Using Technology to Enhance Activity-Based Therapy for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury or Disease: Rehabilitation Hospital Therapists’ Perspectives

Persons with disability from spinal cord injury (SCI) are subject to high risk of pathological events and need a regular followup even after discharge from the rehabilitation hospital. To help in followup, we developed a web portal for providing online specialist as well as GP support to SCI persons. After a feasibility study with 13 subjects, the portal has been introduced in the regional healthcare network in order to make it compliant with current legal regulations on data protection, including smartcard authentication. Although a number of training courses have been made to introduce SCI persons to portal use (up to 50 users), the number of accesses remained very low. Reasons for that have been investigated by means of a questionnaire submitted to the initial feasibility study subjects and included the still easier use of telephone versus our web-based smartcard-authenticated portal, in particular, because online communications are still perceived as an unusual way of interacting with the doctor. To summarize, the overall project has been appreciated by the users, but when it is time to ask for help to, the specialist, it is still much easier to make a phone call.

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Geriatric Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation and Functional Outcome in a Tertiary Care Rehabilitation Hospital in Saudi Arabia

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ◽

10.1016/j.apmr.2016.08.259 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 97 (10) ◽

pp. e84-e85 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sami Ullah ◽

Irfan Qamar ◽

Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi ◽

Asim Niaz

Keyword(s):

Spinal Cord ◽

Spinal Cord Injury ◽

Saudi Arabia ◽

Functional Outcome ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Injury Rehabilitation ◽

Rehabilitation Hospital ◽

Cord Injury

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Evaluation of Super-Link System Theory for Spinal Cord Injury Patients Using Participatory Action Research in a Rehabilitation Hospital

Rehabilitation Nursing ◽

10.1002/rnj.00040 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 37 (3) ◽

pp. 119-127 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Hsiao-Yu Chen ◽

Tzu-Jung Wu ◽

Mei-Li Cheng ◽

Hsi-Hui Sung

Keyword(s):

System Theory ◽

Spinal Cord ◽

Spinal Cord Injury ◽

Action Research ◽

Participatory Action Research ◽

Participatory Action ◽

Rehabilitation Hospital ◽

Cord Injury

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Spinal cord injury hospitalisation in a rehabilitation hospital in Japan

Spinal Cord ◽

10.1038/sc.1994.8 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

pp. 47-51 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Y Hasegawa ◽

M Ohashi ◽

N Ando ◽

T Hayashi ◽

T Ishidoh ◽

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Keyword(s):

Spinal Cord ◽

Spinal Cord Injury ◽

Rehabilitation Hospital ◽

Cord Injury

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Exploring prevention and management of secondary health conditions in people with spinal cord injury in South Africa

International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation ◽

10.12968/ijtr.2021.0005 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

Sonti Pilusa ◽

Hellen Myezwa ◽

Joanne Potterton

Keyword(s):

Spinal Cord ◽

Spinal Cord Injury ◽

Health Conditions ◽

Limited Information ◽

Preventative Care ◽

Therapeutic Approaches ◽

Face To Face ◽

Rehabilitation Hospital ◽

Cord Injury ◽

Public Rehabilitation

Background/Aims Preventative care for people with spinal cord injury is neglected, even though secondary health conditions are prevalent among this group. There is limited information on preventative care for secondary health conditions among people with spinal cord injury. This study aimed to explore how people with spinal cord injury prevent and manage secondary health conditions. Methods A total of 17 individuals with spinal cord injury attending an outpatients clinic at a public rehabilitation hospital were interviewed face to face. All the interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed using thematic content analysis. Results The participants used different strategies to prevent and manage secondary health conditions, such as medication, assistive devices, self-management, resilience coping strategies and therapeutic approaches. The participants found prevention of secondary health conditions ‘challenging’ and some of the strategies were ineffective. Conclusions Although many strategies are used by people with spinal cord injury to prevent and manage secondary health conditions, the experience is difficult. To minimise the occurrence and the consequence of secondary health conditions among people with spinal cord injury, health professionals must promote and support preventative care for secondary health conditions.

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