This collection contains theses and dissertations from the Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, collected from the Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Typical and Atypical Development of Compensation to Altered Auditory Feedback, Caitlin E. Coughler
Modelling loudness: Acoustic and perceptual correlates in the context of hypophonia in Parkinson’s disease, Daryn Amory Cushnie-Sparrow
Exploring the Role(s) of Trait Emotional Intelligence & Personality in Help-Seeking Behaviour Among Undergraduate Students, Nikola Cuvalo
Developing a Spoken Language Outcome Monitoring Procedure for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Programs, Olivia Daub
Collaborative Coaching in Pediatric Rehabilitation: An Effectiveness-Implementation Study of the Applied Coaching Model, Zoe Daviault
Impacts of COVID-19 Related Changes in Income on Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence at Home, Cara Davidson
Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome: Evaluating Postoperative Rehabilitation Progress and Return to Sport Readiness, Trevor A. Day
The Influence of Patient Perceptions on the Decision to Undergo Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis, Alaa El Chamaa
An Epidemic Amidst a Pandemic: A Critical Policy Analysis of Supervised Consumption Sites, Vanisa Ezukuse
Exploring the Perspectives of Older Adults and Health Care Providers on Patient Participation in Transitional Care from Hospital to Cardiac Rehabilitation during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Cecilia Flores Sandoval
Nature, Nurture, or Both? Study of sex and gender and their effects on pain, Maryam Ghodrati
Peer Mentorship in an Undergraduate Health Professional Education Program: An Embodied Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study, Helen F. Harrison
Social Media Use, Social Connectedness, and Physical Distancing Among University Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Olivia Holmes
The role and importance of social support during recovery following distal radius fracture, Ogheneruona MI Idoghor Ikpen
The Cost-Effectiveness of a Midvastus Versus Standard Medial Parapatellar Surgical Approach for Total Knee Arthroplasty, Ishita Joshi
Falls Screening in Community- Dwelling Older Adults, Hadi Kooshiar
Descriptive Analysis of Fall-Related Injuries Among Older Adults in Ontario, Nicolette Lappan
Troubling Service User Involvement in Health Professional Education: Toward Epistemic Justice, Stephanie LeBlanc-Omstead
A Transformative Journey: The Lived Experience of Healthcare Learners Participating in Pain Management Education, Zoe A. Leyland
Creation of a Virtual Interface for Stress-Trauma Investigations through Open World Navigation: An Exploration of Tolerability and Physiological Reactions, Michael J. Lukacs
Examination of Principles of Palliative Care to Bolster the Focus on Quality of Life in Head and Neck Cancer Survivorship, Chelsea A. MacDonald
"It's certainly someone's job": The roles of health care providers in homelessness prevention, Kayla May
“I am the expert” : The Process of Adolescent Transition in the Self-Management of Hearing Healthcare. A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study, Christine N. Meston
Chronic Pain Following Musculoskeletal Injuries: Where Do Familial Factors, Depression, and Distress Fit in?, Shirin Modarresi
“I can’t be the nurse I want to be”: Stories of moral distress in pediatric oncology nurses’ caregiving narratives, Monica L. Molinaro
Health Care Initiative to Evaluate the Impact of a Nurse Practitioner Led Community Wound Care Service on Emergency Department Utilization, Sherry Morrell
Exploring the Burden Experiences of Care Partners for People with Parkinson's Disease Living in Southwestern Ontario, Lisa A. Moszczynski
Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs) Enactment of Dysphagia Education and Counselling in TBI Inpatient Rehabilitation., Stephanie Muir-Derbyshire
Predicting Dissatisfaction with Total Knee Arthroplasty, Joseph S. Munn
The Experiences of Iraqi Refugees in Canada: A Life History Study of War and Resilience in the Aftermath of Migration, Nada Nessan
The Role Of Working Memory And Linguistic Knowledge On Language Performance, Theresa Ai Vy Pham
The Psychosocial and Physical effects of Therapeutic Horseback Riding for Children with Cerebral Palsy, Karen M. Pratt
The Role of Community Paramedicine Programming in Providing Lift Assists in Southwestern Ontario, Andrew Rosa
The Relation of Auditory Temporal Processing to Language Development and Other Cognitive Processes: Methodological and Conceptual Considerations, Rachael E. Smyth
Health Concerns of Adolescents and Adults with Spina Bifida, Jessica A. Starowicz
Investigating Physiological Determinants of Mental Health in Children with Cerebral Palsy, Daniela A. Testani
The similarities and differences between distortion-product otoacoustic emission testing instruments and accuracy settings, Maximilian Tran-Luong
Objective Measurement Optimization in Early Hearing Detection and Intervention, Matthew J. B. Urichuk
Gender-Based Violence among Women and Girls with Disabilities in Sub-Saharan African Countries: A Scoping Review of the Literature, Aimée Josephine Utuza
Older Adult Care Transition Experience Following Inpatient Rehabilitation, Patricia Versteegh
Exploring Interprofessional Collaboration for the Management of Obstetric and Neonatal Emergencies in Selected District Hospitals in Rwanda, Assumpta Yamuragiye
Exploring the Mental Health Experiences of African, Caribbean, and Black Youth in London, Ontario, Lily Yosieph
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Cardiovascular Effects Of Exercise And Use Of Abdominal Binder In Patients Of Parkinson’s Disease With Orthostatic Hypotension, Faizan Ahmed
