School of Clinical Sciences
The School of Clinical Sciences plays an important role in specialist teaching and research conducted by its academic staff and postgraduate students. This places AUT students at the forefront of much of the ground-breaking research undertaken in New Zealand, especially in the fields of Midwifery, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Oral Health, Paramedicine, Physiotherapy, Podiatry.
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E le sauaina tatou tagata matutua: Re-examining Abuse Through Cultural Lens of the Fonofale Model
Introduction Cultural paradigms are emerging as the appropriate way to examine Samoans’ life experiences. In this study, it proposes to employ the fonofale model to explore and examine the notion of abuse among Pacific ... -
What Makes Community-based Physical Activity Programs for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Older Adults Effective? A Systematic Review
(Wiley, 2020)OBJECTIVE: This integrative review aimed to determine the features of effective physical activity programs for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) older adults. METHODS: We searched for relevant articles in MEDLINE, ... -
Intimacy for Older Adults in Long-term Care: A Need, a Right, a Privilege - or a Kind of Care?
Background To investigate attitudes of staff, residents and family members in long-term care towards sex and intimacy among older adults, specifically the extent to which they conceptualise sex and intimacy as a need, a ... -
A Novel Way to Quantify Schizophrenia Symptoms in Clinical Trials
(Wiley, 2021)BACKGROUND: A major problem in quantifying symptoms of schizophrenia is establishing a reliable distinction between enduring and dynamic aspects of psychopathology. This is critical for accurate diagnosis, monitoring and ... -
Cardiovascular Disease Risk Prediction in Older People: A Qualitative Study
Background: Despite cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk prediction equations becoming more widely available for people aged 75 years and over, views of older people on CVD risk assessment are unknown. Aim: To explore older ... -
What Motivates People to Start a Graduate Entry Nursing Programme: An Interpretive Multi-centred Case Study
(SAGE Publications, 2021)Introduction While graduate entry nursing programmes are well established in the United Kingdom and the United States of America (USA), they are relatively new to New Zealand and Australia. These programmes have been ... -
Putting Your Health in Your Own Hands: A New Strategy for Primary Stroke Prevention
(Longdom, 2015)As evidenced by the increasing stroke burden worldwide, currently used primary stroke prevention strategies are not effective enough. One of the main reasons for insufficient effectiveness of the currently used primary ... -
Barriers and Facilitators to Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis in New Zealand: A Qualitative Study
(BioMed Central, 2020)BACKGROUND: New Zealand (NZ) has high rates of colorectal cancer but low rates of early diagnosis. Due to a lack of understanding of the pre-diagnostic experience from the patient's perspective, it is necessary to investigate ... -
Hā Ora: Secondary Care Barriers and Enablers to Early Diagnosis of Lung Cancer for Māori Communities
(BioMed Central, 2021)BACKGROUND: Lung Cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in Aotearoa New Zealand. Māori communities in particular have higher incidence and mortality rates from Lung Cancer. Diagnosis of lung cancer at an early stage ... -
What Motivates People to Commence a Graduate Entry Nursing Programme: A Mixed Method Scoping Review
(BioMed Central, 2021)Background The global deficit of nurses demands urgent attention in the recruitment and education of this future workforce. Graduate entry nursing (GEN) programmes are one option for people with undergraduate degrees who ... -
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 ... -
Reliability of Tibialis Anterior Muscle Voluntary Activation Using the Interpolated Twitch Technique and the Central Activation Ratio in People With Stroke
(MDPI AG, 2021)Voluntary activation (VA) is measured by applying supramaximal electrical stimulation to a muscle during a maximal voluntary contraction (MVC). The amplitude of the evoked muscle twitch is used to determine any VA deficit, ... -
Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Motor Learning in People With Chronic Stroke: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial
(MDPI AG, 2020)Cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation (ctDCS) is a non-invasive brain stimulation technique that alters neural plasticity through weak, continuous, direct currents delivered to the cerebellum. This study aimed ... -
Protocol: Mapping Review of Storytelling As an Intervention in Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation
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The Effects of Spinal Manipulation on Motor Unit Behavior
(MDPI AG, 2021)Over recent years, a growing body of research has highlighted the neural plastic effects of spinal manipulation on the central nervous system. Recently, it has been shown that spinal manipulation improved outcomes, such ... -
Exercise Therapy for the Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hip Joint: A Systematic Review
(BioMed Central, 2009)Introduction Recent guidelines pertaining to exercise for individuals with osteoarthritis have been released. These guidelines have been based primarily on studies of knee-joint osteoarthritis. The current study was focused ... -
Confidence and Attitudes Toward Osteoarthritis Care Among the Current and Emerging Health Workforce: A Multinational Interprofessional Study
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2019)Objective: To measure confidence and attitudes of the current and emerging interprofessional workforce concerning osteoarthritis (OA) care. Methods: Study design is a multinational (Australia, New Zealand, Canada) ... -
Investigating the Intervention Parameters of Endogenous Paired Associative Stimulation (ePAS)
Advances in our understanding of neural plasticity have prompted the emergence of neuromodulatory interventions, which modulate corticomotor excitability (CME) and hold potential for accelerating stroke recovery. Endogenous ... -
Changes in Demand for Emergency Ambulances During a Nationwide Lockdown That Resulted in Elimination of COVID-19: An Observational Study From New Zealand
(BMJ Journals, 2020)Objective To examine the impact of a 5-week national lockdown on ambulance service demand during the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand. Design A descriptive cross-sectional, observational study. Setting High-quality data ... -
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 ...