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Validation of the Chinese Manchester Foot Pain and Disability Index (C-MFPDI) Among Patients With Inflammatory Arthritis
(BioMed Central, 2019)Background: The Manchester Foot Pain and Disability Index (MFPDI) is a patient-reported outcome tool used to measure foot pain and foot-related disability. The English version of the MFPDI has been successfully translated ... -
Validity of the Impact on Participation and Autonomy Questionnaire: A Comparison Between Two Countries
(Informa Healthcare Ltd, 2007)Purpose. To evaluate the cross-cultural validity of the five subscales of the Impact on Participation and Autonomy (IPA) measure and the full 31-item scale. Method. Data from two validation studies (Dutch and English) ... -
Variability of Total Step Activity in Children With Cerebral Palsy: Influence of Definition of a Day on Participant Retention Within the Study
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2016)Background: Activity monitoring is important to establish accurate daily physical activity levels in children with cerebral palsy (CP). However, few studies address issues around inclusion or exclusion of step count data; ... -
Veiled in Darkness: The Everydayness of Being Aged
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Views About HIV/STI and Health Promotion Among Gay and Bisexual Chinese and South Asian Men Living in Auckland, New Zealand
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)Ethnic minority gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) are considered to have a high risk for HIV infection. The aim of this study was to identify some of the ways Chinese and South Asian MSM talk about ... -
Walking to the shops: desired but how doable?
(Physiotherapy New Zealand, 2013)The average community walking distance is often cited to be 300 metres and increases if more than one task is performed. On average, disabled older adults complete one task per trip whereas healthy older adults undertake ... -
What Are the Outcomes and Views of People With Mobility Limitations After Participating in a Community Circuit Group?
(New Zealand Society of Physiotherapists Inc, 2017)Increasing services are addressing the needs of people living with long term conditions. The purpose of this observational study was to determine the impact of community circuit classes on balance and mobility of individuals ... -
What does 'recovery' mean to people with neck pain? Results of a descriptive thematic analysis
(Bentham Open, 2013)Objectives: To describe the meaning of being recovered as perceived by people with chronic mechanical neck pain. Methods: To determine the way people with neck pain would describe a recovered state a descriptive thematic ... -
What Helps or Hinders Clinicians in Their Decision-making Processes When Using or Prescribing mHealth Apps in Practice? An Exploratory Study
(Physiotherapy New Zealand, 2018)Recent advancement and use of technology in healthcare has led to a rapid growth and availability of mobile health applications (mHealth apps) in clinical practice. This proliferation has led to growing concern over the ... -
What is the experience of receiving healthcare for neck pain?
(Bentham Open, 2013)This study used a descriptive phenomenological approach to describe the experience of finding and receiving health services for neck pain. Nineteen participants (18 females, 1 male) with neck pain (>3 months) were interviewed ... -
Wherever Is My Arm? Impaired Upper Limb Position Accuracy in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
(Elsevier Inc., 2010)Knowledge of the position of one’s limbs is an essential component of daily function and relies on complex interactions of sensorimotor body schema-related information. Those with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) ... -
Who is in control? Clinicians' view on their role in self-management approaches: a qualitative metasynthesis
(BMJ Open, 2015)Objective To explore clinician perceptions of involvement in delivery of self-management approaches. Setting All healthcare settings. Design EBSCO, Scopus and AMED databases were searched, in July 2013, for peer-reviewed ... -
Women's Experience of Ageing With a Chronic Condition
(John Wiley & Sons, 2007)Aim. This paper is a report of a study to explore the experiences of ‘almost old’ women as they grow older while living with a chronic condition. Background. Little is known about the contextual effects of ageing and ... -
Writing for Publication: Tips and Reflections for Busy Therapists
(AUT University, 2007)To assist New Zealand occupational therapists to develop skills in writing for publication, a focused search of the professional literature was conducted to identify key information. This article outlines the search process ... -
Zygapophysial joint blocks in chronic low back pain: a test of Revel's model as a screening test
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2004)Background: Only controlled blocks are capable of confirming the zygapophysial joints (ZJ) as the pain generator in LBP patients. However, previous workers have found that a cluster of clinical signs ("Revel's criteria"), ...