Fall 2019 Research Update

Forward by Derek Rutherford

In line with our strategic plan (2016-2021); in part built from a growing focus on increasing our capacity for scholarly inquiry in the School of Physiotherapy, we are striving to establish a solid research foundation for the future. Successes have included, two world-class research laboratories located in the Forrest Building, the greatest compliment of MSc Rehabilitation Research students since this program's inception and close to half the School of Physiotherapy faculty supervising or co-supervising PhD students, most from the newly created PhD in Health program in the Faculty of Health.

Over the summer, we welcomed two new faculty members to the School of Physiotherapy. Dr. Scott Kehler and Dr. Olga Theou. Dr. Theou is the School of Physiotherapy’s first Canada Research Chair appointment; a Tier II chair in Physical Activity, Mobility and Healthy Aging. While Drs. Kehler and Theou bring distinctly different programs of research and potential both within and without the MScPT program, both individuals bring a commonality to our programming focused in Frailty and Healthy Aging. You can read more about these individuals throughout this and subsequent newsletters from your School of Physiotherapy.  Please see below for a list of scholarly outputs from the School of Physiotherapy since the last Newsletter.  

Grants

Aliki Thomas (Lead PI), MacKay-Lyons M (Co-Investigator/Site PI), Improving uptake of interventions by occupational and physical therapists to improve walking capacity after stroke: an innovative knowledge translation strategy. Can Partnership for Stroke Recovery/REPAR $120,000. 2019.

Publications

Boreskie KF, Hay JL, Kehler DS, Johnston N, Rose A, Oldfield C, Kumar K, Toleva O, Arora RC, Duhamel TA. Pre-habilitation: The right medicine for older frail adults anticipating TAVR, CABG, and other cardiovascular care. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine. (In press) July 2019 Nov;35(4):571-585. (in print) Nov. 2019.

Baker M, Stanish W, Rutherford DJ.  Walking challenges in moderate knee osteoarthritis: a biomechanical and neuromuscular response to medial walkway surface translations. Human Movement Sciences. (In Press) Oct 2019.

McGarrigle L, Squires E, Wallace LMK, Godin J, Gorman M, Rockwood K, Theou O. Investigating the feasibility and reliability of the Pictorial Fit-Frail Scale. Age Ageing. (epub) Oct 2019.

MacKay-Lyons M, Billinger SA, Eng JJ, Dromerick A, Giacomantonio N, Hafer-Macko C, Macko R, Nguyen E, Prior P, Suskin N, Tang A. Aerobic Exercise Recommendations to Optimize Best Practices in Care After Stroke: AEROBICS 2019 Update. Physical therapy. (pub) Oct 2019.
 
Theou O, Kehler DS, Godin J, Mallery K, MacLean MM, Rockwood K. Upright time during hospitalization for older inpatients: a prospective cohort study. Experimental Gerontology. Oct 15;126:110681. (pub) Oct 2019.
 
Kehler DS, Theou O, Rockwood K. Bed rest and accelerated aging in relation to the musculoskeletal and cardiovascular systems and frailty biomarkers: A review. Experimental Gerontology.  Sep;124:110643. (pub) Sept 2019.

Wallace LM, McGarrigle L, Rockwood K, Andrew MK, Theou O. Validation of the Pictorial Fit-Frail Scale in a memory clinic setting. International Psychogeriatrics. (epub) Sept 2019.

Bui KL, Maia N, Saey D, Dechman G, Maltais F, Camp PG, Mathur S. Reliability of quadriceps muscle power and explosive force, and relationship to physical function in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an observational prospective multicenter study. Physiotherapy theory and practice. 21:1-9 (pub) Sept 2019.

Kehler DS, Giacomantonio N, Firth W, Blanchard CM, Rockwood K,* Theou O.*
Association between cardiac rehabilitation and frailty. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. (In press) Aug 2019. *indicates that the authors contributed equally as senior authors.

Dechman G, Cheung W, Ryerson CJ, Hernandez P, Stickland M, Gershon A, Marciniuk DD, Bhutani M, Camp PG. Quality indicators for pulmonary rehabilitation programs in Canada: A Canadian Thoracic Society expert working group report. (epub) Aug 2019.

More K, Blanchard C, Theou O, Cranston A, Vinson AJ, Dipchand C, Kiberd B, Tennankore KK. A location based objective assessment of physical activity and sedentary behavior in ambulatory hemodialysis patients. Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease. (epub) Aug 2019.

Hajizadeh, M, Aiken AB, Cox C.  Risk Factors Associated with Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces: Does it Vary by Sex and Environmental Command?  Archives of Sexual Behavior. Pages 1 - 14.  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-019-01507-x  (pub) July 2019.

Thompson MQ, Theou O, Tucker GR, Adams RJ, Visvanathan R. Recurrent measurement of frailty is important for mortality prediction: Findings from the North West Adelaide Health Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. (epub) July 2019.

Guida J, Ahles TA, Belsky D, Campisi J, Cohen HJ, DeGregori J, Fuldner R, Ferrucci L, Gallicchio L, Gavrilov L, Gavrilova N, Green PA, Howcroft K, Jhappan C, Kohanski R, Krull K, Mandelblatt J, Ness KK, O'Mara A, Price N, Schrack J, Sierra F, Studenski S, Tan E, Theou O, Tracey RP, Hurria A. Measuring aging and identifying aging phenotypes in cancer survivors. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. (epub) July 2019.

Ploughman M, Eskes GA, Kelly L, Kirkland MC, Devasahayam A, Wallack EM, Abraha B, Mahmudul Hasan SM, Downer M, Keeler K,* Wilson G, Skene E, Sharma I*, Chaves A, Curtis ME, Bedford E, Robertson GS, Moore SM, McCarthy J, MacKay-Lyons M.† Synergistic benefits of combined aerobic and cognitive training on fluid intelligence and the role of IGF-1 in chronic stroke. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair 2019;33:199–212. DOI: 10.1177/1545968319832605 (pub) March 2019.

Knowledge Translation/Presentations/Media 

Curwin S, Review of the pathophysiology of tendinopathies and overview of current best practices. New Brunswick Chiropractors Association. Fredericton, Oct. 2019.

Quigley A, O’Brien K, Brouillette M-J, Gahagan J, MacKay-Lyons M. Feasibility and impact of a yoga intervention on cognition and balance in people living with HIV: protocol for a randomized pilot trial. HIV and Aging, New York, Oct 2019.

MacKay-Lyons M, Billinger S, Eng J, Dromerick A, Firth W, Giacomantonio N, Hafer-Macko C, Macko R, Nguyen E, Prior P, Reid R, Suskin N, Tang A, Thornton M, Unsworth K. Aerobic exercise recommendations to optimize best practices in care after stroke: AEROBICS 2019 Update. Canadian Stroke Congress, Ottawa, Ontario. (Oct 2019).

Stilwell P, Harman K. Pain and Rehab Podcast #4: An Enactive Approach to Pain w/ Peter Stilwell and Katherine Harman Barbell Medicine Podcast (currently 12,000+ plays on SoundCloud) - 2019.

Stilwell P, Harman K. Clinical Athlete Podcast: Raising the bar in Healthcare, Athletics, and Science-based Discussions. P. Stilwell and K. Harman interviewed in: Episode 43: Pain: Moving Beyond the BioPsychoSocial Model Clinical Athlete Podcast  - 2019.

Stilwell P, Harman K.  Clinical Athlete Journal club coverage of the Discussions. P. Stilwell and K. Harman interviewed in: Episode 43: Pain: Moving Beyond the BioPsychoSocial Model Enactive paper. 2019.