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Spring 2023
The purpose of this dissertation was to explore, identify and address gaps in exercise oncology evidence-based care for individuals with cancer, with a specific focus on implementation of cancer-specific exercise programming. Further understanding is needed regarding the poor rates of reported...
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Improving Cranial Vault Remodeling for Unilateral Coronal Craniosynostosis - Introducing Automated Surgical Planning
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Background Craniosynostosis is a condition that occurs in about one in 1000 infants. Unicoronal craniosynostosis (UCS) is a common subtype of craniosynostosis that results in an abnormal head shape, and can lead to brain growth impairment, visual problems, and psychosocial disturbance. Surgery is...
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In the Face of Socio-Political Conflict: Mothers’ Experiences of Hope Alongside Adult Children with Mental Illnesses
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This study aimed to explore hope experiences among mothers living alongside adult children with mental illnesses in a socio-political conflict area. Hope is increasingly recognized as an important factor for people facing difficult situations. Mothers whose adult children struggle with mental...
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Spring 2012
Background: Striking a balance between work and family care is a challenge for families today. More than 200,000 families in Canada have the additional demands that come with caring for a child with disability including implementing therapist-recommended goals and home programs. Aim: Underpinned...
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Investigating the neural circuitry of spelling in reading impairments: A functional connectivity approach
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Background. Writing skills are imperative to successful academic and social functioning in todayâs literate society. Yet, literature exploring the underlying mechanisms associated with written communication, namely spelling, is surprisingly limited. This study looked into the neuropsychological...
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Investigation of Selective Targeting of Lumbar Spinal Structures with Spinal Manipulative Therapy
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Background: Low back pain is a prevalent condition commonly treated with conservative care, including spinal manipulative therapy (SMT). It is well known that forces applied by SMT are transfered to spinal tissues and that these forces inititate SMT’s benefitial (or possibly harmful) health...
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Job Retention and Career Development for People with Serious Mental Illness: A Participatory Capacity Building Project
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Introduction: People with serious mental illness (PSMI) are capable and willing to contribute meaningfully to the workforce. However, a vast majority experience employment marginalization and hazardous work environments due to the stigma that portrays them as incapable or dangerous. Current...
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Kinetic analysis of manual wheelchair propulsion under different environmental conditions between experienced and new manual wheelchair users with spinal cord injury
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Objectives: To compare wheelchair propulsion kinetics between new (acute) and experienced (chronic) manual wheelchair users with spinal cord injury (SCI) under natural environmental conditions and secondly; to examine the association between shoulder pain and propulsion kinetic outcomes. Methods:...
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Latent Class and Functional Data Analyses for the Investigation of Stiffness in Low Back Pain
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Low back pain (LBP) is known to be a prevalent, debilitating and costly condition, not to mention the difficulty clinicians have treating it. But progress has been made, as it has recently been shown that instrumented L3 indentation generates force-displacement (F-D) data that is associated with...