Associations between attention, affect and cardiac activity in a single yoga session for female cancer survivors: an enactive neurophenomenology-based approach.

Yoga practice is reported to lead to improvements in quality of life, psychological functioning, and symptom indices in cancer survivors. Importantly, meditative states experienced within yoga practice are correlated to neurophysiological systems that moderate both focus of attention and affective valence. The current study used a mixed methods approach based in neurophenomenology to investigate associations between attention, affect, and cardiac activity during a single yoga session for female cancer survivors.

Affect and mindfulness as predictors of change in mood disturbance, stress symptoms, and quality of life in a community-based yoga program for cancer survivors.

Little attention has been paid to the psychological determinants by which benefits are accrued via yoga practice in cancer-related clinical settings. Using a longitudinal multilevel modeling approach, associations between affect, mindfulness, and patient-reported mental health outcomes, including mood disturbance, stress symptoms, and health-related quality of life (HRQL), were examined in an existing seven-week yoga program for cancer survivors. Participants (N = 66) were assessed before and after the yoga program and at three- and six-month follow-ups.

Use of simulations to assess the injury evaluation and management skills of advanced student athletic therapists at a Canadian university.

Simulations can provide exposure to cases that might not present themselves during a practicum assignment or rotation, allow students to make decisions without risk to a real patient, expose students to critical situations requiring a rapid response, allow students to observe the consequences (good or bad) of their management choices, and provide training to maintain infrequently used skills. Simulation has been used in a variety of medical fields such as anesthesia, emergency medicine, military trauma medicine, intensive care, trauma, and surgical critical care. Within athletic training (athletic therapy, in Canada), simulations might maximize the retention of knowledge, could increase the number of clinical experiences encountered, and aid in the transfer of training to real-life settings.

Development of content-valid technical skill assessment instruments for athletic taping skills.

Background And Purpose: The content validity of technical skill assessment instruments (TSAI) for the skills of athletic taping has not been reported. The purpose of this paper is to outline and present the process of content validation for nine TSAIs for athletic taping. Local and national validators were selected from Canadian Athletic Therapists' Association (CATA)-accredited athletic therapy (AT) programs to serve as content validators.