Browsing Master Theses & Projects by Title
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Developing and validating a survey to assess physician-implementation of dietary guidelines for patients with hypertension in primary care
(2017-11-01)Dietary modifications are a key component for the health behaviour management of hypertension. Primary care physicians are key facilitators in encouraging patients with hypertension to adopt healthy diets; however, ... -
The development and evaluation of a mHealth nutrition education intervention
(2019-08-01)An environmental scan of the app marketplace evaluated publicly available mHealth nutrition apps targeted to children and found that there were few high-quality evidence-based apps available to educate children on healthy ... -
Development and initial testing of a virtual simulation training module to teach microtomy
(2022-08-01)Background: Microtomy is a procedure that medical laboratory technologists (MLTs) use to cut tissue samples. The aim of this thesis is to use the think-aloud protocol to develop a virtual simulation training module for ... -
Development and pilot of a survey to build capacity for examining interactions of constraints to sport participation among adolescent girls
(2019-11-01)Sport participation (SP) declines among girls during adolescence, and though many constraints to SP have been identified, it is not known whether or how they interact. The purpose of this thesis was to develop a survey ... -
Development of a new technology-based learning tool to promote the uptake of clinical practice guidelines on the management of neck pain in chiropractic teaching faculty
(2018-11-01)Background: Ensuring teaching faculty are well-informed of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines may help to ensure chiropractic students are educated accordingly throughout their training. This is imperative for ... -
Development of a novel consensus-building methodology to design valid simulation-based medical education-supporting technologies
(2022-12-01)Industry 4.0 has introduced new combinations of technologies that have the potential to revolutionize the way in which medical education, more specifically healthcare simulation, is delivered. However, the integration of ... -
Development of instruments to access physiological and physical neck pain risk factors
(2011-07-01)Neck pain has the potential to result in altered afferent input to the central nervous system which may thereby result in altered sensorimotor integration and eventually further disability. One “at risk” population for ... -
Do university students who experience food insecurity report psychological distress?
(2018-08-01)Introduction: Poor mental health is a substantial problem for university students and universities. Little is understood about the association between food insecurity and psychological distress in this population. Purposes: ... -
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 ... -
Educating students about mental illness: ethnic students' perspective of the effectiveness of a web-based educational tool
(2012-04-01)Rationale: Mental health (MH) issues are increasing on post-secondary campuses particularly with ethnic students. This study aimed to establish the effectiveness of web-based MH education. Methods: A three-phase design was ... -
The effect of atlanto-occipital manipulation on neck and shoulder proprioception and range of motion: a randomized controlled trial
(2021-12-01)Long-term neck pain is associated to maladaptive neuroplastic alterations in the brain, that affect head and neck proprioception. The One to Zero (OTZ) tension technique aims to correct dysfunction between the occiput (C0) ... -
The effect of concurrent mental and physical fatigue on physical endurance performance, strength and muscle activity: a pilot study
(2021-10-01)A significant amount of research focus has been dedicated to physical and mental fatigue individually, but their combined effects on physical performance are relatively underexplored. As such, the purpose of this pilot ... -
The effect of experimental pain on motor training performance and sensorimotor integration
(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 hand dominance on manual arm strength
(2021-11-01)In the design of manual work tasks, considering task demands in the context of human strength capability has been vital to assessing workplace musculoskeletal injury risk. This is particularly true for the upper extremities, ... -
The effect of neck muscle fatigue on shoulder humeral rotation proprioception
(2019-11-01)Fatigue of the cervical extensor muscles (CEM) is thought to disrupt afferent feedback from postural mechanoreceptors as it has been observed to cause decrements in upper limb proprioceptive accuracy. There has been limited ... -
Effect of neck muscle vibration on upper limb sensorimotor integration and motor performance
(2022-07-01)Upper limb control depends on accurate internal models of the position of the limbs relative to the head and neck. The cerebellum is heavily involved in SMI of neck sensory inputs and motor learning; therefore, it is likely ... -
The effectiveness of the Foodbot Factory serious game on increasing nutrition knowledge in children
(2021-02-12)Background: The interactive nature of serious games (i.e., video games designed for educational purposes) enable deeper learning and facilitate behavior change; however, there is limited data on their impact on child ... -
The effects of a visco-elastic polymer glove on hand-arm vibration, muscle activity, and comfort during simulated power tool use
(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 ... -
Effects of altered sensory input from the neck on cerebellar function, body schema and sensorimotor integration
(2015-06-01)Neck muscles have a high density of muscle spindle afferents and their input is critical for formulating the perception of head position relative to the body. Chronic alterations in afferent input from the neck may be ... -
The effects of anaerobic swim ergometer training on sprint performance in adolescent swimmers
(2020-04-01)The effects of anaerobic training using a swim ergometer on sprint swimming performance have not been investigated in competitive adolescent swimmers. The purpose of this study was to compare 4-weeks of sprint interval ...