Physical activity and individuals with spinal cord injury: Accuracy and quality of information on the Internet

Disability and Health Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 112-120

  Jetha, Arif ^a,b   Faulkner, Guy ^b   Gorczynski, Paul ^b   Arbour Nicitopoulos, Kelly ^b   Martin Ginis, Kathleen A ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Internet; Physical activity; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CAREGIVERS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EXERCISE THERAPY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 79952814027     PISSN: 19366574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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