Adaptive sports programs are integral components to combating Veteran isolation, promoting wellbeing and seeking to build teams, networks, communities. These activity-based communities are medicine free treatment systems enhancing Veterans' health from a holistic perspective. This approach to Veteran healthcare is critical as studies indicate Veterans not only have 56% higher perceived social isolation but are also 1.5x more susceptible to suicide than the general public. It is imperative to improve access to exercise and physical activity through adaptive sport or recreation. This proposal is going to focus on Adaptive Indoor Rowing for Veterans with limited or changing trunk stability (i.e. SCI/D, paralysis, paresis, etc.). Rowing is a unique full-body activity that increases cardiovascular demand and increases coordination and aerobic capacity through movement. This proposal aims to address critical gaps in adaptive rowing technology and provide Veterans with limited trunk stability access to full stroke adaptive rowing.
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Trunk Movement
Timeframe: up to 4 weeks after enrollment
Rowing Stroke Length
Timeframe: up to 4 weeks after enrollment
Power (Watts)
Timeframe: up to 4 weeks after enrollment
Custom Usability Items
Timeframe: up to 4 weeks after enrollment
System Usability Score (SUS) [Brook (1996, 2013)]
Timeframe: up to 4 weeks after enrollment
User Experience Questionnaire (UEQ) [(Laugwitz et al 2006, 2008)]
Timeframe: up to 4 weeks after enrollment
Usability Metric for User Experience [(Finstad et al 2010)]
Timeframe: up to 4 weeks after enrollment