title: Reliability and validity tests of the leisure time physical activity questionnaire for people with spinal cord injury.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the criterion validity and test-retest reliability of the Leisure Time Physical Activity Questionnaire for People with Spinal Cord Injury (LTPAQ-SCI), a brief measure of leisure time physical activity (LTPA) for people with spinal cord injury (SCI).
  
  
  METHODS
  Survey with a 1-week follow-up.
  
  
  METHODS
  General community.
  
  
  METHODS
  Men and women with SCI (N=103; mean age ± SD, 48.1±12.7 y; mean years postinjury ± SD, 17.9±11.9) who used a wheelchair as the primary mode of mobility.
  
  
  METHODS
  Not applicable.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants completed the Physical Activity Recall Assessment for People with SCI (PARA-SCI) and the LTPAQ-SCI. A subset of the participants (n=35) completed the LTPAQ-SCI a second time, 7 days later.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Statistically significant, positive correlations emerged between the LTPAQ-SCI and PARA-SCI measures of mild, moderate, and heavy intensity LTPA as well as total LTPA. All 4 intraclass correlation coefficients were significant across the test-retest period.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study provides preliminary evidence of the criterion validity and reliability of the LTPAQ-SCI as a brief measure of LTPA performed by people with SCI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. martink@mcmaster.ca
authors.forename: Kathleen A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Martin Ginis
authors.forename: Sen Hoong
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Phang
authors.forename: Amy E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Latimer
authors.forename: Kelly P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Arbour-Nicitopoulos
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors