Publications by authors named "Geoffrey Henderson"
Article Synopsis
- Anti-obesity medications (AOMs) are being considered for managing obesity in individuals with spinal cord injury and disease (SCI/D), but there's limited understanding of their use in this population.
- Healthcare providers (HCPs) identified four main barriers to AOM use: concerning side effects in SCI/D patients, promotion of poor eating habits, issues with availability and administration, and insufficient evidence or knowledge regarding AOM effectiveness for this group.
- Despite recognizing these barriers and the risks associated with AOMs for SCI/D patients, HCPs expressed a desire for more information to better support their patients.
Background And Aims: This study was designed to obtain daily weighed food intake of participants engaged in Alternate Day Feeding (ADF). Prior ADF studies have used self-reported food intake, a method that has received criticism for its limited accuracy.
Subjects And Methods: Forty-nine university students received academic credit for participating in the study.
Article Synopsis
- - A female veteran with multiple sclerosis started practicing time-restricted eating (TRE), limiting her food intake to a 6-hour window each day to manage weight gain.
- - She achieved notable weight loss and better health indicators related to heart and metabolic function.
- - More research is needed to explore the effectiveness of TRE as a strategy for reducing obesity.
Type and frequency of wheelchair repairs and resulting adverse consequences among veteran wheelchair users.
Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol
April 2022
Purpose: Investigate the type and frequency of wheelchair repairs and resulting adverse consequences in a Veteran population.
Design: Convenience cross-sectional sample survey.
Setting: Data were collected at the 2017 National Veterans Wheelchair Games.
Technologies capable of projecting injury and performance metrics to athletes and coaches are being developed. Wheelchair athletes must be cognizant of their upper limb health; therefore, systems must be designed to promote efficient transfer of energy to the handrims and evaluated for simultaneous effects on the upper limbs. This article is brief review of resources that help wheelchair users increase physiologic response to exercise, develop ideas for adaptive workout routines, locate accessible facilities and outdoor areas, and develop wheelchair sports-specific skills.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Goal-setting within rehabilitation is a common practice ultimately geared toward helping patients make functional progress.
Objective: The purposes of this study were to (1) qualitatively analyze data from a wellness program for patients with spina bifida (SB) and spinal cord injury (SCI) in order to generate software requirements for a goal-setting module to support their complex goal-setting routines, (2) design a prototype of a goal-setting module within an existing mobile health (mHealth) system, and (3) identify what educational content might be necessary to integrate into the system.
Methods: A total of 750 goals were analyzed from patients with SB and SCI enrolled in a wellness program.
This paper makes an outline case for the need for a low-cost, easy to administer method for detecting dementia within the growing at risk population. It proposes two methods for electroencephalogram (EEG) analysis for detecting dementia that could fulfil such a need. The paper describes a fractal dimension-based method for analyzing the EEG waveforms of subjects with dementia and reports on an assessment which demonstrates that an appropriate fractal dimension measure could achieve 67% sensitivity to probable Alzheimer's disease (as suggested by clinical psychometric testing and EEG findings) with a specificity of 99.
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