Activity-Based Therapy in the Community for Individuals Living with Spinal Cord Injury or Disease: Qualitative Interviews with Clinicians

Lovisa Cheung, Kristin E. Musselman, Anita Kaiser, Hope Jervis Rademeyer, Kristen Walden, Sandi Marshall, Cindy Gauthier. Available online 2 June 2021.
doi: 10.1080/09638288.2021.1923072

Abstract

Activity-based therapy (ABT) is a restorative approach that promotes neurological recovery below the level of injury in individuals with spinal cord injury or disease (SCI/D). This study sought to understand how ABT and its associated technologies were being used in community-based facilities across Canada.

Methods

One to two participants from ten community-based ABT facilities completed a semi-structured interview that queried types of technologies or techniques used in ABT, and barriers and facilitators to providing ABT for individuals with SCI/D. Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim, and analyzed using an interpretive description approach to identify themes and categories.

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