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Thinking through every step: how people with spinal cord injuries relearn to walk.
- Source :
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Qualitative health research [Qual Health Res] 2013 Aug; Vol. 23 (8), pp. 1027-41. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Jun 17. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- In this article we explore how people with incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI) create meaning out of their changing bodies as they undergo a therapeutic intervention called locomotor training (LT). Therapeutic interventions like LT are used to promote the recovery of walking ability among individuals with iSCI. The chronological nature of this study--interviews at three points throughout the 12-week intervention--enhances understanding of the recovering self after spinal cord injury. Drawing on a constructivist theoretical framework, we organize data according to three narrative frames. Participants interpreted LT as (a) a physical change that was meaningful because of its social significance, (b) a coping strategy for dealing with the uncertainty of long-term recovery, and (c) a moral strategy to reconstitute the self. We offer findings that lay the conceptual groundwork for generating new knowledge about what is important to people with iSCI as they relearn how to walk.
- Subjects :
- Body Image psychology
Female
Humans
Interviews as Topic
Male
Memory
Mental Processes
Middle Aged
Physical Endurance
Qualitative Research
Self Concept
Southeastern United States
Spinal Cord Injuries physiopathology
Spinal Cord Injuries psychology
Exercise Therapy methods
Neuronal Plasticity physiology
Recovery of Function physiology
Spinal Cord Injuries rehabilitation
Walking physiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1049-7323
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Qualitative health research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 23774628
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732313494119