Publications by authors named "F Cochrane"

Purpose: Providing culturally safe speech-language pathology services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with acquired communication disorders (ACDs) may be challenging for non-Indigenous speech-language pathologists (SLPs). Indigenous Health Liaison Officers (IHLOs) may share common histories and culture with patients, and provide valuable insights about cultural safety. The study aim was to explore IHLOs' experiences of working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults post-stroke or traumatic brain injury (TBI), and with the SLPs who provide services to these peoples.

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Purpose: Speech-language pathologists' (SLP) management practices for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults with acquired communication disorder (ACD), following stroke or traumatic brain injury (TBI), are not well understood. This study explores SLPs' management approaches for ACDs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults post-stroke or TBI.

Materials And Methods: SLPs' documented notes were analysed from a two-year retrospective medical record review of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults (≥18 years), admitted to a regional Queensland hospital with principal diagnoses of stroke or TBI.

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Objective: The purpose of this exploratory study was to determine whether a single session of vibration therapy (VT) would improve muscular and functional performance in individuals with symptomatic peripheral artery disease (PAD).

Methods: In a randomized, balanced cross-over design fourteen PAD participants with intermittent claudication (mean ± standard deviation; age, 73.9 ± 4.

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Purpose: This study explored speech-language pathologists' (SLPs) perspectives about factors that influence clinical management of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults with acquired communication disorders (e.g. aphasia, motor speech disorders).

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The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of a second treatment with prostaglandin F2α (PGF) during Ovsynch on regression of the corpus luteum (CL) and on fertility to the timed artificial insemination. Two experiments were performed. In both experiments, cows were randomized to receive (1) no additional treatments with PGF=1 PGF, or (2) a second PGF treatment at 24h after the first PGF treatment=2 PGF.

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