RERC on Recreational Technologies and Exercise Physiology Benefiting Persons with Disabilities

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RERC on Recreational Technologies and Exercise
Physiology Benefiting Persons with Disabilities
RecTech II Technology for a Healthier Lifestyle
Physical Inactivity and Onset of Secondary
Conditions

• Challenges
• Physical activity is significantly lower in
  disabled populations.
• Closing the gap between acute rehab and community
  exercise.
• Technology and convenience items reduce energy
  expenditure.
• Unemployment rate for working age people with
  disabilities is more than triple that for
  non-disabled people.

Healthy, Active Lifestyles FOR ALL
Barriers to Physical Activity Make it More
Difficult for People with Disabilities to Reach
their Goal
Enable the Environment
Empower the Person
A Ramp Metaphor for an RD Agenda in Physical
Activity and Disability

• Pathways to Physical Activity
• Enable the environment
• Empower the person

Improve Physiological and Psychological Health
Promote Adherence
Increase Participation
Provide Access
Research Projects R1. Biomechanical Validation
and Efficacy of a Universally Designed Accessory
Unit R2. Utility of Common Activity Monitoring
Devices in Measuring Energy Expenditure R3.
Development of a Computerized Adaptive Version of
AIMFREE
Demonstration Projects D1. Use of Virtual
Exercise Environments D2. Remote Exercise and
Game Architecture Language (REGAL) D3. Universal
Design of Cardiovascular and Strength Fitness
Equipment D4. Develop of Uniform Standards for
Accessible Fitness Equipment D5. Online RecTech
Solutions Wiki
Training Projects T1. Infusion of Rehabilitation
Engineering in the Curriculum T2. Student
Innovation and Design Competition T3. ACSM
Distance Learning Certification T4. Inclusive
Fitness Training Workshop
Collaborators
Beneficial Designs