Play Video Games: Researchers Looking for Adolescents and Young Adults with SCI

Now recruiting teens and young adults with spinal cord injury or dysfunction for a mobile gaming study on health management. Watch the Recruitment Video here!

STUDY: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Gaming to Enhance Self-Management of Adolescents and Young Adults with Spinal Cord Injury

• Earn up to $100 for completing the study.

• Principal Investigator: Dr. Michelle A. Meade

• Coordinators: Mr. Brad Trumpower & Ms. Joanna Jennie

SCI-Hard puts you, the player, in the chair of someone with a Spinal Cord Injury. Introducing you to new challenges and obstacles all while trying to save the world from legions of mutated animals. Join the fight and kick a** while sitting down!

This study will evaluate the efficacy of a newly-developed serious game, SCI Hard, to enhance self-management skills, self-reported health behaviors, and quality of life among teens and young adults with spinal cord injury and disease (SCI/D).

The study makes a unique contribution to rehabilitation by emphasizing the concepts of personal responsibility and control over one’s health and life as a whole. By selecting an innovative approach for program implementation, we also attempt to address the high cost of care delivery and lack of health care access to underserved populations with SCI/D living across the United States.

• Ready to Join? Email us at Sci-hardgame@umich.edu

• For help with the game, see GAME HELP

• For all other inquiries, send an email to UM-PMR-CTHI@med.umich.edu

Read more about the study here