Efficacy of Tele-exercise to Promote Empowered Movement with Spinal Cord Injury (TEEMS): An Online Group Exercise Program

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM

Location: ROOM: Continental A Ballroom DIRECTIONS Lobby Level: From the Main Elevator Bank, proceed right toward the Fed Ex office. At the Fed Ex Office, turn right and proceed past the ACRM registration desk to the Continental Foyer and Ballroom.

Presenting Author(s)

Laura A. Baehr, PT, DPT, PhD (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA, United States

Slides Slides

Non-presenting Author(s)

MC

Martha Childress, OTD

Research Assistant
Drexel University
Philadelphia, United States
JM

June Maloney, PT, DPT

Physical Therapist
Drexel University
Philadelphia, United States
JM

Jim Morrison

Interventionist
Drexel University
Philadelphia, United States
Shivayogi V. Hiremath, PhD (he/him/his)

Associate Professor
Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
MB

Michael Bruneau, PHD, FACSM, ACSM EP-C, NASM CPT

Associate Teaching Professor
Drexel University
Philadelphia, United States
MF

Margaret Finley, PT, PhD

Associate Professor
Drexel University
Philadelphia, United States

Participants will learn about current evidence gaps investigating community-based exercise programs for individuals with spinal cord injury. Participants will be presented with the development and efficacy trial findings from an online group exercise program developed with and tailored to this population.

Learning Objectives:

Explain value of evidence-informed group exercise for individuals with spinal cord injury
Discuss evaluation of personal and environmental factors influencing physical activity behavior
Describe key findings of TEEMS efficacy study
Apply benefits of mixed methods design to other projects and populations