School of Physiotherapy

Faculty of Health

Research Update

Changing the Face of Research at the School of Physiotherapy

~by Derek Rutherford, PhD, Assistant Professor

 

It has been a productive start to 2013 for the Research Faculty in the School of Physiotherapy. We have been busy changing the face of our Rehabilitation Research program, working towards a PhD program in Health, and building a greater web presence for our research initiatives. A number of publications have been accepted as shown below and research grants either received or submitted have totaled over 15 altogether. On a special note, we would like to extent our congratulations to Alicia Gionfriddo, graduate student of Dr. Shaun Boe, who was recently awarded a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Canadian Graduate Scholarship (CGS) for her MSc project investigating how areas of the brain work together to produce movement. The NSERC CGS is awarded to the top-ranked applicants at each level of study (master’s and doctoral). Congratulations Alicia!

As always, visit our website to find out what research is happening in the School of Physiotherapy.

Papers

  • Page SJ, Boe S, Levine P. What are the "ingredients" of modified constraint-induced therapy? An evidence based review, recipe, and recommendations. Restorative Neurology Neuroscience; In-Press.
  • Bardouille T, Boe S. State-Related Changes in MEG functional connectivity reveal the task-positive sensorimotor network.  PLoS One 2012; 7(10): e48682.
  • Rutherford, DJ, Hubley-Kozey, CL, Stanish, WD. Changes in knee joint muscle activation patterns during walking associated with increased structural severity in knee osteoarthritis. Submitted to Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, In-Press
  • Robbins, SM, Astephen-Wilson, JL, Rutherford, DJ, Hubley-Kozey, CL. Reliability of principal components and discrete parameters of knee angle and moment gait waveforms in individuals with moderate knee osteoarthritis. Gait and Posture, In-Press 
  • Hubley-Kozey, CL, Robbins, SM, Rutherford, DJ, Stanish, WD. Reliability of surface electromyographic recordings during walking in individuals with knee osteoarthritis. Submitted to Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology. In-Press
  • Butler, HL, Hubley-Kozey CL, Kozey JW. Changes in electromyographic activity of trunk muscles within the sub-acute phase for individuals deemed recovered from a low back injury. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology. In-Press
  • Stone, MR, Stevens D, and Faulkner G. (2013). Maintaining adequate sleep throughout the week is associated with increased physical activity in children. Preventive Medicine, 56(2), 112-117.
  • Williams CA, Stevens D. (2013). Physical Activity and Exercise Training in Young People with Cystic Fibrosis: Current Recommendations and Evidence. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 2, 39-46.
  • Harman K, Keating E, Mayes S, Walsh J, MacCallum S.  Insomnia in clients with chronic, work-related musculoskeletal pain in a work recovery rehabilitation program WORK, In-Press
  • Harman, K, MacRae, M, Vallis, M.  Working with people to make changes. A behavioural change approach used in CLBP rehabilitation.  Physiotherapy Canada.

Scientific Conferences

  • North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference, October 2012, Orlando, Florida, USA. Stevens, D, Stephenson, A, Faughnan, ME, Leek, E, and Tullis, E. Dynamic hyperinflation during cardiopulmonary exercise testing in cystic fibrosis. Pediatric Pulmonology (2012), Supplement 47(S35).

Grants Received

  • Harman, K (Principal Investigator), Glover, S, Vallis, M. Unravelling the initiation of the therapeutic alliance at the first encounter: A pilot study of the interaction between a physiotherapist and a patient with chronic low back pain at their first meeting. Faculty of Health Professions, Dalhousie University, Research Development Grant.
  • MacKenzie D (Principal Investigator), Boe S, Saric A, Short C. ‘Therapeutic Management Practices with Clients Experiencing Spasticity: Current trends in assessment, intervention selection, outcome measures and interprofessional collaboration’. Faculty of Health Professions, Dalhousie University, Research Development Grant.
  • Ishigami-Doyle Y (Principal Investigator), Boe S, Klein R, Satel J, Eskes G ‘Finding physiological indices of alertness in healthy young and older adults using electroencephalography (EEG)’ Capital District Health Authority Research Fund.