The Schools of Kinesiology (UBC Vancouver) and Health and Exercise Sciences (UBCO) are co-hosting a weekly webinar series featuring current faculty research topics. The series runs May through June. All are invited to attend these free academic presentations on Friday afternoons from 3:00pm-4:30pm PST.
Dr. Kathleen Martin Ginis is a UBC Distinguished University Scholar, a Professor in the Department of Medicine and the School of Health and Exercise Sciences, holds the Reichwald Family Chair in Preventive Medicine, and is the Founding Director of the Faculty of Medicine’s Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management.
Presentation Description:
People living with spinal cord injury are at the lowest end of the physical activity spectrum, engaging in just a fraction of the activity performed by the general population. These low levels of physical activity are a consequence of the tremendous barriers to participation faced by people with disabilities. One significant barrier is a lack of basic, evidence-based information on how to be active after a spinal cord injury. To address this problem, In 2017, an international team developed scientific exercise guidelines for adults with spinal cord injury. In this presentation, the process for developing the guidelines will be shared, along with examples of completed and ongoing research and implementation projects to bring the guidelines into community and clinical practice. The importance of increasing the quality—not just quantity—of physical activity participation will also be discussed. Specific techniques will be shared for fostering quality physical activity experiences among people with spinal cord injury and other disabilities.
Details
Friday, May 22, 2020
3:00pm – 4:30pm
All Welcome – Free admission
Zoom link