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Patient and physician views of self-testing: blood glucose monitoring
(2017-01-01)
Medical laboratories deliver an invaluable healthcare service by providing laboratory results to aid in the diagnosis and monitoring of disease states. Point-of-care testing (POCT), a sub-sector of medical laboratory ...
Alteration in neck neuromuscular responses and upper limb proprioception in response to neck muscle fatigue
(2014-07-01)
Neck and upper limb disorders constitute two of the most frequent musculoskeletal
problems that place a huge burden on the healthcare system. Neck muscles have a very
high density of muscle sensory input to the central ...
Measuring the effects of subclinical neck pain on sensorimotor integration using electroencephalography event related potentials and source localization
(2017-11-01)
Subclinical neck pain (SCNP) is recurrent neck pain that has not yet been treated. This thesis investigated whether acute pain affects motor learning acquisition in SCNP vs. healthy individuals. 10 healthy and 10 SCNP ...
Examining the relationship between cervical anthropometics, head kinematics and cervical muscle responses to sudden head perturbations in competitive ice hockey players
(2016-04-01)
Sex differences in neck muscle characteristics may explain the higher incidence of concussions in female hockey players. The purpose of this study was to examine differences in cervical muscle characteristics between male ...
Physical activity levels and modes of physical activity among Canadian adults with obstructive respiratory disease
(2017-07-01)
Purpose: To investigate physical activity levels and modes of physical activity among Canadian adults with obstructive respiratory disease. Methods: Data from respondents with self-reported asthma, chronic obstructive ...
How do persons living with lower back pain experience disability in their daily lives? A qualitative study
(2017-11-01)
This paper describes how persons living with lower back pain (LBP) experience
disability using the International Classification of Function, Disability and Health (ICF)
framework. I conducted three focus groups. Participants ...
SDTDMn0 : a multidimensional distributed data mining framework supporting time series data analysis for critical care research
(2011-04-01)
Premature birth is one of the major perinatal health issues across the world. In 2007, the
estimated Canadian preterm birth rate was 8.1 % (CIHI, 2009). Recent research has shown that
conditions, such as nosocomial infections ...
Durham Region healthy sex youthality project: youth's perspectives of sexual health needs in Durham Region
(2012-07-01)
According to Durham Region Public Health Department, 40% of youth, aged 15-19
years, living in Durham Region said that they had engaged in sexual intercourse in the last year,
with 570 youth becoming pregnant. In Durham ...
Effects of physical activity and exercise on physical and mental health outcomes in female older adults with arthritis
(2017-01-01)
Background: Arthritis is a chronic, degenerative disease, which affects two million older Canadians, of which the majority are older females (65+ years). With no cure, methods to improve arthritic symptoms are essential ...
Relative age effects: exploring possible solutions and the relationships between relative age, sport participation, education, and indicators of positive youth development
(2018-07-01)
Relative age occurs when youth are placed into age groups in sport and education. Relative Age Effects (RAE) indicate that being born closer to the cutoff date holds an advantage in sport and academic outcomes. Study 1 ...