Enoch Senior's College for Korean Immigrant Seniors: Quality of Life Effects.

ABSTRACTA community-based program is increasingly recognized as promoting health and active social participation in one's life, yet information is lacking about the use and impact of such programs among immigrant visible minority seniors. This mixed-method research evaluated the impact of a cultural community program for Korean immigrant seniors by examining participants' health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) benefits and overall well-being. In this study, 79 participants completed the SF-36v2 questionnaire twice to assess the impact of Canada Enoch Senior's College (CESC) program on their HR-QOL and well-being.

Changes in traditional chronic disease risk factors over time and their relationship with leisure-time physical activity in people living with spinal cord injury.

This study examined whether levels of chronic disease risk factors change over time, and whether leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) can explain any of the variation in those risk factors that change, in a sample of community-dwelling people living with spinal cord injury (SCI) in or near Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. LTPA was measured using the Physical Activity Recall Assessment for People with SCI at baseline (n = 76 adults with chronic (≥1 year) paraplegia or tetraplegia), at 6 months (n = 71) and at 18 months (n = 63). Body mass index, waist circumference at the lowest rib (WC(lowest rib)) and iliac crest (WC(iliac crest)), fat mass, blood pressure, and biochemical data were collected at all 3 time points.

Predictors of leisure time physical activity among people with spinal cord injury.

Background: Most studies of physical activity predictors in people with disability have lacked a guiding theoretical framework. Identifying theory-based predictors is important for developing activity-enhancing strategies.

Purpose: To use the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) framework to identify predictors of leisure time physical activity among people with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Leisure time physical activity in a population-based sample of people with spinal cord injury part II: activity types, intensities, and durations.

Objective: To describe the types, intensities, and average duration of leisure time physical activities (LTPAs) performed by people with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI).

Design: Cross-sectional telephone survey.

Setting: General community.

Leisure time physical activity in a population-based sample of people with spinal cord injury part I: demographic and injury-related correlates.

Objectives: To estimate the number of minutes a day of leisure time physical activity (LTPA) performed by people with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) and to identify the demographic and injury-related characteristics associated with LTPA in a population-based sample of people with chronic SCI.

Design: Cross-sectional telephone survey.

Setting: General community.

Electrical stimulation therapy increases rate of healing of pressure ulcers in community-dwelling people with spinal cord injury.

Objective: To investigate whether electric stimulation therapy (EST) administered as part of a community-based, interdisciplinary wound care program accelerates healing of pressure ulcers in people with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Design: Single-blind, parallel-group, randomized, controlled, clinical trial.

Setting: Community-based home care setting, Ontario, Canada.

Greater daily leisure time physical activity is associated with lower chronic disease risk in adults with spinal cord injury.

The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between leisure time physical activity (LTPA) and common risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes in community-dwelling adults with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI). LTPA was measured using the Physical Activity Recall Assessment for People with SCI in 76 men and women with chronic (> or =1 year) paraplegia or tetraplegia, living in or near Hamilton, Ontario. Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, body composition (fat mass (FM) and fat-free mass (FFM)), blood pressure, and biochemical data were collected.

Information needs and information sources of individuals living with spinal cord injury.

Aims And Objectives: Access to health information is important for the well-being of people living in the community after spinal cord injury (SCI). In order to design appropriate information interventions, it is critical first to understand the information sources typically used. The goal of this study therefore is to identify the information-seeking practices of this group.

Disordered control of the urinary bladder after human spinal cord injury: what are the problems?

Spinal cord injury has a profound impact on the storage and voiding functions of the urinary bladder. Loss of autonomic and somatic control mechanisms leads to hypo- or hyperactivity of the bladder wall and sphincters causing problems that range from incontinence to complete loss of the capacity to empty the bladder. This chapter outlines the types of bladder dysfunction that occur after spinal cord injury, their relative prevalence and current practices used to manage the problems.

Pharmacokinetics and safety of multiple oral doses of sustained-release 4-aminopyridine (Fampridine-SR) in subjects with chronic, incomplete spinal cord injury.

Objective: To examine the pharmacokinetics and safety of sustained-release 4-aminopyridine (Fampridine-SR), a potassium channel blocker, in subjects with chronic, incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI).

Design: Open-label.

Setting: Clinical research unit in Ontario.

Pharmacokinetic studies of single and multiple oral doses of fampridine-SR (sustained-release 4-aminopyridine) in patients with chronic spinal cord injury.

Fampridine (4-aminopyridine) is a potassium channel blocking agent that restores conduction in demyelinated axons and improves neurologic function in patients with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI). Based on the pharmacokinetic profile of orally administered fampridine, multiple daily doses (4 or more) would need to be taken to sustain its therapeutic effects. Two studies were conducted to determine the pharmacokinetics and safety profile of an oral, sustained-release (SR) formulation of fampridine (fampridine-SR, 10-25 mg) administered as a single dose (n = 14) and twice daily for 1 week (n = 16) in patients with chronic, incomplete SCI.

Clinical and electrophysiologic correlates of quantitative sensory testing in patients with incomplete spinal cord injury.

Objective: To determine the degree of association among indices of preserved sensation derived from quantitative sensory testing (QST), somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs), and the clinical characteristics of patients with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Design: A controlled correlational study of diverse measures of preserved sensory function.

Setting: Regional SCI rehabilitation center in Ontario, Canada.