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Beyond the Physical Wounds: Male Varsity Athletes' Psychological Responses to Hypothetical Sport Concussions
DownloadFall 2016
Following Wiese-Bjnorstal et al.’s (1995) sport injury response model, this dissertation used hypothetical scenarios to examine the relationships between sport concussion severity, post-concussion injury appraisals, and post-concussion depression and anxiety symptoms. Participants included a...
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Impact of a Primary Care Exercise Program on Physical Activity and Self-Efficacy in Patients with COPD
DownloadSpring 2019
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an obstructive lung disease characterized by shortness of breath and is the fourth leading cause of death in Canada. Physical activity is a strong predictor of all-cause mortality in people who have COPD, however long-term adherence to exercise is...
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Improving Portable Oxygen Concentrator Performance through the development of a New Nasal Interface
DownloadFall 2021
Long term oxygen therapy (LTOT) is used to improve survival for patients with respiratory diseases who experience chronic respiratory failure. During LTOT, supplemental oxygen is supplied to patients from an oxygen source via cannula supply tubing. Portable oxygen concentrators (POCs) are a...
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Spring 2011
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is expected to become the third most common cause of mortality in the world (GOLD Committee, 2009). COPD management continues to play a large role in everyday medical practice and inhalation therapy will continue to be a mainstay of COPD treatment....
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Physiological and psychological responses to treadmill and cycle ergometer exercise testing in men and women with COPD
DownloadFall 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine the physiological and psychological responses to linear work rate treadmill and cycle ergometer exercise tests in men and women with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). 12 men and 8 women with COPD completed one treadmill and one cycle...
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Prevalence and Sex-Specific Risk Factors for Asthma-COPD Overlap among Middle-Aged and Older Canadians
DownloadFall 2021
Background: Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are major public health concerns and are among the most prevalent chronic respiratory diseases worldwide. However, a subset of patients presents with clinical features of both asthma and COPD, and recently, the term asthma-COPD...
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Strengthening Associations to Pictures vs. Words: The Case for Promoting Fruit and Vegetable Consumption to Men
DownloadFall 2017
It is well known that fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption is a protective factor against chronic health conditions; however, men tend to eat fewer fruit and vegetables than women. Since FV consumption helps prevent chronic diseases and many men do not eat enough, ways to improve the behaviour...
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The Effect of Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Carotid Chemoreceptor Activity and Sensitivity in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with increased cardiovascular (CV) risk, which may result from heightened sympathetic nerve activity secondary to elevated carotid chemoreceptor (CC) activity/sensitivity. Our recent work indicates that CC activity/sensitivity is elevated...