Therapeutic Interventions for Managing Diabetic Shoulder, Sanaa A. Alsubheen
Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Knee Articular Cartilage and Effusion-Synovitis: The Structural Response to Changes in Joint Loading, Hayden F. Atkinson
Joint Protection Programs for People with Hand Arthritis, Pavlos Bobos
An Exploration of Facial Skin Scarring, Its Impact and Contemporary Evaluation, Michael G. Brandt
Investigating Elementary School Food Programs: Impacts on Child Knowledge and Dietary Behaviours, Paige Colley
Exploring the Effects of the Cycling Without Age Program on Older Adults Living in Long-Term Care, Victoria Cotnam
Examining Brain Connectivity and Reading Ability in Children, Alexandra M. Cross
Issues Related To Framing And Interpretation Of Studies In The Orthopaedic Literature, Shgufta Docter
Auditory- Perceptual and Pupillometric Evaluations of Dysphonic Voices, Mojgan Farahani
Cannabis for Therapeutic Purposes: Older Adult Perspectives, User Characteristics and Motivations for Use, Lean Fiedeldey
Assessment of Landing Biomechanics and Rehabilitation after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction, Sheila S. Gagnon
Health-Seeking Behaviour Related to Selected Dimensions of Wellness in Community-Dwelling Older Adults, Navjot Gill
Exploring Co-Occupation Between University Students and Older Adults Living Together in a Retirement Home, Rachel J. Gorjup
Applying Knowledge Translation in Rehabilitation: An Exploration of What it Means to Change Clinical Practice, Stacey D. Guy
Cumulative purposeful soccer heading can lead to compensatory changes in brain activity during combined moderate exercise and cognitive load in female youth soccer players, Alexandra Harriss
The NOW Trial: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial of Personalized, Genetic-Based Lifestyle Advice, Justine Rochelle Horne
Exploring Gender Equity through Occupation: A Critical Decolonizing Ethnography in Tanzania, Stephanie Huff
Evaluating the Implementation of the Centrally Procured School Food Program (CPSFP) in Southwestern Ontario Elementary Schools, Mariam R. Ismail
The Lived Experiences of Formal Caregivers in Communicating with Persons Living with Dementia in Their Own Homes, Pabiththa Kamalraj
Rehabilitation Of Post-Stroke Aphasia In Ghana, Keren Sarpomaa Kankam
Clinical Predictors of Driving Simulator Performance in Drivers with Multiple Sclerosis, Sarah Krasniuk
Communicative participation outcomes of preschool speech-language services: Opportunities, challenges, and solutions, Elaine Yuen Ling Kwok
Advanced Phenotyping of Otosclerosis in an Ontario Population and Two Large Newfoundland Families, Matthew B. Lucas
Comparing Neuromuscular System Function in Healthy and Mobility-Impaired Older Females, Neal B. McKinnon
Population-based Studies on Medications and Fall-related Injury in Older Adults, Yu Ming
Spiritual and Psychosocial Palliative Care in a Rural Ontario Town: An Exploratory Study of Patient Needs and Provider Experiences, Erynn M. Monette
Evidence Synthesis of Shoulder Pain Among Canadian Firefighters, Goris Nazari
An Exploration of Audiologists' Readiness to Adopt Connected Hearing Healthcare for Remote Hearing Aid Fitting, Luisa Natalia Perez Velez
The Practice of Local Policymaking: Understanding Decision Maker Roles and Agency in Local Implementation Contexts, Katherine L. Salter
Kindness as an Intervention for Student Social Interaction Anxiety, Resilience, Affect, and Mood: The KISS of Kindness Study II, Katie J. Shillington
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): Clinical and Societal Perspectives, Marudan Sivagurunathan
Reducing behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in older adult long term care home residents with virtual reality therapy, Munira Sultana
Implementation Adherence and Perspectives of the PhysicaL ActivitY (PLAY) Policy Study: A Process Evaluation, Monika B. Szpunar
The experiences of female adolescents who have sustained a concussion through sport participation: A consideration of an occupational perspective during recovery, Annalise Michelle Tichenoff
Environmental Changes Following the Implementation of the Childcare PhysicaL ActivitY (PLAY) Policy, Victoria Tran
Assessment of Intrinsic Hand Neuromuscular Physiology, Philemon Tsang
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Behavioural and Objective Assessment of Binaural Hearing in Adult Listeners with Acquired Unilateral Conductive Hearing Loss Before and After Middle Ear Surgery, Parvaneh Abbasalipour
The Role of Auditory Feedback for Speech Intensity Regulation in Parkinson’s Disease, Dona Abeyesekera
Multi-frequency Electrophysiological Estimates of Auditory Temporal Acuity, Negar Ahzan
Feasibility and Reliability of a Commercially Available Stretch-Sensitive Sensor for Neck Movement, Iyad Al-Nasri
Postural Control in Response to Unilateral and Bilateral External Standing Perturbations in Young and Older Adults, Dominique Arsenault
The nature and consistency of exercise reporting in rehabilitation following rotator cuff repair, Dinesh Balachandran
Enacting Occupation-Based Transformative Research through Participatory Filmmaking with Children with Disabilities, Tanya Elizabeth Benjamin
Using the RE-AIM Framework to Evaluate the Feasibility of a Parent-Focused Pilot Intervention Targeting Childhood Obesity, Daniel Briatico
Informal Caregivers’ of Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Experiences of Social Inclusion Policy in the Province of Ontario, Heather L.M. Church
The development and evaluation of resources to improve the quality of care for patients with knee osteoarthritis, Laura K. Churchill