Perspectives of Healthcare Professionals and People with a Spinal Cord Injury on Resistance Exercise Intensity in Japan, Indonesia, Korea and Thailand

Kyung Su Jung (), Chayaporn Chotiyarnwong, Martha Kurnia Kusumawardani, Seung-Hyun Yoon, Pojchong Chotiyarnwong, Inggar Narasinta, Damayanti Tinduh, Ken Kouda and Fumihiro Tajima
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Kyung Su Jung: Medical Center for Health Promotion and Sports Science, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama 640-8033, Japan
Chayaporn Chotiyarnwong: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand
Martha Kurnia Kusumawardani: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya 60131, Indonesia
Seung-Hyun Yoon: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon 16499, Republic of Korea
Pojchong Chotiyarnwong: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand
Inggar Narasinta: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya 60131, Indonesia
Damayanti Tinduh: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya 60131, Indonesia
Ken Kouda: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama 641-8509, Japan
Fumihiro Tajima: Chuzan Hospital, Okinawa 904-2151, Japan

Disabilities, 2024, vol. 4, issue 4, 1-11

Abstract: (1) Background: This study aims to investigate differences in the perspectives of healthcare professionals (HCPs) and adults with spinal cord injury (SCI) on resistance exercise intensity in Asian countries in association with knowledge translation (KT). Also, it verifies the appropriateness of the conventional indicators for resistance exercise intensity in an Asian context. (2) Methods: 121 certified HCPs and 107 adults with SCI participated in a survey conducted in Indonesian, Japanese, Korean and Thai languages. The survey asked what principles are important for prescribing resistance exercise, and if ‘moderate’ and ‘vigorous’ were appropriate terms for indicating an intensity level. Perspective differences were examined between both groups and, further, between countries from a psychosocial perspective. (3) Results: Of the HCPs, 92% perceived that resistance exercise intensity was far more important than frequency, time or type of exercise while frequency (61%) followed by intensity (58%) was perceived as important by respondents with SCI. Only Japanese respondents with SCI agreed with the HCPs’ perception of intensity. Both HCPs and respondents with SCI showed unfavorable responses to the usage of ‘moderate’ and ‘vigorous’ for describing resistance exercise intensity, especially Japanese HCPs and respondents with SCI from Indonesia. (4) Conclusions: Our findings suggest that non-HCPs must improve their perceptions of exercise intensity. Our findings also suggest the need for more explicit and user-friendly terms or expressions indicating the level of intensity in a local (Asian) context.

Keywords: resistance exercise; knowledge translation; intensity; Asia; moderate; vigorous (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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