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477 results match your criteria: "Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention[Affiliation]"
Transl Exerc Biomed
September 2024
School of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
Objectives: To determine how the anti-inflammatory actions of interleukin-10 (IL-10) and IL-6 differ across age and physical activity levels.
Methods: Using a cross-sectional design, fasted blood samples were obtained from younger physically inactive (YI: n=10, age: 22.7 ± 3.
Disabil Rehabil
December 2024
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Purpose: This study aimed to identify trajectories of physical activity behavior from discharge up to 6-8 years after rehabilitation among adults with physical disabilities and/or chronic diseases, and to determine modifiable determinants associated with trajectory membership.
Material And Methods: 390 Adults with physical disabilities and/or chronic diseases participated in the Rehabilitation, Sports and Active lifestyle (ReSpAct) 2.0 study with measurements at 3-6 weeks before discharge (T0), and 14 (T1), 33 (T2), and 52 weeks (T3), and 6-8 years (T4) after discharge from rehabilitation.
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol
December 2024
Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil
November 2024
School of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada; International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), Blusson Spinal Cord Centre (BSCC), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Medicine, Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada; Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Objectives: To establish recommendations for designing, delivering, evaluating, and reporting exercise intervention research to improve fitness-related outcomes in people living with spinal cord injury (PwSCI).
Design: International consensus process.
Setting: (1) An expert panel was established consisting of 9 members of the governing panel of the International Spinal Cord Society Physical Activity Special Interest Group and 9 additional scientists who authored or co-authored ≥1 exercise randomized controlled trial paper involving PwSCI.
Exp Neurol
February 2025
International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, Canada; Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Electronic address:
Int J Environ Res Public Health
October 2024
School of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada.
People with a spinal cord injury (SCI) report less physical activity than other populations and may engage in more sedentary behaviour (SB), especially sitting time. SB negatively impacts physiological and psychosocial outcomes in the general population, yet minimal research has explored the effects in people with SCI. The goal of this scoping review was to catalogue and describe the effects of acute SB among people with SCI.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHealth Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can
October 2024
Division of Aging, Seniors and Dementia, Centre for Health Promotion, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Introduction: Many of the social and economic factors that shape conditions for population health and health equity (e.g. income, education and employment) lie outside of the health sector.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSpinal Cord
December 2024
School of Health & Exercise Sciences, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
Study Design: Guided by the 4-step process outlined in the Consensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) guideline, multiple methodologies were used: Delphi, literature reviews, ratings with consensus, think-aloud, and test-retest.
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to develop and test a spinal cord injury (SCI) peer support evaluation tool that meets the needs of community-based SCI organizations in Canada.
Setting: Peer support programs for people with SCI delivered by community-based SCI organizations.
Am J Clin Nutr
November 2024
Human Nutrition Research Unit, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Background: Energy requirement assessment is a cornerstone for nutrition practice. The extent to which total energy expenditure (TEE; indicator of energy requirements) has been measured in adults with chronic diseases has not been explored.
Objectives: This systematic review aimed to characterize evidence on TEE among individuals with chronic diseases and describe TEE across chronic diseases and in comparison to controls without a chronic disease.
BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med
August 2024
School of Health and Exercise Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Background: Chronic pain among athletes is often misinterpreted as tissue damage resulting from sport. While researchers have started to examine neuropathic pain among athletes with spinal cord injury (SCI), there is a need to develop a deeper understanding of their neuropathic pain symptoms and experiences, to support the development of evidence-based pain management protocols.
Objectives: The primary purpose of this study was to describe neuropathic pain experienced by athletes with SCI.
Appl Physiol Nutr Metab
November 2024
School of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
Debate over whether to promote high-intensity interval training (HIIT) in public-health contexts has centred on assumptions that people will have negative psychological responses to HIIT, leading to poor adoption and adherence. We challenge these assumptions through reviews of (1) studies that have measured psychological responses to HIIT and (2) studies that have measured adherence to HIIT protocols in supervised or unsupervised settings. Overall, the evidence suggests that HIIT is just as enjoyable as moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDisabil Health J
October 2024
Department of Health Sciences, Lund University, Box 157, SE-221 00, Lund, Sweden; Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Skåne University Hospital, 221 85, Lund, Sweden. Electronic address:
Background: Regular leisure time physical activity (LTPA) has beneficial health effects in people with spinal cord injury (SCI). Yet, participation in LTPA is low, and little is known about changes many years after injury.
Objectives: To determine changes in LTPA in middle-aged and older adults with long-term SCI over six years, investigate associations with gender, age, injury characteristics and changes in secondary health conditions and activity limitations, and investigate factors related to being physically active or sedentary.
