Brynn Adamson
Biographic Data
| ID | 85532 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brynn Adamson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brynn |
| FAMILY NAME | Adamson |
| SIGNATURE | ADAMSON B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1796-4047 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Good athlete, bad patient? Navigating life with chronic illness in U.S. collegiate sport
This paper discusses sociological phenomenological challenges faced by chronically ill U.S. collegiate athletes. Using medical sociology frameworks for deviant patients and critical disability approaches to sport, we consider how social sport norms often counter medical advice for chronic disease management, thus forcing athletes to choose between being a ‘good patient’ or being a ‘good athlete’ in the eyes of college sport coaches and sports med…
Results of the Move MS Program: A Feasibility Study on Group Exercise for Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis
Exercise improves a wide range of symptoms experienced by those living with multiple sclerosis (MS) and may foster community and a positive sense of disability identity. However, exercise rates remain low. Sustained exercise participation has the greatest likelihood of improving symptoms and requires a theory-based approach accounting for the barriers faced by people with MS that impede exercise participation long-term. MOVE MS is a once weekly g…
Community Partners' Perspectives on Partnering With an Academic Research Team to Promote Disability-inclusive Fitness Programming
Findings suggest that academic-community partnerships can be ideal for promoting inclusion for PWD and highlight insights that can be used in the development of future partnerships
Community Partners' Perspectives on Partnering With an Academic Research Team to Promote Disability-inclusive Fitness Programming
Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action - Volume 17, Number 3, Fall 2023
A syndemics approach to exercise is medicine
This paper offers new insights into the promotion of the Exercise is Medicine (EIM) framework for mental illness and chronic disease. Utilising the Syndemics Framework, which posits mental health conditions as corollaries of social conditions, we argue that medicalized exercise promotion paradigms both ignore the social conditions that can contribute to mental illness and can contribute to mental illness via discrimination and worsening self-conc…
Social Justice Through Sport and Exercise Studies: A Manifesto
This manifesto reimagines social justice in physical cultural studies by renaming, broadening, and building new characterizations of the body, dis/ability, mental health, exercise, social oppression, and sport. We problematize embedded 'myths' in exercise and sports studies scholarship for purposes of informing praxis-based research, and emancipatory practical agendas. These 'myths' include the embodied tragedy myth, the myth of bodily control, t…
‘Move it or lose it’: Perceptions of the impact of physical activity on multiple sclerosis symptoms, relapse and disability identity
This study explores the roles which individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) ascribe to physical activity (PA). PA is becoming more heavily promoted by health care providers to individuals with MS due to the evidence of improved health outcomes with PA participation. However, there are possible negative outcomes with the medicalisation of PA (e.g. increased guilt over inactivity, constrained views of PA) that may be compounded by the uncertain na…
Identifying preferred format and source of exercise information in persons with multiple sclerosis that can be delivered by health‐care providers
BACKGROUND: There is increasing recognition of the benefits of exercise in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS), yet the MS population does not engage in sufficient amounts of exercise to accrue health benefits. There has been little qualitative inquiry to establish the preferred format and source for receiving exercise information from health-care providers among persons with MS. OBJECTIVE: We sought to identify the desired and preferred for…
Multiple sclerosis patients need and want information on exercise promotion from healthcare providers: A qualitative study
BACKGROUND: There is growing recognition of the benefits and safety of exercise and its importance in the comprehensive care of persons with multiple sclerosis (MS), yet uptake is low. OBJECTIVE: We explored the needs and wants of patients with MS regarding exercise promotion through healthcare providers. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Participants were adults with MS who had mild-or-moderate disability and a range of exercise levels. All participants…
Longitudinal association between depressive symptoms and walking impairment in people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis
Worsening depressive symptoms and walking impairment are significant burdens in multiple sclerosis. We explored the reciprocal relationship between depressive symptoms and walking impairment in a cohort of 269 people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis over 2 years. The data were examined using longitudinal panel analysis in Mplus. Baseline depressive symptoms predicted change in walking impairment at 1-year follow-up (path coefficient = …
Developing a Culturally Sensitive Lifestyle Behavior Change Program for Older Latinas
Despite the burgeoning U.S. Latino population and their increased risk of chronic disease, little emphasis had been placed on developing culturally sensitive lifestyle interventions in this area. This article examines older Latinas' sociocultural context relative to health with the goal of developing a culturally sensitive health behavior intervention. Photo-elicitation indicated two emerging themes that influenced lifestyle choices: family careg…
Developing a Culturally Sensitive Lifestyle Behavior Change Program for Older Latinas
Despite the burgeoning U.S. Latino population and their increased risk of chronic disease, little emphasis had been placed on developing culturally sensitive lifestyle interventions in this area. This article examines older Latinas' sociocultural context relative to health with the goal of developing a culturally sensitive health behavior intervention. Photo-elicitation indicated two emerging themes that influenced lifestyle choices: family careg…
Social Justice Through Sport and Exercise Studies: A Manifesto
