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Feasibility and Safety of Heavy Lifting Strength Training in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors Post-Surgical Neck Dissection (the LIFTING trial)
DownloadSpring 2022
Background: Despite improvements in surgical neck dissection (ND) procedures, head and neck cancer survivors (HNCS) still endure acute and chronic side effects such as loss of muscular strength, limitations in physical functioning, and fatigue, that impact quality of life and limit return to...
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Spring 2019
Introduction:Cancer-associated cachexia is defined as a multifactorial syndrome characterized by loss of body weight with specific losses of skeletal muscle and adipose tissue. Cachexia is driven by a variable combination of reduced food intake (FI) and distinct tumor-associated metabolic...
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Perioperative opioid demand and risk factors for long-term opioid use among anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and repair patients in Alberta
DownloadFall 2023
Chapter 2 (Study 1): Background: Opioid use beyond typical postoperative pain timelines remains an adverse surgical outcome. Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and repair (ACLRR) are common surgeries whose perioperative opioid demands have not been characterized in a Canadian setting....
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Fall 2021
Valvular heart disease (VHD) is a common diagnosis with an approximate prevalence of 2.5% of the total population having moderate to severe VHD [1, 2]. The most common treatment for end-stage VHD is surgical valve replacement with constructs categorized into three classes: mechanical valves,...