School of Kinesiology and Health Studies Faculty Publications
Publications, conference presentations and other materials authored by faculty members in the school.
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Preserved Exercising Muscle Oxygen Delivery: Demand Matching After High Altitude Acclimatization: Because of or In Spite of Elevated Sympathetic Activation?
(Wiley, 2022-11-08)We read with interest the work by Hansen and colleagues (2022) investigating mechanisms responsible for reduced exercising muscle vasodilatation and blood flow after high altitude acclimatization (HA). In this letter we ... -
Muscle Contraction Force Conforms to Muscle Oxygenation during Constant Activation Voluntary Forearm Exercise
(Wiley, 2022-08-16)In electrically stimulated skeletal muscle, force production is downregulated when oxygen delivery is compromised and rapidly restored upon oxygen delivery restoration in the absence of cellular disturbance. Whether this ... -
Taking Steps to Inclusion: A Content Analysis of a Resource Aimed to Support Teachers in Delivering Inclusive Physical Education
(Taylor and Francis, 2019-09-11)Quality inclusive physical activity (PA) programmes have demonstrated vast benefits for individuals with (e.g.) and without disabilities. For example, among people with disabilities, PA participation is related to enhanced ... -
Oncology care provider perspectives on exercise promotion in people with cancer: an examination of knowledge, practices, barriers, and facilitators
(Springer, 2017-03-03)Background: Despite the reported benefits of physical activity in alleviating the impact of cancer and its treatments, oncology care providers (OCPs) are not routinely discussing exercise with their patients, suggesting ... -
Moving Cancer Care Ontario’s Exercise for People with Cancer guidelines into oncology practice: using the Theoretical Domains Framework to validate a questionnaire
(Springer, 2019-06-27)Evidence supporting the benefits of exercise surrounding cancer treatment has led to internationally published guidelines, with minimal uptake by oncology care providers (OCPs). There is a need to understand how to implement ... -
Exploring Gaze Behaviors Toward Images of Physically Active Individuals with a Physical Disability
(Elsevier, 2019-06-13)Objectives: The study had two main objectives: (1) to characterize able-bodied adults’ gaze behaviors when viewing images of people with and without physical disabilities and in turn, (2) to examine whether portraying a ... -
I’ve had bad experiences with team sports”: Sport participation, peer need thwarting and need supporting behaviours among youth identifying with a physical disability
(Human Kinetics, Inc., 2018)This study was guided by self-determination theory to explore the sport experiences of youth with a physical disability and the role of peers within this context. Interviews were conducted with eight youth using a relational ... -
Online training improves paramedics’ knowledge of autonomic dysreflexia management guidelines
(Springer Nature, 2017)Study Design: Single-group pre-test/post-test with 3- and 6-month follow-ups. Objective: To test the effects of the “ABCs of AD” educational module on immediate and longer-term changes in paramedics’ knowledge and beliefs ... -
Integrating Exercise Counselling into the Medical School Curriculum: A Workshop-Based Approach Using Behaviour Change Techniques
(Sage Journals, 2017-07-31)Objective: Physician physical activity (PA) counselling remains low due partly to lack of knowledge, emphasizing the importance of providing learning opportunities to develop competency, given the strong associations between ... -
Identifying "real-world" initiatives for knowledge translation tools: a case study of community-based physical activity programs for persons with physical disability in Canada
(Oxford University Press, 2018)Background: ‘Real-world’ initiatives represent an important source of information for evidence-based practice; however, accessing information about initiatives is often challenging. Casebooks are an innovative knowledge ... -
Examining Interindividual Differences in Select Muscle and Whole-Body Adaptations to Continuous Endurance Training
(Wiley, 2021-05-16)Studies have interpreted a wide range of morphological and molecular changes in human skeletal muscle as evidence of interindividual differences in trainability. However, these interpretations fail to account for the ... -
The "ABCs of AD": A pilot test of an online educational module to increase use of the autonomic dysreflexia clinical practice guidelines among paramedic and nurse trainees
(Taylor and Francis, 2014-09)Context/objective: Despite availability of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs), gaps in autonomic dysreflexia (AD) knowledge and practice persist. A free, online educational module, the "ABCs of AD", was developed to improve ... -
Developing physical activity interventions for adults with spinal cord injury. Part 1: a comparison of social cognitions across actors, intenders, and nonintenders
(American Psychological Association, 2013-08)Objective: This article is the first in a three-part series focused on designing theory-based interventions to increase leisure time physical activity (LTPA) in persons with spinal cord injury (SCI). The purpose of this ... -
Developing physical activity interventions for adults with spinal cord injury. Part 2: motivational counseling and peer-mediated interventions for people intending to be active
(American Psychological Association, 2013-08)Objective: The majority of people with spinal cord injury (SCI) do not engage in sufficient leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) to attain fitness benefits; however, many have good intentions to be active. This paper ... -
Fostering quality experiences: Qualitative perspectives from program members and providers in a community-based exercise program for adults with physical disabilities
(Elsevier, 2019-04-01)Background Opportunities to be physically active within one's community need to be available and accessible to individuals with physical disabilities in order to increase participation; however, what constitutes quality ... -
Get in motion: an evaluation of the reach and effectiveness of a physical activity telephone counseling service for Canadians living with spinal cord injury
(Wiley, 2014-12)Background: Telephone-based counseling is an efficacious intervention strategy for maintaining leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) intentions and increasing LTPA behavior among adults with spinal cord injury (SCI). ... -
Intentions and trait self-control predict fruit and vegetable consumption during the transition to first-year university
(Taylor and Francis, 2015)Objective: To examine the independent and combined effects of Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) variables and trait self-control (TSC) in the prediction of fruit and vegetable consumption (FVC) among first-year university ... -
Narrative as a knowledge translation tool for facilitating impact: translating physical activity knowledge to disabled people and health professionals
(American Psychological Association, 2015-04)Objective: Theoretically informed by narrative inquiry, this article examines the utility of stories as a possible tool for disseminating synthesized physical activity knowledge to adults with spinal cord injury (SCI) and ... -
Changing minds, changing lives from the top down: an investigation of the dissemination and adoption of a Canada-wide educational intervention to enhance health care professionals' intentions to prescribe physical activity
(Springer Verlag, 2015-06)Purpose: The purposes of the current study were to (1) describe the restructuring and dissemination of a Canada-wide intervention curriculum designed to enhance health care professionals' prescription of physical activity ... -
Exploring barriers medical residents and established physicians face counselling patients on physical activity by stage of the transtheoretical model
(Taylor and Francis, 2021-07)hysical activity (PA) counselling by physicians increases patients' PA levels and improves health outcomes. Physician PA counselling remains low as a result of several barriers which may differ based on a patient's stage ...
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