Browsing School of Clinical Sciences by Title
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Six Steps to Coaching Oscar Performances From Under-graduate Nursing Students in Simulation: An Action Research Study
(Sim Health Conference, 2016)No abstract. -
Six Things You Need to Know About Low Back Pain
(CSIRO Publishing, 2020)Low back pain (LBP) is the leading contributor to years lived with disability, and imposes an enormous burden on individuals and on health-care systems. General practitioners and physiotherapists are generally the front-line ... -
Social capital and voter turnout: the case of the Auckland Supercity
(International Association of Local Government Scholars, 2014)The establishment of the Auckland ‘Supercity’, was billed as “New Zealand’s bold experiment in local government“ (AUT School of Social Sciences and Public Policy 2013). The high media profile nationally and locally, resulted ... -
Social, Leisure and Everyday Activities That Occupy People Living in Advanced Age
(New Zealand Association of Gerontology Conference (NZAG), 2009) -
Socially constructed ‘value’ and vocational experiences following neurological injury
(Taylor and Francis, 2015)Purpose: Paid work is seen as a key outcome in rehabilitation. However, research demonstrates that because of normative expectations in the job market and workplace, experiences of disability can be intensified in a work ... -
Spatiotemporal gait parameters and plantar pressure distribution during barefoot walking in people with gout and asymptomatic hyperuricemia: comparison with healthy individuals with normal serum urate concentrations
(BioMed Central, 2016)Background To identify spatiotemporal gait parameters and plantar pressure distribution during barefoot walking in people with gout and people with asymptomatic hyperuricemia by comparing them to healthy individuals with ... -
Spirituality and Spiritual Care in and Around Childbirth
(Elsevier, 2015)Background: Emerging evidence points to childbirth as a spiritually felt meaningful occasion. Although growing literature and development of guidelines charge the midwife to provide spiritual care felt spiritual experiences ... -
Strategies older New Zealanders use to participate in day-to-day occupations
(College of Occupational Therapists, 2011)Aim: This exploratory study aimed to uncover the strategies that older adults employ to ameliorate the impact of impairments and barriers to participation. Method: Eight participants were interviewed in their own homes, ... -
Strategies to Reduce the Use of Seclusion and Restraint With Tangata Whai I the Ora
(Te Pou o te Whakaaro Nui, 2013)This study explored Māori clinical, cultural and consumer perspectives on potential strategies and initiatives for reducing seclusion and restraint with Māori in acute mental health inpatient services. This report is ... -
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
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2012)