Browsing by Author "Yielder, Paul"
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Assessing neurophysiological and behavioural outcomes of the proximal upper limb muscles in response to novel motor skill acquisition
O'Brien, Sinead (2017-08-01)A single session of motor training with the distal upper limb muscles leads to changes in brain and spinal cord processing. However, the neuroplastic response of the proximal upper limb muscles to novel motor training has ... -
Audiovisual multisensory integration in young adults with and without a diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
McCracken, Heather (2018-08-01)Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with behavioural and neurophysiological characteristics. Several cortical structures that are altered in ADHD are involved in the process of ... -
Behavioural and neurophysiological measures of haptic feedback during a drilling simulation
Grant, Brianna L. (2019-08-01)Virtual environments (VEs) and computer-generated simulations are becoming more prevalent as tools for education, rehabilitation, and training purposes. As technology enhances the quality and quantity of human-machine ... -
Cortical adaption influences excitability in the dominant and non-dominant hands following complex novel motor training
Holland, Luc (2014-09-01)The primary motor cortex (M1) can dynamically control the magnitude of motor refinement through motor plasticity. Plasticity can be investigated by looking at changes to motor excitability, which has been established to ... -
The effect of experimental pain on motor training performance and sensorimotor integration
Dancey, Erin Margaret (2012-07-01)Sensorimotor integration (SMI) is the ability of the central nervous system (CNS) to integrate afferent (incoming) information from different body parts and formulate appropriate motor output to muscles. Effective sensorimotor ... -
The effect of experimental pain on neural function and motor learning
Dancey, Erin (2017-04-01)This thesis investigated whether acute experimental pain interacts with motor learning acquisition to create adaptive and maladaptive changes in neural function. The first study consisted of two experiments where we ... -
The effects of a visco-elastic polymer glove on hand-arm vibration, muscle activity, and comfort during simulated power tool use
Shivpaul, Ryan Alexander (2017-07-01)Prolonged exposure to hand-transmitted vibration (HTV) as a result of power tools can lead to hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS). The effectiveness of anti-vibration (AV) gloves for the reduction of hand arm vibration ... -
Exploring lateralized sensorimotor processing using somatosensory evoked potentials
Gilley, Ryan (2017-08-01)Differences exist between the two upper limbs in the chosen motor control strategy when moving in dynamic environments. To date, a large body of literature has explored these differences but few studies have incorporated ... -
Laterality effects in sub-clinical neck pain examined in goal-directed upper limb aiming movements
Sanmugananthan, Praveen (2020-09-01)Subclinical neck pain (SCNP) is defined as recurrent pain and stiffness in the neck for which individuals have not yet sought treatment. Prior studies have shown that individuals with SCNP have altered cerebellar processing. ... -
Mechanisms by which exercise promotes cognitive function in both depressed and non-depressed individuals
Gourgouvelis, Joanne (2017-12-01)Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a debilitating disease characterized by low mood, memory deficits, poor sleep quality and alterations in biochemical markers associated with neuroplasticity. Less than half of MDD patients ... -
Mechanisms by which exercise promotes hippocampal function in both depressed and non-depressed individuals: A feasibility study
Gourgouvelis, Joanne (2012-08-01)Depression is one of the top ten health problems in the world, affecting millions of Canadians. Research indicates that exercise is an effective treatment for depression but it is not clear on exactly how and why it works. ...