A case study of a community-university multidisciplinary partnership approach to increasing physical activity participation among people with spinal cord injury

Translational Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 516-522

  Ginis, Kathleen A Martin ^a   Latimer Cheung, Amy ^b   Corkum, Sonya ^c   Ginis, Spero ^a   Anathasopoulos, Peter ^d   Arbour Nicitopoulos, Kelly ^a   Gainforth, Heather ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Fondation ontarienne de neurotraumatologie   (Canada)

^d Canadian Paraplegic Association Ontario   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community based research; Disability; Exercise; Knowledge mobilization; Quadriplegia; Sports; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CANADA; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL INDICATOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 84871513442     PISSN: 18696716     EISSN: 16139860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13142-012-0157-0     Document Type: Article

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