Health and Fitness, Including Secondary Conditions

Secondary Condition Booklets

Containing consumer-friendly information on the prevention of secondary conditions affecting people with mobility impairments, these booklets include a glossary of relevant terms.

Bowel Dysfunction (PDF) | In Spanish: (PDF available upon request)

Chronic Pain Management (PDF) | In Spanish: (PDF available upon request)

Chronic Fatigue | In Spanish: (PDF available upon request)

Contractures (PDF) |In Spanish: (PDF available upon request)

Deconditioning and Weight Gain (PDF) | In Spanish: (PDF available upon request)

Joint Problems (PDF) | In Spanish: (PDF available upon request)

Pressure Sores (PDF) | In Spanish: (PDF available upon request)

SCI and Aging (PDF) | In Spanish: (PDF available upon request)

SCI & Depression (PDF) | In Spanish: (PDF available upon request)

Spasticity (PDF) | In Spanish: (PDF available upon request)

Urinary Tract Infections (PDF) | In Spanish: (PDF available upon request)

SCI & Sexuality (PDF) | In Spanish: (PDF available upon request)

Information for CILs:

What CILs Need to Know About People With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (PDF available upon request)

What CILs Need to Know About People With Fibromylagia 

What CILs Need to Know About People With Multiple Chemical Sensitivity 

Taking Charge of Your Health 

English (PDF available upon request) | Spanish (PDF available upon request)

People with disabilities face health challenges addressed in this lively booklet that also offers information on daily health choices and medical rights. Authors: K. Froehlich-Grobe and X. Ilabaca-Somoza

Executive Summary: Developing an Action Plan to Improve the Quality and the Quantity of Data About Paralysis.

English (PDF available upon request) | Spanish (PDF available upon request)

These recommendations focus on methods to collect information on paralysis. Authors: M. Fox, J. Rowland, D. Vernberg, K. Grobe, G. White, & A. Rosdahl.

Spinal Cord Injury: You Do Have Choices

English (PDF available upon request) | Spanish (PDF available upon request)

This resource manual presents information that will allow SCI survivors and those close to them to be informed about acute care and the rehabilitation process and to have some sense of control over their life.

Health Promotion for Persons With Disabilities and Prevention of Secondary Conditions: Executive Report

English (PDF available upon request) | Spanish (PDF available upon request)

Results from this randomized-controlled clinical trial that assessed the effectiveness of an intervention over six months to promote physical activity by women with mobility impairments are presented in this report. Authors: G. White, S. Figoni, K. Froehlich, J. Marquis.

Exercise for People With Disabilities: Getting Started on Your Fitness Plan

English (PDF available upon request) | Spanish (PDF available upon request)

With useful strategies to become more physically active and ways to eliminate barriers to exercise, this manual discusses the five activity categories—aerobic exercise, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, weigh-bearing exercise, and skill-related exercise—and what can be done for exercise in each area. Authors: K. Froehlich, S. Figoni, T. Chase, L. Gonzales, C. Thompson, D. Nary, and G. White.

Home Physical Activities Programs for People With Physical Disabilities

English | Spanish (PDF available upon request)

Shown in this how-to guide is what you need to know to devise a low-cost, home-based, customized physical activity program for people with physical disabilities to boost their endurance and strength for independent living. Author: D. Nary

In-Home, Physical Activity, and Independent Living: What’s the Connection

English (PDF) | Spanish (PDF available upon request)

Specific research projects involving home physical activity programs are discussed in this transcript of a 2002 webcast. Presenters: Katherine Froehlich Grobe and Dorothy Nary

Partnering With Public Health: Funding and Advocacy Opportunities for CILs and SILCs

English | Spanish (PDF available upon request)



A former director of the Office of Health and Disability at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, discusses how CILs and SILCs can use funding from the Centers for Disease Control and partnerships with public health agencies to provide innovative programs promoting the health of people with disabilities. Author: L. Rauscher

Pressure Ulcer Review: Selected Annotations, Critiques, and Bibliography

English (PDF available upon request) | Spanish (PDF available upon request)

Prepared for the Paralyzed Veterans of America, this publication examines literature relating to pressure sores. Authors: G. White, D. Nary, K. Froehlich, J. Steward, and R. Gutierrez.