January 2013
Happy New Year and welcome to SCI Focus brought to you by Independent Living Research Utilization (ILRU) in partnership with the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Spinal Cord Injury at the MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital (MedStar NRH) in Washington, DC.
In this issue, our focus is on weight management and adaptive exercise. You will find links to resources on the Internet, fact sheets, videos, survey results, and assorted other links to useful information on this topic.
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Quick Surveys
- January quick poll on New Year’s Resolutions
- January 2012 Survey Write-up on Physical Activity/Exercise!
Resources
Factsheets
- Weight Management and SCI Factsheet New!
- Info sheet on Adaptive Exercise Equipment and Disability Sports Sites New!
- Before You Begin Exercising Factsheet
- Exercise and SCI
- Exercise Video Reviews
Videos
- How to Warm Up New!
- How To Shoulder External Rotation/ Rotator Cuff Exercise New!
- How To Exercise C5-C6
- How To Sit Down Skiing
Articles
If you or your health care provider would like to read one or more of these articles and you don’t have access to the journals listed, please send a request to info@sci-health.org and we will help you obtain copies.
Weight Management
- Groah SL, Nash MS, Ljungberg IH, Libin A, Hamm L, Ward E, Burns PA, Enfield G: Nutrient Intake and Body Habitus after Spinal Cord Injury: And Analysis by Sex and Level of Injury. JSCM 2009, 32(1):17-25.
- Feasel S, Groah S. The impact of diet on cardiovascular disease risk in individuals with spinal cord injury. Topics in SCI Rehabilitation 2009;Winter 14(3):58-68.
Exercise
- Groah SL, Lichy A, Libin A, Ljungberg I. Intensive electrical stimulation attenuates femoral bone loss in acute spinal cord injury. Physical Medicine Rehabilitation (in press). DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2010.08.003.
- Kehn M, Kroll T: Staying physically active after spinal cord injury: A qualitative exploration of barriers and facilitators to exercise participation. BMC Public Health, 9:168, doi:10.1186/1471-2458-9-168.
- Hidler J, Hamm L, Lichy A, Groah S. (2008) Automating Activity-Based Interventions: The Role of Robotics. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development;45(2),337-344.
- Lewis J, Nash MS, Hamm LF, Martins SC, Groah SL. (2007) The relationship between perceived exertion and physiological indicators of stress during graded arm exercise in persons with spinal cord injuries. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation;88(9):1205-11.
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