Co-creating theory- and evidence-based best practices for physical activity counselling for adults with spinal cord injury
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**Aims:**
The aim of this study is to co-develop theory- and evidence-based best-practices for spinal cord injury (SCI)-specific physical activity counselling.
**Methods:**
An international expert panel including SCI researchers, counsellors and people with SCI worked together to co-create theory- and evidence-based best practices. Best practices were co-created by drawing on existing literature and experts' own knowledge and counselling experiences.
**Relevance:**
Guiding by the IKT Guiding Principles (www.iktprinciples.com), we will meaningfully engage SCI community members throughout our projects ensuring that our research is relevant, useful and useable. The implementaiton of the best practices will be supported by the developmemnt of user-friendly training modules.
**Funding:** Craig H. Neilsen Foundation
**More information:** contact Femke Hoekstra at femke.hoekstra@ubc.ca.
**References:**
- Hoekstra, F., Gainforth, H. L., Broeksteeg, R., Corras, S., Collins,
D., Gaudet, S., Giroux, E. E., McCallum, S., Ma, J. K., Rakiecki, D.,
Rockall, S., van den Berg-Emons, R., van Vilsteren, A., Wilroy, J., &
Martin Ginis, K. A. (2023). Theory- and evidence-based best practices
for physical activity counseling for adults with spinal cord injury.
The journal of spinal cord medicine, 1–13. Advance online
publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2023.2169062
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