An investigation of seasonal variation in leisure-time physical activity in persons with spinal cord injury
Study design: Secondary cross-sectional analyses of a cohort. Objectives: To examine seasonal variation in total moderate-to-vigorous leisure-time physical activity (MV-LTPA), exercise and sport participation in a cohort of individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). Setting: Community (Ontario, Cana...
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Published in | Spinal cord Vol. 50; no. 7; pp. 507 - 511 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
London
Nature Publishing Group UK
01.07.2012
Nature Publishing Group |
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Summary: | Study design:
Secondary cross-sectional analyses of a cohort.
Objectives:
To examine seasonal variation in total moderate-to-vigorous leisure-time physical activity (MV-LTPA), exercise and sport participation in a cohort of individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI).
Setting:
Community (Ontario, Canada).
Methods:
Participants with SCI (
n
=695) completed telephone interviews regarding their involvement in MV-LTPA along with social cognitive predictors of MV-LTPA. Logistic regression was used to predict the impact of season on participation in MV-LTPA, exercise and sport. Hierarchical linear regression was used to examine seasonal variation in min per day of MV-LTPA in the active sub-cohort (
n
=342) with a specific focus on exercise (for example, wheeling), and sport (for example, sledge hockey).
Results:
Logistic regressions revealed that season did not predict whether participants engaged in MV-LTPA, exercise or sport. Linear regressions revealed that individuals in the active sub-cohort who completed the questionnaire during the winter reported engaging in less MV-LTPA than those who were interviewed in summer (β
summer
=0.14,
P
<0.05). This pattern was observed for exercise (β
summer
=0.16,
P
<0.05;
R
2
change=0.018) but not for sport (β
summer
=0.076,
P
=0.68;
R
2
change=0.014).
Conclusion:
Individuals with SCI report less exercise and total LTPA accrued during the winter months; sport was found to be an exception to this case. |
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ISSN: | 1362-4393 1476-5624 |
DOI: | 10.1038/sc.2012.11 |