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Exploring self-efficacy as a predictor of activity behaviours in children with cerebral palsy
DownloadFall 2019
Children with physical disabilities spend most of their time sedentary and often experience barriers to physical activity participation. Increased sedentary behaviour has been associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease later in life and conversely, increased physical activity is...
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Exploring the Experiences of Women who are Wheelchair Bound in Attaining Contraceptives: A focused ethnographic study
DownloadSpring 2013
Contraceptive and gynecological care is an important part of woman’s health, whether able bodied or wheelchair bound. After a thorough literature search, the gap in knowledge with respect to contraceptive use in women who are wheelchair bound was evident. Lack of adequate information and options,...
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Exploring the perceptions of participants of a novel telerehabilitation program designed to decrease sedentary behavior in adults with multiple sclerosis: a qualitative study.
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Purpose: To identify and describe the perceptions of sedentary adults with MS participating in a telerehabilitation sedentary behaviour change program. Methods: This qualitative study took place within a larger study; a 15-week feasibility study of the Sit Less with MS program, a...
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Exploring the relationships among spirit at work, structural and psychological empowerment, resonant leadership, job satisfaction and organizational commitment in the health care workplace
DownloadFall 2010
Health care workers are experiencing increasingly stressful work environments related to attempts to control escalating health care costs. Researchers (Kinjerski & Skrypnek, 2004) have developed a tool to identify the unique experience of individuals who are passionate about and energized by...
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Factors Associated With Performance On Short-Form Functional Capacity Evaluation In Workers’ Compensation Claimants
DownloadSpring 2017
Background Functional Capacity Evaluations (FCE) are performance-based assessments of work ability that are used to make recommendations for participation in work and other activities of daily living. FCE protocol developers have attempted to decrease the burden and duration of testing through...
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Factors Associated with Return to Work after a Spinal Cord Injury: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
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Background: Individuals with a Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) experience challenges in obtaining and maintaining employment. The overall Return-To-Work (RTW) rate after SCI is lower than the employment rate of the general population. Some factors have been reported in the literature as being associated...
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Factors Predicting Return-to-Work Outcomes in Workers with or without Comorbid Physical Injuries and Traumatic Psychological Injuries
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Background: Physical injuries and psychological trauma frequently co-occur, and are associated with worse return-to-work outcomes. The Workers’ Compensation Board of Alberta (WCB-Alberta) offers psychologically-based occupational rehabilitation programs for workers having sustained traumatic...
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Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a combined therapeutic yoga and resistance exercise intervention for individuals with lung cancer and their caregivers
DownloadFall 2018
Purpose: The aim of the study was to determine the feasibility of a combined therapeutic yoga and resistance exercise intervention for individuals with lung cancer and their caregivers Methods: A pilot feasibility study measuring recruitment rate, completion rate, intervention adherence and...