS: Engagement and communication with peers who have similar functional mobility levels and life experiences can potentially improve motivation for PA; however, PA-motivational platforms are not tailored towards wheelchair-users. Our preliminary findings show that some individuals with SCI are not satisfied with current mobile-technologies for wheelchair-based PA. |
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spelling | pubmed-103274112023-07-08 Potential of social engagement for overcoming barriers to physical activity in individuals with spinal cord injury Canori, Alexandra Lakshminarayanan, Rithika Nunn, Melissa Schmidt-Read, Mary Intille, Stephen S Hiremath, Shivayogi V J Rehabil Assist Technol Eng Original Manuscript INTRODUCTION: Many barriers to physical activity (PA) exist for individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). Social engagement may improve motivation to perform PA, which in turn may increase PA levels. This pilot study investigates how social engagement facilitated by mobile technology may reduce lack of motivation as a barrier to PA in individuals with SCI and demonstrates design implications for future technologies. METHODS: A user-needs survey was conducted with participants in the community. We recruited 26 participants (16 individuals with SCI and 10 family members or peers). A participatory design process using semi-structured interviews was used to identify themes relating to PA barriers. RESULTS: One theme related to PA barriers was lack of PA-focused forums to connect with peers. Participants with SCI considered connecting with other individuals with SCI more motivating than connecting with their family members. Another key finding was that participants with SCI did not perceive that personal fitness trackers were targeted towards wheelchair-based activities. CONCLUSIONS: Engagement and communication with peers who have similar functional mobility levels and life experiences can potentially improve motivation for PA; however, PA-motivational platforms are not tailored towards wheelchair-users. Our preliminary findings show that some individuals with SCI are not satisfied with current mobile-technologies for wheelchair-based PA. SAGE Publications 2023-06-26 /pmc/articles/PMC10327411/ /pubmed/37426039 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20556683231185755 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Original Manuscript Canori, Alexandra Lakshminarayanan, Rithika Nunn, Melissa Schmidt-Read, Mary Intille, Stephen S Hiremath, Shivayogi V Potential of social engagement for overcoming barriers to physical activity in individuals with spinal cord injury |
title | Potential of social engagement for overcoming barriers to physical activity in individuals with spinal cord injury |
title_full | Potential of social engagement for overcoming barriers to physical activity in individuals with spinal cord injury |
title_fullStr | Potential of social engagement for overcoming barriers to physical activity in individuals with spinal cord injury |
title_full_unstemmed | Potential of social engagement for overcoming barriers to physical activity in individuals with spinal cord injury |
title_short | Potential of social engagement for overcoming barriers to physical activity in individuals with spinal cord injury |
title_sort | potential of social engagement for overcoming barriers to physical activity in individuals with spinal cord injury |
topic | Original Manuscript |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10327411/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37426039 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20556683231185755 |
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