Christina (Tina) Ziebart, PhD

Assistant Professor

Contact information
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CANSpine Research Group

Education

PhD (Western University)
MPT (Western University)
MSc (University of Waterloo)
BSc Hons (University of Waterloo)

Graduate Student Supervision

Health and Rehabilitation Sciences MSc | PhD

Research In Profile

Professor Ziebart's current research program uses exercise to reduce the risk of fractures and rehabilitate fractures in people with osteoporosis or who are at risk of developing osteoporosis. She is interested in identifying early signs of fragility fractures and implementing interventions to reduce the risk of the more debilitating fractures of the hip and spine. She plans to improve the quality and quantity of life in people living with osteoporosis. Additionally, she conducts research on falls prevention strategies for home and community safety, knowledge translation strategies to increase adherence to exercise and population studies for bone health. Sex and gender are cross-cutting themes in her research and have been a considerable focus of her training. Sex and gender are important factors in bone health, exercise behaviours and prognosis for osteoporosis outcomes.

Featured Publications and Projects

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

Ziebart C, MacDermid J, Bobos P, et al. Fall Hazard Identification: A Scoping Review. Physical & Occupational Therapy In Geriatrics. 2020;39(1):96-111
Ziebart C, McArthur C, Lee L, et al. “Left to my own devices, I don’t know”: using theory and patient-reported barriers to move from physical activity recommendations to practice. Osteoporosis International. 2018;29(5):1081-109
Ziebart C, Gibbs JC, McArthur C, et al. Are osteoporotic vertebral fractures or forward head posture associated with performance-based measures of balance and mobility? Archives of osteoporosis. 2019;14(1):1-10
Ziebart C, Nazari G, MacDermid JC. Therapeutic exercise for adults post-distal radius fracture: An overview of systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials. Hand Therapy. 2019;24(3):69-81
Ziebart C, Page AD, MacDermid JC. Application of ICF conceptual framework in Osteoporosis. Physiotherapy theory and practice. 2020;36(10):1077-1087.
Ziebart C, Bobos P, Furtado R, et al. The efficacy of fall hazards identification on fall outcomes: a systematic review with meta-analysis. Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation. 2020;2(3):100065
Ziebart C, Bryant D, Szekeres M. Exercise preferences for people with osteoporosis, identifying barriers, facilitators, needs and goals of exercise. J Osteop Physic Act. 2020;8:1-7

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Graduate Student Opportunities

Students will be able to help conduct population-based work looking at spinal cord injury and fractures; osteoporosis and fractures; and rehabilitation strategies post fracture. Research related to an exercise intervention post-distal radius fracture is available for a student to analyze for a master’s thesis. Finally, data will be available to analyze for a project on a community intervention for people with osteoporosis. A knowledge translation project could also be developed from this work.

For more information please email professor Ziebart at cziebart@uwo.ca, expressing your interest.

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