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Subconscious Manipulation of Pain Expectation Can Modulate Cortical Nociceptive Processing
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2015)To determine whether manipulation of the expectation of pain inhibition can enhance the efficacy of conditioned pain modulation in healthy participants Methods: A conditioned pain modulation paradigm was used to investigate ... -
Support Workers' Experiences of Work Stress in Long-term Care Settings: A Qualitative Study
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)Background: Support-workers' performance and well-being are challenged by increasingly high workloads and poor working conditions, leading to high levels of occupational stress. Aims: To explore the experiences of work ... -
A Survey of Foot Orthoses Prescription Habits Amongst Podiatrists in the UK, Australia and New Zealand
(BioMed Central, 2018)Background Foot orthoses are frequently used but little is known about which types are used in contemporary practice. This study aimed to explore the types of foot orthoses currently used by podiatrists and the prescription ... -
A systematic review of evidence for the psychometric properties of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
(SAGE Publications Ltd., 2015)This paper synthesised evidence for the validity and reliability of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in children aged 3-5. A systematic review using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and ... -
A Systematic Review of Paired Associative Stimulation (PAS) to Modulate Lower Limb Corticomotor Excitability: Implications for Stimulation Parameter Selection and Experimental Design
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2019)Non-invasive neuromodulatory interventions have the potential to influence neural plasticity and augment motor rehabilitation in people with stroke. Paired associative stimulation (PAS) involves the repeated pairing of ... -
Tai Chi for falls prevention: the effect of group exercise
(World Confederation for Physical Therapy, 2011)Purpose: To investigate the effectiveness of a modified Tai Chi programme compared with a low-level exercise programme to reduce falls in community dwelling older adults with a falls risk. Relevance: About a third of adults ... -
Taking it into account: caring for disabled mothers during pregnancy and birth
(Springer, 2014)BACKGROUND: Although more disabled women are pursuing motherhood over time, little is known about their needs and experiences in achieving this goal. METHODS: A 3-phase study was designed with the aim of identifying ways ... -
Test-retest reliability of the StepWatch Activity Monitor outputs in healthy adults
(Human Kinetics, 2010)Background: Activity Monitors give an objective measure of usual walking performance. This study aimed to examine the test-retest reliability of the StepWatch Activity Monitor outputs (mean steps/day; peak activity index; ... -
Test-retest reliability of the StepWatch Activity Monitor outputs in individuals with chronic stroke
(Sage, 2008)Objective: To examine the test—retest reliability of the StepWatch Activity Monitor outputs over two periods, a week apart, in participants with stroke. Design: Test—retest reliability study over monitoring periods of ... -
The "Why" Of Who We Are: Exploring the "Culture of Practice" Of Ministry of Education, Special Education Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists
(Massey University, 2007)This qualitative study sought to describe the shared ‘culture of practice’ of a group of Ministry of Education, Special Education occupational therapists and physiotherapists. Data from individual semi-structured interviews, ... -
The Case for Multiple Research Methodologies
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The consultation and relational empathy measure: an investigation of its scaling structure.
(AUT University; Informa Healthcare, 2011)Purpose: The Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) measure is recommended to evaluate the quality of care. However, there is no evidence that it is valid in rehabilitation. Aims were to examine the internal construct ... -
The Effects of Commercially Available Footwear on Foot Pain and Disability in People With Gout: A Pilot Study
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2013)There is limited evidence on non-pharmacological interventions for gout. The aim of the study was to determine whether a footwear intervention can reduce foot pain and musculoskeletal disability in people with gout. -
The foot posture index, ankle lunge test, Beighton scale and the lower limb assessment score in healthy children: a reliability study
(AUT University, BioMed Central Ltd, 2012)Background Outcome measures are important when evaluating treatments and physiological progress in paediatric populations. Reliable, relevant measures of foot posture are important for such assessments to be accurate ... -
The frequency and incidence of low-back-pain/sciatica in an urban-population
(New Zealand Medical Association, 1991)The frequency, incidence and severity of low back pain was assessed by a random telephone survey of 314 urban New Zealanders. Relationships between the severity and frequency of low back pain and referred lower extremity ... -
The lived experience of occupational performance during recovery from mental illness
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The Meaning of Being Aged: A Story of Everyday Occupations
(New Zealand Association of Occupational Therapists (NZAOT), 2008)“Everyday occupations tend to be ‘seen but unnoticed’” (Hasselkus, 2006, p. 628). Hence, occupational therapy’s inspiration is in its focus on peoples’ engagement in the ordinary everyday. In working with older people, ... -
The physiotherapy management of patients undergoing thoracic surgery. A survey of current practice in Australia and New Zealand [Abstract]
(Australian Physiotherapy Association, 2006)Physiotherapy is considered an essential component of the management of patients following thoracotomy, yet the type of interventions utilised and evidence of their efficacy has not been clearly established. This study ... -
The physiotherapy management of the coronary artery bypass graft patient
(Association of charted physiotherapists in respiratory care, 2005)This study investigated the current physiotherapy management of the patient undergoing routine coronary artery bypass graft. A postal questionnaire was sent to the senior physiotherapists in all (n=52) cardiothoracic units ... -
The promise of internationally collaborative research for studying occupation: the example of the older women's food preparation study
(SLACK Incorporated on behalf of American Occupational Therapy Foundation, Inc., 2008)Growing awareness of the Western perspectives underpinning occupational science and occupational therapy’s values, theories, and evaluation tools has given rise to questions about culturally relevant knowledge and practice ...