Exploring a peer-based physical activity program in the community for adults with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury.

Primary Objective: To explore the experiences of program mentors, participants, and employees involved in a peer-based physical activity (PA) program for adults with moderate-to-severe TBI, being piloted by a community fitness center, to develop the program as a measurable intervention.

Research Design: We adopted an exploratory case study approach through an interpretivist paradigm, which focused on discovering realities about the peer-based PA program across the study participants' views, backgrounds, and experiences.

Methods And Procedures: Semi-structured focus groups and individual interviews were conducted with nine adult program participants (3 peer mentors, 6 participants), and three program employees.

Physical activity for individuals living with a physical disability in Quebec: Issues and opportunities of access.

Background: Individuals living with a physical disability have reported difficulty in meeting their healthy living and leisure needs which could be a result of poor accessibility.

Objective: This qualitative study aimed to understand the relative accessibility of physical activity from the perspective of individuals living with a physical disability in Quebec, Canada.

Methods: Twenty semi-structured interviews were conducted with current, past, non-members, and staff members of an adapted physical activity program.

Avena coleoptile elongation: stimulation by fluorophenylalanine.

A 100 to 150% stimulation of Avena coleoptile segment elongation by the amino acid analogue p-fluorophenylalanine (FPA) has been observed. The effect is reversed by phenylalanine and is not seen with comparable concentrations of sodium fluoride. FPA does not alter elongation of red-irradiated segments.