Date of Award
Summer 8-22-2024
Document Type
Capstone
Degree Name
Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD)
Department
Occupational Therapy
First Advisor
Steven M. Gerardi, PhD, OTD, MSS, OTR
Second Advisor
Mary Zadnik, ScD, MEd, OTR
Medical Subject Headings
spinal cord injury, occupational therapy, outdoor recreation, leisure, leisure participation, adapted recreation
Abstract
More than 15 million people globally are living with spinal cord injury (SCI). Only half of people with SCI engage in leisure activities and approximately 71% of the population reports dissatisfaction in their leisure participation. There are numerous intrinsic and extrinsic barriers that lead to these significant declines in leisure exploration and participation, including lack of knowledge and inaccurate accessible online information. In correlation with these barriers, occupational therapy practitioners underutilize leisure participation during the rehabilitation process for people with SCI and this is an underreported topic in the literature. Occupational therapy practitioners and people with SCI lack knowledge of adapted outdoor recreational activities that people with SCI can engage in. The purpose of this project was to create an educational video series to promote participation in adapted outdoor recreational activities among people with SCI. An educational video series containing 18 videos was created through the culmination of literature review, communication with stakeholders, and gathering data during capstone site experience. Topics incorporated in this video series include background of SCI and outdoor recreation, precautions, equipment, transfers, participation expectations for cervical and thoracic level SCI, and opportunities for outdoor recreation participation in Colorado. The outdoor recreational activities that are reviewed in this educational video series include archery, cycling, kayaking, and paddleboarding.
Recommended Citation
Walker, S. (2024). Outdoor Recreation for People With Spinal Cord Injuries: An Educational Video Series. [Doctoral project, University of St Augustine for Health Sciences]. SOAR @ USA: Student Capstone Papers Collection. https://doi.org/10.46409/sr.NCMP8290
Related Content
This capstone was presented as a poster presentation at the Summer 2024 OTD Capstone Symposium, available as:
Walker, S. N., Gerardi, S. M., & Rennerfeldt, H. (2024, August 19). Outdoor Recreation for People with Spinal Cord Injuries: An Educational Video Series. Poster presented at the Virtual OTD Capstone Symposium, University of St Augustine for Health Sciences. Retrieved from https://soar.usa.edu/otdcapstonessummer2024/52
Comments
Capstone project submitted to the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Occupational Therapy.