This manifesto reimagines social justice in physical cultural studies by renaming, broadening, and building new characterizations of the body, dis/ability, mental health, exercise, social oppression, and sport. We problematize embedded 'myths' in exercise and sports studies scholarship for purposes of informing praxis-based research, and emancipatory practical agendas. These 'myths' include the embodied tragedy myth, the myth of bodily control, t…
Longitudinal association between depressive symptoms and walking impairment in people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis
Worsening depressive symptoms and walking impairment are significant burdens in multiple sclerosis. We explored the reciprocal relationship between depressive symptoms and walking impairment in a cohort of 269 people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis over 2 years. The data were examined using longitudinal panel analysis in Mplus. Baseline depressive symptoms predicted change in walking impairment at 1-year follow-up (path coefficient = …
Developing a Culturally Sensitive Lifestyle Behavior Change Program for Older Latinas
Despite the burgeoning U.S. Latino population and their increased risk of chronic disease, little emphasis had been placed on developing culturally sensitive lifestyle interventions in this area. This article examines older Latinas' sociocultural context relative to health with the goal of developing a culturally sensitive health behavior intervention. Photo-elicitation indicated two emerging themes that influenced lifestyle choices: family careg…
Longitudinal association between depressive symptoms and walking impairment in people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis
Worsening depressive symptoms and walking impairment are significant burdens in multiple sclerosis. We explored the reciprocal relationship between depressive symptoms and walking impairment in a cohort of 269 people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis over 2 years. The data were examined using longitudinal panel analysis in Mplus. Baseline depressive symptoms predicted change in walking impairment at 1-year follow-up (path coefficient = …
Identifying preferred format and source of exercise information in persons with multiple sclerosis that can be delivered by health‐care providers
BACKGROUND: There is increasing recognition of the benefits of exercise in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS), yet the MS population does not engage in sufficient amounts of exercise to accrue health benefits. There has been little qualitative inquiry to establish the preferred format and source for receiving exercise information from health-care providers among persons with MS. OBJECTIVE: We sought to identify the desired and preferred for…
Multiple sclerosis patients need and want information on exercise promotion from healthcare providers: A qualitative study
BACKGROUND: There is growing recognition of the benefits and safety of exercise and its importance in the comprehensive care of persons with multiple sclerosis (MS), yet uptake is low. OBJECTIVE: We explored the needs and wants of patients with MS regarding exercise promotion through healthcare providers. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Participants were adults with MS who had mild-or-moderate disability and a range of exercise levels. All participants…
‘Move it or lose it’: Perceptions of the impact of physical activity on multiple sclerosis symptoms, relapse and disability identity
This study explores the roles which individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) ascribe to physical activity (PA). PA is becoming more heavily promoted by health care providers to individuals with MS due to the evidence of improved health outcomes with PA participation. However, there are possible negative outcomes with the medicalisation of PA (e.g. increased guilt over inactivity, constrained views of PA) that may be compounded by the uncertain na…
Social Justice Through Sport and Exercise Studies: A Manifesto
This manifesto reimagines social justice in physical cultural studies by renaming, broadening, and building new characterizations of the body, dis/ability, mental health, exercise, social oppression, and sport. We problematize embedded 'myths' in exercise and sports studies scholarship for purposes of informing praxis-based research, and emancipatory practical agendas. These 'myths' include the embodied tragedy myth, the myth of bodily control, t…
Results of the Move MS Program: A Feasibility Study on Group Exercise for Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis
Exercise improves a wide range of symptoms experienced by those living with multiple sclerosis (MS) and may foster community and a positive sense of disability identity. However, exercise rates remain low. Sustained exercise participation has the greatest likelihood of improving symptoms and requires a theory-based approach accounting for the barriers faced by people with MS that impede exercise participation long-term. MOVE MS is a once weekly g…
Community Partners' Perspectives on Partnering With an Academic Research Team to Promote Disability-inclusive Fitness Programming
Findings suggest that academic-community partnerships can be ideal for promoting inclusion for PWD and highlight insights that can be used in the development of future partnerships
Community Partners' Perspectives on Partnering With an Academic Research Team to Promote Disability-inclusive Fitness Programming
Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action - Volume 17, Number 3, Fall 2023
A syndemics approach to exercise is medicine
This paper offers new insights into the promotion of the Exercise is Medicine (EIM) framework for mental illness and chronic disease. Utilising the Syndemics Framework, which posits mental health conditions as corollaries of social conditions, we argue that medicalized exercise promotion paradigms both ignore the social conditions that can contribute to mental illness and can contribute to mental illness via discrimination and worsening self-conc…
Good athlete, bad patient? Navigating life with chronic illness in U.S. collegiate sport
This paper discusses sociological phenomenological challenges faced by chronically ill U.S. collegiate athletes. Using medical sociology frameworks for deviant patients and critical disability approaches to sport, we consider how social sport norms often counter medical advice for chronic disease management, thus forcing athletes to choose between being a ‘good patient’ or being a ‘good athlete’ in the eyes of college sport coaches and sports med…
Psychology (10 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (4 works) · Physical therapy (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Health promotion (3 works) · Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport (3 works) · Multiple sclerosis (3 works)