The association of frailty on cardiac rehabilitation goal achievement.

Introduction: Frailty is common among patients entering cardiac rehabilitation (CR). Frailty is associated with poor health outcomes; however, it is unclear if frailty influences achieving goals in CR.

Methods: We report a secondary analysis of participants who were referred to an exercise and education-based CR program from 2005 to 2015.

Cardiac rehabilitation and frailty: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Aims: Frailty among cardiac rehabilitation (CR) participants is associated with worse health outcomes. However, no literature synthesis has quantified the relationship between frailty and CR outcomes. The purpose of this study was to examine frailty prevalence at CR admission, frailty changes during CR, and whether frailty is associated with adverse outcomes following CR.

Time spent in the sun and the risk of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a Canadian cohort study.

Purpose: The objective was to explore the relationship of sun behavior patterns with the risk of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL).

Methods: Sun behavior information from Alberta's Tomorrow Project, CARTaGENE, and Ontario Health Study were utilized. The relationship between time in the sun during summer months and risk of NHL was assessed using Cox proportional hazard models with age as the time scale and adjustment for confounders.

Video-based assessment (VBA) of an open, simulated orthopedic surgical procedure: a pilot study using a single-angle camera to assess surgical skill and decision making.

Background: Videos have been used in many settings including medical simulation. Limited information currently exists on video-based assessment in surgical training. Effective assessment tools have substantial impact on the future of training.

Contribution of individual and cumulative frailty-related health deficits on cardiac rehabilitation completion.

Background: Despite the high burden of frailty among cardiac rehabilitation (CR) participants, it is unclear which frailty-related deficits are related to program completion.

Methods: Data from a single-centre exercise- and education-based CR program were included. A frailty index (FI) based on 25 health deficits was constructed.

Combinations of modifiable lifestyle behaviours in relation to colorectal cancer risk in Alberta's Tomorrow Project.

The objective of this study was to identify distinct clusters of individuals that exhibit unique patterns of modifiable lifestyle-related behaviours and to determine how these patterns are associated with the risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC). The study consisted of 26,460 participants and 267 CRC cases from Alberta's Tomorrow Project. Exploratory latent class analysis of risk behaviours (obesity, physical inactivity, meat consumption, smoking, alcohol consumption, and fruit and vegetable consumption) and Cox proportional hazard models were utilized.

Indoor tanning and the risk of developing non-cutaneous cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Purpose: Despite a strong association between indoor tanning and the risk of cutaneous cancers, the relationship between indoor tanning and non-cutaneous cancers is unknown. Our objective was to estimate the association of indoor tanning with developing non-cutaneous cancers.

Methods: We conducted a systematic literature review and meta-analysis of the association between indoor tanning and non-cutaneous cancer sites.

The influence of golf shaft torque on clubhead kinematics and ball flight.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of shaft torque (torsional rigidity) on clubhead kinematics and the resulting flight of the ball. Two driver shafts with disparate levels of torque, but otherwise very similar properties, were tested by 40 right-handed golfers representing a range of abilities. Shaft deflection data as well as grip and clubhead kinematics were collected from 14 swings, with each shaft, for each golfer using an optical motion capture system.