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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 ... -
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 ... -
Can we improve real world walking after stroke? A systematic review and meta-analysis
(Elsevier, 2014)Objective: This study aimed to determine effectiveness of current interventions to improve real world walking for people with stroke and specifically whether benefits are sustained. Data sources: EBSCO Megafile, AMED, ... -
Categorisation of Foot Complaints in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) From a New Zealand Cohort
(BioMed Central, 2017)Background: Foot complaints have been shown to be common in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and heterogeneous in nature. We aimed to categorize self-reported foot complaints in people with SLE and foot symptoms. Methods: ... -
Characteristics of footwear worn by people with systemic lupus erythematosus: A comparison with age- and sex-matched healthy controls: A pilot study
(BioMed Central, 2018)Background To determine characteristics of footwear worn by people with systematic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods Twenty-two people with SLE and twenty matched healthy controls participated in a cross-sectional ... -
Characteristics of the first metatarsophalangeal joint in gout and asymptomatic hyperuricaemia: a cross-sectional observational study
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2015)Background This study aimed to identify patient-reported outcomes and clinician-assessed characteristics of the first metatarsophalangeal joint (1MTPJ) in people with gout and with asymptomatic hyperuricaemia by comparing ... -
'Choosing shoes': a preliminary study into the challenges facing clinicians in assessing footwear for rheumatoid patients
(Bio Med Central Ltd, 2010)Background: Footwear has been accepted as a therapeutic intervention for the foot affected by rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Evidence relating to the objective assessment of footwear in patients with RA is limited. The aims ... -
'Choosing Shoes': A Preliminary Study Into the Challenges Facing Clinicians in Assessing Footwear for Rheumatoid Patients
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2010)Background Footwear has been accepted as a therapeutic intervention for the foot affected by rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Evidence relating to the objective assessment of footwear in patients with RA is limited. The aims ... -
Chronic Pain: We Should Not Underestimate the Contribution of Neural Plasticity
(Begell House, 2013)Disability associated with chronic pain is a prevalent worldwide problem. Much of our understanding of how and why chronic pain develops has been provided through developments in neural imaging and assessment techniques. ... -
Circuit-based rehabilitation improves gait endurance but not usual walking activity in chronic stroke: a randomised clinical trial
(Elsevier, 2009)Objective To determine whether circuit-based rehabilitation would increase the amount and rate that individuals with stroke walk in their usual environments. Design Single-blind randomized controlled trial. Setti ... -
The Clinical and Cost-effectiveness of Foot Orthoses in People With Established Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Exploratory Clinical Trial
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)Objectives: Foot orthoses are commonly prescribed as an intervention for people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Data relating to the cost-effectiveness of foot orthoses in people with RA are limited. The aim was to evaluate ... -
Clinical audit of foot problems in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated at Counties Manukau District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2009)Background At diagnosis, 16% of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients may have foot joint involvement, increasing to 90% as disease duration increases. This can lead to joint instability, difficulties in walking and limitation ... -
Clinical Measures of Balance in People With Type Two Diabetes: A Systematic Literature Review
(Elsevier, 2017)Approximately 422 million people have diabetes mellitus worldwide, with the majority diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The complications of diabetes mellitus include diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) and ...