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Respiratory, laryngeal, and articulatory adjustments to changes in vocal loudness in typically developing children and children with spastic-type cerebral palsy
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This study explored the physiological adjustments made by the speech mechanism when sustained maximum phonations and sentences differing in vocal loudness were produced by typically developing children and children with cerebral palsy (CP). Respiratory adjustments (lung volume initiation,...
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Sarcopenia is associated with clinical outcomes and physical function in children with end-stage liver disease pre-and-post liver transplantation
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Background & Aims: Sarcopenia is defined as reduced skeletal muscle mass (myopenia), muscle strength and physical performance. In adults with end stage liver disease (ESLD), sarcopenia is highly prevalent and associated with adverse outcomes. Emerging data have shown that sarcopenia is prevalent...
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Screen time and seasonal variation in physical activity among preschool children in Edmonton
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Background: The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity is increasing worldwide. One main determinant of overweight and obesity is inactivity. Little is known about the factors that influence physical activity and sedentary behaviour among young children. Seasonal variation was examined as...
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Sedentary and Non-Sedentary Behaviour Patterns of Children with Cerebral Palsy Who Use Wheelchairs.
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Purpose: To examine the suitability of a direct observation method to quantify and describe sedentary behavior and non-sedentary breaks for children who have cerebral palsy (Gross Motor Function Classification System [GMFCS] levels III, IV, and V). Secondary goals were to evaluate the agreement...
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Seeing the Forest and the Trees: A Multi-dimensional Exploration into Children’s Experiences with Nature
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Sleep Disordered Breathing: Contribution of Abdominal Muscle Activation and Hormonal Intervention in Healthy and Pathological Conditions
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Breathing and sleep are both imperative and intricate physiological processes that require development in the perinatal period to sustain life and adapting to changes in postnatal life. Inspiration and expiration are generated by oscillatory microcircuits located in the ventrolateral medulla and...
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Social Inclusion/Exclusion: Parents and Grandparents Participating in Community Development in Rural Alberta
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Social inclusion/exclusion (SI/SE) has been described as a social determinant of health and an urgent matter of social (in)justice. SI/SE involves dynamic relational processes and structures that enable or constrain participation in community life. Many low-income families report barriers to...
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Sport Parents’ Perspectives of Children’s Free Play and Sport and their Accompanying Messages
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The purpose of this thesis was to explore the perspectives of sport parents to understand factors, in particular messages that impact parents and their decisions within the context of children’s sport and free play. Guided by interpretive description (ID), data were collected through interviews...
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Student Experiences of a Diversity-Positive Chapter Book: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis Using an Arts-Informed Analysis
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This study aimed to understand the lived experience of school-aged children engaging with a diversity-positive chapter book in a classroom setting. Participants were 9 third-grade students and 26 sixth-grade students and their respective teachers in a Canadian urban school. An interpretive...
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Fall 2010
Introduction: Little is known about the effect of beliefs on whiplash-associated disorders. Objective: To assess population beliefs regarding whiplash injury, to assess expectation as a predictor of recovery; to explore symptom attribution (Study III); and, assess the relationship between the...