Through March2021, the following CoRS researchers and graduate students contributed to our stated College of Rehabilitation Sciences Mission, that is: To create, communicate and advance knowledge, skills, and behaviours in health, quality of life, and participation in collaboration with communities through research, education, and service to the people of Manitoba, Canada, and the world through the following research and scholarly activities.
Grants
Brown, C., Loewen, H. Interprofessional Teams Supporting Care Transitions from Hospital to Community: A Scoping Review. University Research Grants Program. 2021-2022. $9,199.00
Sanchez-Ramirez, D.C. Using technology to engage patients with interstitial lung disease in a home exercise program. University Research Grants Program. 2021-2022. $9,994
Sakakibara, B.M., Tang, A., Barclay, R., Bayley, M., Davis, J., Eng, J.J., Harris, A., Inness, L., MacKay-Lyons, M., Monaghan, J., Pollock, C., Pooyania, S., Schneeberg, A., Teasell, R. Advancing virtual care in stroke rehabilitation: TeleRehabilitation with Aims to Improve Lower Extremity Recovery Post-Stroke (TRAIL) CIHR Project Grant – Priority Announcement: Health Services and Policy Research. 2021 -2022. $100,000
Szturm, T., Sepehri, N., Muthukumarana, S., Eskicioglu, R., Parmar, S. Rehab@Home: Bringing Interactive Rehabilitation Devices to Homes. Research Manitoba Innovation Proof-of-Concept Grant program. $100,000
Publications and Presentations
Kamalakannan, S., Rushton, P., Giesbrecht, E., Rusaw, D., Bourziane, S.A., Nadeau, M., McKee, J., Gowran, R., Kirby, R.L., Pedersen, J.P., Tsiemski, T., Burrola-Mendez, Y., Tofanin, M., Goldberg, M., Pearlman, J. (2020). Wheelchair service provision education for healthcare professional students, healthcare personnel and educators across low- to high-resourced settings: a scoping review protocol. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, Dec 10:1-7. Epub ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2020.1852325
Giesbrecht, E., Carreiro, N., Mack, C. (2021). Improvement and retention of wheelchair training skills for students in entry-level occupational therapy education. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 75, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2021.040428
Brown, C., Leclair, L., Fricke, M., Wener, P. (2020). Discrepancy between attitudes and behaviors of family medicine residents towards interprofessional collaborative practice: A mixed methods study. Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice, 100374–. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2020.100374
Salvalaggio, G., Brown, C., Kosteniuk, B., Twan, S., Lofters, A. 23 – 26 September 2020. Comparative Case Study of the COVID-19 Response for Canadian Urban Underserved Patients Experiencing Care Transitions. 48th NAPCRG Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA. Accepted
Brown, C., Thille, P., Ganann, R., Katz, A., Turcotte, D., Mitchell, L., Edwards, J., Sethi, V., Allison, T., Besaw, J., Bruce, C. with support of Patient Research Partners (2020, November 20-24). Extending the Safety Net: How Can Interprofessional Teams Support Care Transitions Across The Continuum Of Care? [Conference Presentation]. NAPCRG 2020 Annual Meeting, virtual.
Mendelsohn, S., Khoja, L., Alfred, S., He, J., Dubois, D., Anderson, M., Touma, Z., Engel, L. (2021). Cognitive impairment in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is negatively related to participation and quality of life: A systematic review [abstract]. Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) & AHPA Annual Scientific Meeting, virtual poster presentation, February 24-26, 2021 (Virutal).
Thille, P., Abrams, T., Gibson, B.E. (2020). Enacting objects and subjects in a children’s rehabilitation clinic: Default and shifting ontological politics of muscular dystrophy care. Health. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363459320969783
Webber, S.C., Wener, P., MacDonald, L.L., Tittlemier, B.J., Hahn, F., Cooper, J.E. “This program should come with a warning sign!”: Mental wellness in occupational therapy and physical therapy students. Journal of American College Health. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2020.1865983
Porter, M., Lee, M., Barclay, R., Cornish, S., Dunn, N., Ripat, J., Sibley, K., Webber, S. An exploration of online exercise participation of older Manitobans during the COVID-19 pandemic. Innovation in Aging 2020:4(Suppl 1): S964-S965. Presented at Gerontological Society of America, GSA Connects Virtual meeting, Nov 2020.
Pizarro-Pennarolli, C., Sanchez-Rojas, C., Torres-Castro, R., Vera-Uribe, R., Sanchez-Ramirez, D.C., Vasconcello-Castillo, L., Solis-Navarro, L., Rivera-Lillo, G. Assessment of daily living in post COVID-19: a systematic review (accepted by PeerJ on Feb 9, 2021).
Szturm, T., Imran, Z., Pooyania, S., Kanitkar, A., Mahana, B. Evaluation of a Game Based Tele Rehabilitation Platform for In-Home Therapy of Hand-Arm Function Post Stroke: Feasibility Study. Physical Medicine and Rehab The journal of injury, function and rehabilitation (PMR). Published online Nov 2020. doi:10.1002/pmrj.12354
Szturm, T., Imran, Z., Pooyania, S., Kanitkar, A., Sepehri, N. A new method to evaluate hand function in patients with stroke: test-retest reliability and discriminative validity. Physical Medicine and Rehab The journal of injury, function and rehabilitation (PMR). Accepted In press Dec 2021
Kanitkar, A., Parmar, S., Szturm, T., Rempel, G., Restall, G. Parents’ perspectives on a computer game-assisted rehabilitation program for manual dexterity in children with Cerebral Palsy: Qualitative analysis of expectations, child engagement, and benefits . JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, Accepted in press Jan 2021.
Gandhi, D., Pandian, J.D., Szturm, T., Kanitkar, A., Kate, M.P., Bhanot, K. A computer-game-based rehabilitation platform for individuals with fine and gross motor upper extremity deficits post-stroke (CARE fOR U) – Protocol for a randomized controlled trial. European Stroke Journal Jan 2021 DOI: 10.1177/2396987321994293
Szturm, T., Beheshti, I., Mahana, B., Hobson, D.E., Goertzen, A., Ko. Imaging Cerebral Glucose Metabolism during Dual-Task Walking in Patients with Parkinson’s disease. JH.J Neuroimaging. 2020 Dec 8. doi: 10.1111/jon.12812.
Mahana, B., Bhatt, B., Gupta, A., Hobson, D., Ko, J.H., Szturm, T. Does Use of a Dual-Task Cognitive Game-Based Treadmill Platform Improve Gait in Parkinson Disease? A Feasibility Study. Brain, Body, Cognition 2021, 9#: 23-33.
Dhaliwal, M., Janssen, S., Kuik, K., Giesbrecht, E. (2020). Choosing a power assist device for your client. College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Manitoba.
Awards and Recognitions
Lisa Engel received an invitation from Institute for Work and Health for a 3-year term as an adjunct scientist. The designation of Adjunct Scientist acknowledges the contribution made by individuals external to their research and research transfer staff who are collaborating with them in a significant way to advance the understanding of workplace health.
Alicia Roos won an award from the 2020 Helen Glass Research Symposium Graduate Student Poster Competition in the Indigenous Health category. See: https://news.umanitoba.ca/college-of-nursing-celebrates-graduate-student-competition-winners/
Tony Szturm was invited as Guest Editor for special Issue in Sensors titled Special Computer-Aided and Game-Based Telerehabilitation and Telemonitoring, and to contribute the feature paper.