| Faculty Member |
Research Interests |
Supervision Level
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Bartlett, Doreen
|
- Early motor development of infants developing typically and infants born preterm
- Fitness and exercise participation of children and youth with a history of preterm birth and those with cerebral palsy
- Understanding multiple determinants of motor outcomes of children and youth with cerebral palsy
- Developmental surveillance of children and youth with cerebral palsy
- Attributes associated with optimal functioning of health care professionals
|
Master's and PhD
|
Birmingham, Trevor
|
- Musculoskeletal rehabilitation
- Clinical biomechanics
|
Master's and PhD
|
Brown, Janet
|
- Learning Disabilities among high achieving university health care students
- Optimizing mobility for people with severe neurological injuries
- Community reintegration for individuals with ABI
|
Master's
|
Bryant, Dianne
|
- Development/evaluation of novel study designs to overcome barriers to conducting research in clinical settings
- Evaluation of rehabilitative and surgical interventions
- Development/evaluation of measurement instruments/quality of life
|
Master's and PhD
|
Chesworth, Bert
|
- Evaluation of total hip and knee joint replacement outcomes
- Musculoskeletal (MSK) rehabilitation and hip fracture outcomes
- Osteoarthritis of the hip and knee
- MSK outcome measures
- Manipulative physiotherapy
|
Master's and PhD
|
Connelly, Denise
|
- The role and utility of exercise by older adults
- Self-care management of chronic health conditions by older adults
- Community-based physiotherapy practice
|
Master's and PhD
|
| Houghton, Pamela |
- Evaluating the effects of various physical therapies (eg. electrical stimulation (Estim)) on healing of chronic wounds.
- Development & validation of wound assessment tools
- Reducing secondary complications in people living with spinal cord injury (SCI).
- Safe and effective use of electrophysical agents (ultrasound, Estim, laser) in Physiotherapy
- Development and implementation of Best Practice guidelines
- Learning via alternate delivery methods (online learning)
|
Master's and PhD
|
Lucy, Deb
|
- Chronic lung disease continuum of care
- Chronic disease management and self-care
- Professionalism, professional socialization
- Health professional education, critical thinking
- Primary Health Care, interprofessional collaboration
|
Master's and PhD
|
MacPhail, Ann
|
- Preceptor Education Program (PEP) for Health Professionals and Students
- Policies, Barriers, and Incentives Impacting Physical Therapy Student Clinical Placements in the Home Care Setting
- Strength Training for Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy
|
N/A
|
Obright, Kathy
|
-
Orthopaedics
- Carpal tunnel and
whiplash disorders
- Effectiveness of
treatment in patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome
- Predictors of long-term
whiplash syndrome
|
N/A
|
| Overend, Tom |
- Physical therapy treatment techniques and outcome measures
- Assessing the evidence base for physical therapy treatment techniques
- Rehabilitation of people with hip fracture
|
Master's and PhD |
Patterson, Kara
|
- Post-stroke gait and neurorehabilitation
- Developing and testing novel rehabilitation interventions for
post-stroke gait that are tailored to specific underlying deficits
contributing to and individual's gait dysfunction
- Developing and testing new approaches to gait measurement
post-stroke with the goal of using the results to inform and guide gait
interventions
- Understanding the impact of impaired sensory perception and integration on motor performance post-stroke
|
Master's
|
Sadi, Jackie
|
- Manual and Manipulative Therapy
- Occupational Health
- Orthopaedic injuries related to the upper quadrant (cervical, shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand)
|
Master's
|
Vandervoort, Anthony (Tony)
|
- Measurement of neuromuscular performance and related muscle contractile properties in older adults
- Investigating the benefits of high-resistance exercise programs for
improving muscular strength and function in this population, which
includes sport-specific injury prevention such as for golf
- Application of these findings to rehabilitation programs for older
adults with mobility impairment (muscles of the lower limb are my usual
models of investigation for this area of research).
|
Master's and PhD
|
Walton, Dave
|
- Prognosis in acute whiplash
- Prevention and treatment of chronic pain
- Scale design and development
- Quality of life in chronic pain
- Teaching methods to foster empathetic and reflective critical thinkers
|
Master's and PhD
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