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The effectiveness of Return to Duty Intervention: Evaluating an interdisciplinary approach to supporting Canadian Armed Forces members who have physical and non-physical disorders
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The rate of musculoskeletal and mental health disorders is high in the Canadian Armed Forces, and can preclude service members from being employable and deployable. The aim of this thesis was to analyze the effectiveness of the Return to Duty intervention at decreasing morbidity and assisting...
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The Effects of Axial Loading on the Disc and Motion Segment Relative to Disc Degeneration and Pain Using Novel MRI Biomarkers
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The underlying pathology of low back pain (LBP) is poorly understood. Although MRI is often used as a sensitive modality for depicting pathoanatomical abnormalities, it is often clinically inconclusive due to a lack of specificity. While most patients experience symptoms when the spine is loaded,...
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The effects of carotid chemoreceptor inhibition on exercise tolerance in health and chronic heart failure
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Background and Rationale: Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a condition where heart function is insufficient to meet metabolic demand and is caused by anatomical or physiological abnormalities of the heart. In 2009, one in nine deaths included heart failure as a contributing cause, and the five-year...
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The effects of deep leg squats on patellofemoral pain syndrome - a single subject design study
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Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS) is a common knee disorder. Its etiology is not clear and appears to be multifactorial. There are several options of treatment; however none uses total knee flexion since it is thought to increase symptoms. This study was an exploratory multiple baseline-Single...
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The effects of twelve weeks of supervised aerobic and resistance training on exercise capacity, muscle strength, quality of life, body composition and cardiovascular disease risk factors in kidney transplant recipients
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of mortality in kidney transplant recipients (KTR). The increased CVD risk is due, in part, to reduced cardiorespiratory fitness (VO2peak) associated with inactivity. The role of exercise training to improve overall physical fitness, quality of life...
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The Evaluation of Frequency Specific Cochlear Damage: Measurement of Low Frequency Hearing Function
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Abstract Background Sensorineural hearing loss is a highly prevalent condition. A common cause of this type of loss is noise exposure (noise-induced hearing loss; NIHL). Effective management is available for NIHL, however, appropriate management depends on accurate diagnosis. Three tests...
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THE EXPERIENCE OF CAREGIVERS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN A PROJECT THAT USED SMS AS A TOOL TO IMPROVE INFORMATION ACCESS AND SOCIAL INTERACTION IN AN UNDER-RESOURCED COLOMBIAN COMMUNITY
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The community of El Codito, an under-resourced Bogota community, has a high population density with the majority living under the poverty line. People with disabilities (PWD) and their caregivers in El Codito experience a lack of access to health information and are socially isolated. This...