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A Community-Based Pilot Study Exploring Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSD) Perception Among Recently Relocated Syrian Refugees in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2020-02-18)Refugees, a vulnerable population, usually end up in precarious work situations, which are very common in small businesses (SBs). SBs, where 69.7% of the total private labor force is employed, often hire unskilled workers ... -
Evaluating the Prospective Benefits of Physical Demands Description (PDD) Data Created from Job Simulations
(University of Waterloo, 2020-02-12)A physical demands description (PDD) is a document that results from the systematic procedure to quantify, and evaluate all of the physical and environmental demand components of all essential and non- essential tasks of ... -
The influence of increased passive stiffness of the trunk and hips on balance control during reactive stepping
(Elsevier, 2019-07)Background Age-related changes, which include increased trunk and hip stiffness, negatively influence postural balance. While previous studies suggest no net-effect of trunk and hip stiffness on initial trip-recovery ... -
The Influence of Low-Load High-Repetition Resistance Exercise and Sex on the Metabolic Properties of Skeletal Muscle
(University of Waterloo, 2020-02-04)INTRODUCTION. The findings of exercise trials have shown that women are better able to initiate aerobic metabolism and are less reliant on anaerobic energy stores. The effect that LL-HR resistance exercise and sex has on ... -
Post-Hackathon Learning Circles: Supporting Lean Startup Development
(ACM, 2020-04-25)Hackathons provide rapid, hands-on opportunities to explore innovative solutions to problems, but provide little support to teams in moving those solutions into practice. We explore the use of post-hackathon Learning Circles ... -
Longitudinal Patterns of Cognitive State Changes and their Predictors in Older Adults
(University of Waterloo, 2020-02-03)Older adults experience diverse patterns of cognitive state changes, including progression to dementia, that depend on genetic and non-genetic factors. With population aging, the global prevalence of dementia is rising. ... -
Quantifying regional pectoralis major fatigue and its influence on performance of activities of daily living
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-24)Extensive research reports on healthy shoulder function in the context of motion and muscular activity. However, less is known regarding how the shoulder complex and in particular its muscular components respond to ... -
Partnership Evaluation Practices in Public-Nonprofit Community Sport Relationships: Understanding Resource Dependency
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-24)Interorganizational relationships (IORs) can offer community sport organizations (CSOs) a comprehensive and coordinated approach to address the complex issues in their environment (Misener & Doherty, 2014). IORs offer each ... -
A combined in vivo and in vitro approach to assess supraspinatus activation and tissue responses to arm elevation demands
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-22)Rotator cuff degeneration affects a large portion of the human population, yet knowledge surrounding which loading scenarios allow transition from healthy to diseased states remains largely unresolved. Mechanistic progression ... -
Do we need a new perspective on chronic diseases? The combined effects of workplace stress and socioeconomic status as non-traditional disease risk factors in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-22)Background: Approximately 80% of Canadians over the age of 20 are at risk of developing a chronic disease (CD) such as cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type II diabetes (T2D) (Artham, Lavie, Milani, & Ventura, 2009; PHAC, ... -
An Impact Evaluation of Clinical Pathways Management for Cerebral Infarction in a Rural Area in China
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-16)INTRODUCTION Given the challenge of addressing a growing non-communicable disease burden with limited health resources in developing countries, clinical pathways (CP) have been proposed as a strategy to optimize resource ... -
“I could never live without a dog”: Re-storied narratives of persons living with dementia and their companion animals
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-16)More than half of Canadians choose to share their homes with companion animals, and for some people an animal may be one of the most important companions in their life. Most research on human-animal companionship highly ... -
Examining the formation of wellbeing during and its change after a tourist experience
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-14)This study lays out a solid foundation for research on wellbeing in the tourism context by answering two primary questions – how, and in what way, does tourism promote wellbeing? Second, to what extent does wellbeing change ... -
Hip & Spine Mechanics - Understanding the linkage from several perspectives of injury mechanisms to rehabilitation using biomechanical modelling
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-08)One recent megatrend in medicine is that of “precision medicine” whereby a precise diagnosis leads to a precise intervention for superior results. This thesis was undertaken to enhance the understanding of spine and hip ... -
The role of somatosensory input in target localization during binocular and monocular viewing while performing a high precision reaching and placement task
(Elsevier, 2019-06)Binocular vision provides the most accurate and precise depth information; however, many people have impairments in binocular visual function. It is possible that other sensory inputs could be used to obtain reliable depth ... -
Food Literacy while Shopping: Motivating Informed Food Purchasing Behaviour with a Situated Gameful App
(ACM, 2020-04-25)Establishing healthy eating patterns early in life is critical and has implications for lifelong health. Situated interventions are a promising approach to improve eating patterns. How- ever, HCI research has emphasized ... -
Policies and Regulations to Enable Innovation and Adoption of Health Technologies for Older Adults: Documented Problems and Proposed Solutions
(University of Waterloo, 2019-12-18)Introduction Technologies can help older adults live independently in their homes, but innovators often struggle to get their technologies in the hands of older people, their families and the systems that help to care ... -
A Critical Realist, Retroductive Multiple Cross Case Analysis: Exploring Psychosocial Factors Underlying Industrial Wind Turbine Exposure
(University of Waterloo, 2019-12-18)Few people today would deny the negative impact of non-renewable energy sources on the health of our planet. Around the globe, efforts are underway to reduce the world’s reliance on fossil fuel and nuclear energy. The rapid ... -
Privacy and Trust in Healthcare IoT Data Sharing: A Snapshot of the Users’ Perspectives
(University of Waterloo, 2019-12-17)Background: Healthcare services in Canada are slowly shifting from in-hospital care to more patient-centred, home-care services. Collecting and sharing personal data from individuals via Internet of Things (IoT) devices ... -
Reinvestigating Access to Healthcare Services and Unmet Healthcare Needs Among Immigrants in Canada: Results from the 2014 Canadian Community Health Survey
(University of Waterloo, 2019-12-17)Objective: To compare the differences in the reported experience of unmet healthcare needs of recent immigrants (i.e. immigrants living in Canada for five years or less) and Canadian-born adults and to determine if the ...
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