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Symposium

Measurement

Spinal Cord Injury

Technology

Smart Technology for Physical Activity and Exercise Research in People with Spinal Cord Injury: measurement, Monitoring, and Intervention 0603

Friday, November 1, 2024
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM  
Location:  ROOM: Miro REGION: Tower Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Tower elevators on Mezzanine level. Proceed straight ahead, past the skylight. Miro is the second room to the left.

    Corresponding Presenter(s)

  • Alex Wong, PhD (he/him/his)

    Assistant Director
    Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
    Chicago, Illinois, United States

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    • Presenter(s)

  • DD

    Dan Ding, PhD

    Associate Professor
    University of Pittsburgh
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

  • ZH

    Zijian Huang

    PhD Candidate
    University of Pittsburgh
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Smart technologies like smartphones and wearables have successfully created mHealth interventions for PA in people without disabilities. However, this success has not yet translated to people with SCI. Our team outlines three problems causing this knowledge gap: (1) smart technologies are not designed for people with SCI or wheelchair users; (2) mHealth PA interventions are not integrated with the use of population-specific wearable-based activity monitoring; and (3) the development and testing of mHealth-based exercise interventions have not leveraged implementation science and innovative trial design. This presentation will review these problems and provide two projects as user cases. We will first discuss wearable devices to assess PA and provide validation models. We then describe the WheelFit mHealth app's development with findings on feasibility and usability. Finally, we will share a recent paper using an implementation science framework to design a mobile exercise program to improve exercise adherence in people with SCI.

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Learning Objectives:

  • Attendees will be able to describe at least two problems in developing mobile physical activity or exercise interventions for persons with spinal cord injury.
  • Attendees will be able to describe a use case exemplifying the manual wheelchair users-specific wearable-based activity monitoring for physical acivity promotion.
  • Attendees will be able to describe a use case exemplifying the use of an implementation science framework to guide identifying contextual barriers while designing a mobile exercise adherence intervention.
  • Attendees will be able to describe at least two problems in developing mobile physical activity or exercise interventions for persons with spinal cord injury.
Disclosure(s):
Alex Wong, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose