Search
Skip to Search Results- 41Physical Activity
- 30Implementation
- 9Systematic Review
- 8Exercise
- 6Conceptual-framework
- 6Health care
- 45Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of
- 45Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of/Theses and Dissertations
- 13Nursing, Faculty of
- 9Nursing, Faculty of/Health Systems
- 4Computing Science, Department of
- 4Computing Science, Department of/Technical Reports (Computing Science)
- 10Physical Education and Recreation
- 7Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine
- 6Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation
- 3Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science
- 3Department of Medicine
- 3School of Public Health
- 2Rodgers, Wendy (Physical Education and Recreation)
- 2Spence, John (Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation)
- 1Ahmed Bouferguene (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Bell, Rhonda (Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science)
- 1Berry, Tanya (Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation)
- 1Carson, Valerie (Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation)
-
Assessing the effects of weather conditions on physical activity participation using objective measures
Download2009
Chan, Catherine B., Ryan, Daniel A.
Habitual physical activity is an important determinant of health, yet many people are considered to be inactive. Identification of the obstacles to greater participation is necessary for the development of strategies to overcome those obstacles. The weather has been identified as a perceived...
-
Assessment of Variation in the Alberta Context Tool: The Contribution of Unit Level Contextual Factors and Specialty in Canadian Pediatric Acute Care Settings
Download2011
Stevens, B., Squires, J.E., Hutchinson, A., Midodzi, W.K., Cummings, G.G., Kang, S.H., Scott, S., Estabrooks, C.A.
Background: There are few validated measures of organizational context and none that we located are parsimonious and address modifiable characteristics of context. The Alberta Context Tool (ACT) was developed to meet this need. The instrument assesses 8 dimensions of context, which comprise 10...
-
Spring 2017
Collaboration among project participants is key to the success of construction projects. When project information is not efficiently communicated or easily shared among project stakeholders, such conditions often lead to cost overruns and schedule delays. Particularly, this phenomenon can...
-
Bone-anchored implants for direct attachment of external prostheses for persons with transfemoral amputation: Protocol for a systematic review
Download2021-10-15
This is a protocol for a systematic review of clinical outcomes, complications and adverse events, patient experiences, and health economic literature on bone-anchored prostheses for persons with transfemoral amputation.
-
2014
Mager, Diana R., Chan, Catherine B., Ambler, Kathryn, Salawi, Hebah, Padwal, Rajdeep S., Ball, Geoff D. C.
Background Severe obesity (SO) in pediatrics has become increasing prevalent in recent decades. The objective of our study was to examine differences in demographic, anthropometric, cardiometabolic, and lifestyle variables in children and youth with SO versus their less overweight/obese (OW/OB)...
-
Children's Perceptions of Their School's Environment and Its Influence on Their Active and Inactive Behaviors: The Case of One Rural Elementary School
DownloadSpring 2012
The purpose of this qualitative study was to gain insight into the relationships among school setting, student perceptions of that setting, and PA (physical activity) and PIA (physical inactivity) behaviour. Children's perceptions of various aspects of the school environment were explored to...
-
CLINICAL UTILITY OF THE AUTISM OBSERVATION SCALE FOR INFANTS (AOSI) FOR PREDICTING AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS (ASD) IN 12-MONTH- OLD INFANTS AT INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF ASD
CLINICAL UTILITY OF THE AUTISM OBSERVATION SCALE FOR INFANTS (AOSI) FOR PREDICTING AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS (ASD) IN 12-MONTH- OLD INFANTS AT INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF ASD
DownloadSpring 2023
Background: The Autism Observation Scale for Infants (AOSI) has been used to investigate early features of children with an increased likelihood (IL) of a later diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Though independent research groups have evaluated its use in IL infant siblings (younger...
-
Fall 2016
Purpose: Cross-education is a neural phenomenon where an untrained limb improves after unilateral training of the opposite homologous limb. It has been extensively studied in the healthy population and shows promise for post-stroke rehabilitation. Despite this promise, cross-education has not...
-
Collective knowledge: Using a consensus conference approach to develop recommendations for physical activity and nutrition programs for persons with type 2 diabetes
Download2012
Bell, Rhonda C., Walker, Jessica, Chan, Catherine B., Berry, Tanya R.
The purpose of this consensus conference was to have a lay panel of persons with type 2 diabetes (T2D) work in collaboration with an expert panel of diabetes professionals to develop strategies designed to improve dietary and physical activity adherence in persons with T2D. Lay panel participants...