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Are Foot and Ankle Characteristics Associated With Falls in People With Rheumatoid Arthritis? A Prospective Study
(Wiley, 2016)Objective To determine whether foot and ankle characteristics are associated with falls in people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods A total of 201 adults with RA were recruited from rheumatology outpatient ... -
Are physiotherapists comfortable with person-centred practice? An autoethnographical insight
(Informa Plc., 2013)Purpose: This study aimed to understand our shared conflicting response and discomfort to person-centred rehabilitation within the context of our physiotherapy rehabilitation culture by reflecting on our own experiences ... -
Are Ultrasound Features at the First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Associated With Clinically-assessed Pain and Function? A Study of People With Gout, Asymptomatic Hyperuricaemia and Normouricaemia
(BioMed Central, 2017)Background: The first metatatarsophalangeal joint (1st MTP joint) is a common location for sonographic evidence of urate deposition in people with gout and asymptomatic hyperuricaemia. However, it is unclear whether ... -
Assessing Readiness to Work in Primary Health Care: The Content Validity of a Self-check Tool for Physiotherapists and Other Health Professionals
(The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP), 2013)The New Zealand Primary Health Care Strategy has emphasised the importance of well-coordinated service teams in managing complex chronic conditions. There is international evidence that physiotherapists can contribute ... -
Assessment of Foot and Ankle Muscle Strength Using Hand Held Dynamometry in Patients With Established Rheumatoid Arthritis
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2013)The foot and ankle are frequently affected in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). One of the negative consequences of RA on the physical function of patients is a decrease in muscle strength. However, little is known ... -
An assessment of the Hua Oranga outcome instrument and comparison to other outcome measures in an intervention study with Maori and Pacific people following stroke
(New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA), 2012)The Hua Oranga instrument, developed for Maori people with mental illness, showed good responsiveness and adequate psychometric properties in Maori and Pacific people after stroke. Its simplicity, relative brevity, minimal ... -
The Association Between Corticomotor Excitability and Motor Skill Learning in People With Painful Hand Arthritis
(Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc., 2016)Previous studies have shown a tendency for reduced motor cortex inhibition in chronic pain populations. People with chronic pain also routinely demonstrate motor deficiencies, including skill learning. The goals of the ... -
Availability, Accessibility, Acceptability and Quality (AAAQ) of Interpreting Services to Refugee Women in New Zealand
(SAGE Publications, 2020)A significant number of people have been displaced from their country of origin and become refugees. Good health is essential for refugees to actively engage and take up opportunities within the society in their host ... -
Awareness of Concussion in Equestrian Sports. Report to Stakeholders, January 2019.
(Auckland University of Technology (AUT), 2019)Executive Summary An online 48-item questionnaire was used to explore concussion awareness, attitudes and behaviour in equestrian sports in New Zealand (NZ). Equestrian Sports New Zealand, New Zealand Pony Cub, Harness ... -
Axillary Traction: An Effective Method of Resolving Shoulder Dystocia
(Wiley, 2019)Background: At Counties Manukau Health in Auckland, New Zealand, axillary traction is being used when an internal manoeuvre is required for resolution of shoulder dystocia. Aims: This study presents the outcomes for mother ... -
Barefoot running and walking: the pros and cons based on current evidence
(New Zealand Medical Association, 2008)In response to the recent debate on barefoot running and walking of children published in the New Zealand Herald1 we have put together an argument relating to the pros and cons based on current evidence. There is very ... -
Barriers and Facilitators of Linkage to HIV Care Among HIV-infected Young Chinese Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Qualitative Study
(2017)Background: The Four Free and One Care Policy (HIV/AIDS-related free services) has been in place in China since 2004. However, linkage to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care is not yet achieved very well among people ... -
Being Aged Is Not the Same As Being Old
(AUT University, 2006)Overview of Presentation: - The demographic context. - Research question & aims. - Methodology. - Methods & design. - Agedness is not oldness. - Questions & discussion. -
Being occupied in the everyday
(AUT UniversitySpringer, 2012)This chapter draws on the stories told by elder New Zealanders as a way of illuminating the deeply contextual, habitual, relational and precarious nature of engaging in everyday occupations. In the telling we hear how ... -
Being Occupied With What Matters in Advanced Age
(Taylor & Francis, 2011)This article illuminates one key finding of an interpretive phenomenological study that brought an occupational lens to exploring how elders experience ageing in their everyday lives. Fifteen community-dwelling, New Zealand ... -
Best Evidence Rehabilitation for Chronic Pain Part 5: Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of chronic pain and disability in older adults, which most commonly affects the joints of the knee, hip, and hand. To date, there are no established disease modifying interventions ... -
Beyond the Rct - Understanding the Relationship Between Interventions, Individuals and Outcome - the Example of Neurological Rehabilitation
(Informa Healthcare Ltd., 2010)Background Rehabilitation is highly complex, involving multiple processes, outcomes, and stakeholders. The way we deliver our services and work with our clients and their families, should be informed by research approaches ... -
Body Perception Disturbance: A Contribution to Pain in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
(Elsevier, 2007)In spite of pain in the CRPS limb, clinical observations show patients pay little attention to, and fail to care for, their affected limb as if it were not part of their body. Literature describes this phenomenon in terms ... -
Body politics: a Foucauldian discourse analysis of physiotherapy practice
(School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, 2008)This thesis offers new insights into physiotherapy practice by asking ‘How is physiotherapy discursively constructed?’ Physiotherapy is a large, well-established, orthodox health profession. Recent changes in the economy ... -
The Body Responds
The first author uses a hermeneutic approach to reflect on her somatic experiences with clients diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa. Using poetry, imagery, and metaphor, as well as understandings drawn from the psychodynamic ...