This article aims to determine the impact of an exercise program on the affective experiences and self-esteem of people with a brain injury. Sixteen individuals with a brain injury participated in the study. Participants completed the Physical Activity Affect Scale pre and post session and pre and post program to obtain acute and chronic measurements of affective experiences in response to exercise. Individuals also completed the Physical Self-Description Questionnaire pre and post program to determine any changes in physical self-concept and self-esteem. Paired sample t-tests and effect sizes were calculated to assess the statistical difference between pre and post scores. Results indicated significant increases in both acute and chronic affective feeling states after completion of the program as well as significant increases in physical self-concept and self-esteem. Results have important implications for specialists involved with people with a brain injury as findings promote participation in physical activity as a means of rehabilitating the negative psychosocial reaction experienced post brain injury.

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