Preferred Methods and Messengers for Delivering Physical Activity Information to People With Spinal Cord Injury: A Focus Group Study

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 128-137

  Letts, Lori ^a   Martin Ginis, Kathleen A ^a   Faulkner, Guy ^b   Colquhoun, Heather ^a   Levac, Danielle ^a   Gorczynski, Paul ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disability sport; Exercise; Knowledge mobilization; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNET; MALE; MULTIMEDIA; PARAPLEGIA; PEER GROUP; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLICATION; QUADRIPLEGIA; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SELF CARE; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTENTION; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PEER GROUP; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 79956219048     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: 19391544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023624     Document Type: Article

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