Outcome of physical activity after completing Rehabilitation services from a specialized Rehabilitation C`entre (CRP).

Abstract

Objective: To find out the outcome of physical activity after completing rehabilitation services from a specialized rehabilitation centre (CRP). Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted with a structured and close ended interviewer administered questionnaire to collect information from 70 spinal cord injury patients in respects through purposive sampling procedure. Data was numerically coded and captured in Microsoft excel, using an SPSS 20 version software program. Results: Study revealed that, among 70 participants 59% ( n=40) were male and 41% (n= 30) were female, most of the participants 69% were middle aged people. Majority of cases 60% (n=42) participants were traumatic injury and rest of the participants 40% (n=28) were non traumatic injury. Out of 70 participants 74% (n=72) were paraplegic and 26% (n=18) were tetraplegic participants. According to ASIA scale 30% (n=21) were complete A injury participants , 45.7% (n=29) were incomplete B participants, 21.4% (n=15) were incomplete C participants and 7.1% (n= 5) were incomplete D participants. From PASIPID score out of fifty two paraplegic participants , n=17 had mild level activity, n= 30 had moderate level of activity, and n= 5 participant had high level of activity and compare to tetraplegic participants (n=18), n=3 had mild level activity, n=15 had moderate level activity .There is strong relationship between the type of paralysis and household activities e.g yard caring, lawn work etc ,and there was less association with the outdoor activity and type of paralysis. Conclusion: physical activity is a major important issue in people with SCI. It provided qualitative descriptions of the physical activity experiences and the perceived benefits of their participation as well as their motives to sustain participation. The present study also explored the reciprocal relationship between participation, socio-demographic information and motives to participate. Key Words: Physical Activity, Spinal cord injury.