Am J Health Promot
November 2024
Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
J Appl Physiol (1985)
July 2024
Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Contemporary discussion of the baroreflex includes the efferent vascular-sympathetic and cardiovagal arms. Since sympathetic postganglionic neurons also innervate the left ventricle (LV), it is often assumed that the LV produces a sympathetically mediated increase in contractility during baroreceptor unloading, but this has not been characterized using a load-independent index of contractility. We aimed to determine ) whether LV contractility increases in response to baroreceptor unloading and ) whether such increases are mediated via the sympathetic or parasympathetic arm of the autonomic nervous system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTop Stroke Rehabil
December 2024
School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
Background: Balance self-efficacy is a strong predictor of fall risk after stroke and is related to performance on balance and walking tests. The use of telerehabilitation for delivering stroke rehabilitation has increased in recent years and there is a need to adapt common clinical assessments to be administered in virtual formats, but the association between balance self-efficacy and virtually administered clinical tests of balance performance has yet to be established. This study examined the association between the Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) Scale and virtually administered Timed Up and Go (TUG), Tandem Stand, and Functional Reach tests (FRT) in individuals with stroke.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAust Occup Ther J
October 2024
Rehabilitation Research Program, Centre for Aging SMART at Vancouver Coastal Health, Canada.
Introduction: Individuals with acquired brain injury (ABI) experience high rates of poor functional outcomes such as inability to complete activities of daily living (ADL). Occupational therapy needs to be customised to the individual's function, goals, and environment to facilitate improvement in ADLs after ABI. Virtual reality (VR) is a novel treatment approach that aims to improve skills within an individualised environment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAm J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol
July 2024
Centre for Heart, Lung, and Vascular Health, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Hypoxia is a pivotal factor in the pathophysiology of various clinical conditions, including obstructive sleep apnea, which has a strong association with cardiovascular diseases like hypertension, posing significant health risks. Although the precise mechanisms linking hypoxemia-associated clinical conditions with hypertension remains incompletely understood, compelling evidence suggests that hypoxia induces plasticity of the neurocirculatory control system. Despite variations in experimental designs and the severity, frequency, and duration of hypoxia exposure, evidence from animal and human models consistently demonstrates the robust effects of hypoxemia in triggering reflex-mediated sympathetic activation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFront Public Health
May 2024
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Background: Fruits and vegetables (F&V) play a vital role in promoting health and preventing diseases. Numerous studies have demonstrated the association between F&V consumption and reduced risks of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and mortality. Despite the high priority of public health in promoting F&V intake, Chinese immigrants in Canada often fall below national guidelines in their consumption.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArch Phys Med Rehabil
December 2024
School of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, Canada; International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), Blusson Spinal Cord Centre (BSCC), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, Canada.
Objectives: To determine the effect of exercise interventions on mental health and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in individuals with SCI.
Data Sources: We searched Embase, CINAHL, Medline, PsychINFO, and SPORTDiscus from inception to September 2023.
Study Selection: We included randomized controlled trials that (1) involved participants ≥18 years old with a SCI; (2) administered an exercise intervention; and (3) measured subjective well-being, psychological well-being, social well-being, and/or HRQoL as outcomes.
Front Aging Neurosci
March 2024
Faculty of Health and Social Development, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
Background: Vibration of one limb affects motor performance of the contralateral limb, and this may have clinical implications for people with lateralized motor impairments through vibration-induced increase in cortical activation, descending neural drive, or spinal excitability.
Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of acute biceps brachii tendon vibration on force steadiness and motor unit activity in the contralateral limb of persons with Parkinson's disease.
Methods: Ten participants with mild to moderate Parkinson's disease severity performed a ramp, hold and de-ramp isometric elbow flexion at 5% of maximum voluntary contraction with the more-affected arm while vibration was applied to the distal biceps brachii tendon on the contralateral, less-affected arm.
Disabil Rehabil
December 2024
Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Purpose: Rural-dwelling stroke survivors have unmet rehabilitation needs after returning to community-living. Virtual rehabilitation, defined as the use of technology to provide rehabilitation services from a distance, could be a viable and timely solution to address this need, especially within the COVID-19 pandemic context. There is still a minimal understanding of virtual rehabilitation delivery within rural contexts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSyst Rev
March 2024
Alberta Research Centre for Health Evidence, University of Alberta, 11405 87 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1C9, Canada.
Purpose: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in Canada, and because early cancers are often asymptomatic screening aims to prevent mortality by detecting cancer earlier when treatment is more likely to be curative. These reviews will inform updated recommendations by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care on screening for lung cancer.
Methods: We will update the review on the benefits and harms of screening with CT conducted for the task force in 2015 and perform de novo reviews on the comparative effects between (i) trial-based selection criteria and use of risk prediction models and (ii) trial-based nodule classification and different nodule classification systems and on patients' values and preferences.
BMC Med Educ
March 2024
School of Health and Exercise Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
Background: Health, fitness and lifestyle professionals can play important roles in promoting physical activity in groups at risk of developing an inactive lifestyle, such as people with spinal cord injury (SCI). Tailored counselling is a promising tool to promote and improve physical activity levels. To support professionals to effectively have a conversation about physical activity with clients with SCI, evidence-based training and resources are needed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDisabil Rehabil
December 2024
School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Purpose: Telerehabilitation is emerging as a means for delivering stroke rehabilitation to address unmet lower extremity rehabilitation needs. However, there is currently limited and low-quality evidence supporting the use telerehabilitation interventions for lower extremity recovery after stroke. Thus, we developed an exercise-based telerehabilitation program (TRAIL) for safe and effective promotion of lower extremity function after stroke.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Am Coll Cardiol
February 2024
International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.