The physical activity scale for individuals with physical disabilities: Development and evaluation

Washburn RA, Zhu W, McAuley E, Frogley M, Figoni SF. The Physical Activity Scale for Individuals with Physical Disabilities: development and evaluation. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2002;83:193-200. Objective: To evaluate the construct validity of a new 13-item physical activity survey designed to assess physical activity in individuals with physical disabilities. Design: Mail survey requesting information on physical activity, basic demographic characteristics, self-rated health, and self-rated physical activity. Setting: In February 2000, surveys were sent to 1176 indi- viduals who had used rehabilitative services at a major mid- western university between 1950 and 1999. Participants: Two hundred twenty-seven men and 145 women with disabilities responded to the mail survey (80%, spinal cord or other locomotor injuries; 13%, visual and audi- tory injuries; 7%, other; 92%, white; mean age standard deviation, 49.8 12.9y; mean length of disability, 36.9 14.9y).