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Walking to the shops: desired but how doable?
(Physiotherapy New Zealand, 2013)The average community walking distance is often cited to be 300 metres and increases if more than one task is performed. On average, disabled older adults complete one task per trip whereas healthy older adults undertake ... -
What Are the Outcomes and Views of People With Mobility Limitations After Participating in a Community Circuit Group?
(New Zealand Society of Physiotherapists Inc, 2017)Increasing services are addressing the needs of people living with long term conditions. The purpose of this observational study was to determine the impact of community circuit classes on balance and mobility of individuals ... -
What does 'recovery' mean to people with neck pain? Results of a descriptive thematic analysis
(Bentham Open, 2013)Objectives: To describe the meaning of being recovered as perceived by people with chronic mechanical neck pain. Methods: To determine the way people with neck pain would describe a recovered state a descriptive thematic ... -
What Does Real-world Walking Mean to People With Stroke? An Interpretive Descriptive Study
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)Purpose: Understanding personal experiences of real-world walking for stroke survivors could assist clinicians to tailor interventions to their clients' specific needs. We explored the research questions: "What does ... -
What Helps or Hinders Clinicians in Their Decision-making Processes When Using or Prescribing mHealth Apps in Practice? An Exploratory Study
(Physiotherapy New Zealand, 2018)Recent advancement and use of technology in healthcare has led to a rapid growth and availability of mobile health applications (mHealth apps) in clinical practice. This proliferation has led to growing concern over the ... -
What is the experience of receiving healthcare for neck pain?
(Bentham Open, 2013)This study used a descriptive phenomenological approach to describe the experience of finding and receiving health services for neck pain. Nineteen participants (18 females, 1 male) with neck pain (>3 months) were interviewed ... -
What's Real Is Immaterial: What Are We Doing With New Materialism?
(University of Ottawa, 2020)New materialism is emerging as one of the most significant developments in healthcare research in recent years, offering radical new ways to rethink our critical relationship with forms, matter, objects and things. As with ... -
When Every Second Counts: Ampoule Versus Adrenaline Auto-injector Administration for Life-threatening Allergy
(New Zealand Medical Association, 2019)No abstract. -
When Maintaining Relationships and Social Connectivity Matter: The Case of New Zealand Midwives and COVID-19
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2021)New Zealand’s response to COVID-19 was go hard and go early into Level 4 lockdown on 25 March 2020. This rapid response has resulted in low rates of infection and deaths. For New Zealand midwives, the sudden changes to how ... -
Wherever Is My Arm? Impaired Upper Limb Position Accuracy in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
(Elsevier Inc., 2010)Knowledge of the position of one’s limbs is an essential component of daily function and relies on complex interactions of sensorimotor body schema-related information. Those with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) ... -
Who is in control? Clinicians' view on their role in self-management approaches: a qualitative metasynthesis
(BMJ Open, 2015)Objective To explore clinician perceptions of involvement in delivery of self-management approaches. Setting All healthcare settings. Design EBSCO, Scopus and AMED databases were searched, in July 2013, for peer-reviewed ... -
Women's Experience of Ageing With a Chronic Condition
(John Wiley & Sons, 2007)Aim. This paper is a report of a study to explore the experiences of ‘almost old’ women as they grow older while living with a chronic condition. Background. Little is known about the contextual effects of ageing and ... -
Working-age Adults' Perspectives on Living With Persistent Postural-perceptual Dizziness: A Qualitative Exploratory Study
(BMJ Journals, 2019)Objectives To (a) explore the experiences of persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD), formerly chronic subjective dizziness on the personal, work and social lives of working-age adults; (b) enhance current ... -
Writing for Publication: Tips and Reflections for Busy Therapists
(AUT University, 2007)To assist New Zealand occupational therapists to develop skills in writing for publication, a focused search of the professional literature was conducted to identify key information. This article outlines the search process ... -
Years of Life Lost Due to Traumatic Brain Injury in Europe: A Cross-sectional Analysis of 16 Countries
(Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017)Introduction Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are a major public health, medical, and societal challenge globally. They present a substantial burden to victims, their families, and the society as a whole. Although ... -
Zygapophysial joint blocks in chronic low back pain: a test of Revel's model as a screening test
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2004)Background: Only controlled blocks are capable of confirming the zygapophysial joints (ZJ) as the pain generator in LBP patients. However, previous workers have found that a cluster of clinical signs ("Revel's criteria"), ...