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The barriers, benefits and facilitators of leisure time physical activity among people with spinal cord injury: a meta-synthesis of qualitative findings

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posted on 2015-04-01, 11:42 authored by Toni L. Williams, Brett M. Smith, Anthony PapathomasAnthony Papathomas
Physical activity (PA) can have a positive impact upon health and well-being for people with spinal cord injury (SCI). Despite these benefits, people with SCI are within the most physically inactive segment of society that comprises disabled people. This original meta-synthesis of qualitative research was undertaken to explore the barriers, benefits and facilitators of leisure time physical activity (LTPA) among people with SCI. Articles published since 2000 were identified through a rigorous search of electronic databases, supported with a hand search of relevant journals and papers. In total, 64 papers were read in full, and based on inclusion criteria, 18 were relevant for review. The key themes constructed from the data were summarised, compared and synthesised. Eight interrelated concepts were identified as barriers, benefits and/or facilitators of LTPA: (i) well-being (WB); (ii) environment; (iii) physical body; (iv) body–self relationship; (v) physically active identity; (vi) knowledge; (vii) restitution narrative; (viii) perceived absences. Based on the synthesised evidence, healthcare professionals need to appreciate the relationships between the barriers, benefits and facilitators of LTPA in order to successfully promote a physically active lifestyle. Equally, a more critical attitude to PA promotion is called for in terms of possible adverse consequences.

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  • Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Published in

Health Psychology Review

Volume

8

Issue

4

Pages

404 - 425

Citation

WILLIAMS, T.L., SMITH, B. and PAPATHOMAS, A., 2014. The barriers, benefits and facilitators of leisure time physical activity among people with spinal cord injury: a meta-synthesis of qualitative findings. Health Psychology Review, 8 (4), pp.404-425.

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Routledge (© Taylor & Francis)

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Acceptance date

2014-02-21

Publication date

2014-03-26

Notes

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Health Psychology Review on 26 March 2014, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/17437199.2014.898406

ISSN

1743-7199

eISSN

1743-7202

Language

  • en

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