How to evaluate perfusion imaging in post-treatment glioma: a comparison of three different analysis methods.

Introduction: Dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC) perfusion weighted (PW)-MRI can aid in differentiating treatment related abnormalities (TRA) from tumor progression (TP) in post-treatment glioma patients. Common methods, like the 'hot spot', or visual approach suffer from oversimplification and subjectivity. Using perfusion of the complete lesion potentially offers an objective and accurate alternative.

Participatory curriculum development for health and independent living for disabled people: a qualitative study of participant experiences.

Participatory curriculum development is an approach that draws on participatory research philosophy by engaging members of intended audiences in the curriculum development process. This is a fairly new approach to curriculum development, which has seldom been applied in health promotion and, to our knowledge, has not previously been used to develop curriculum with disabled people. In this project, participatory curriculum development was used to both develop a new curriculum and revise an existing curriculum for in-person, web-based delivery.

Hopefulness and meaning in adults with disabilities' physical activity: A qualitative study.

Purpose/objective: The body of knowledge regarding the processes involved in changing physical activity behaviors in people with disabilities is very limited. This qualitative study is a follow-up to a pilot study on an individualized health coaching intervention for adults with any type of disabilities, titled Health My Way, that used a disability-specific health-promotion curriculum. In the original study, we found that participants in the health coaching intervention experienced improved health-promoting behavior, notably physical activity.

Health Coaching for People With Disabilities: An Exploratory Mixed-Methods Study.

Purpose: To expand the reach of health-promotion efforts for people with disabilities, we piloted a health-coaching intervention with a disability-specific curriculum. We evaluated the intervention's effects on health-related quality of life and health behavior change.

Design: Mixed-methods research design using pre-post measures and semi-structured interviews.

Effects of an exercise intervention on participation reported by people with disabilities: A mixed methods randomized trial.

Background: Despite a long history of research on the benefits of exercise for people with mobility impairments, little is known about how exercise affects participation in their daily activities.

Objective: This randomized mixed-methods study examined the effects of participating in a structured community-based exercise program on pain, depression, fatigue, exertion and participation in daily activities.

Method: Study participants were recruited from a population-based sample of people who returned a survey (n = 800) and indicated they would be willing to participate in another study.