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 2015
The Relation Between Auditory Integration, Inspection Time, and Language in Children, Rachael E. Smyth
Semantic Integration in Adults with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorder: Influence of Word Knowledge and Gestalt Perception, Margot E. Stothers
The Lived Experiences of the Oldest-Old Using Community Support and Health Services: A Missing Piece in Age-Friendly City Development, Flora M. Vieira Zamora
Exploring the Daily Lives of People on Methadone Maintenance Treatment: An Occupational Perspective, Katrina Warren
Inter-rater Reliability of the McKenzie System of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy in the Examination of the Knee, Sean Willis
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Role of The Cochlea and Efferent System in Children with Auditory Processing Disorder, Sriram Boothalingam
The Influence of Visual Cueing on Freezing of Gait Among Individuals with Parkinson's Disease, L. Keltie Brigham
Measuring Fatigue In Adolescents And Young Adults With Cerebral Palsy, Laura K. Brunton
A Phenomenological Study of Prescription Drug Abuse Among Children and Youth, Eric A. Collins
The Effect of Botulinum Toxin Type A on Speech Intelligibility in Oromandibular Dystonia, Beatriz Ysabel Domingo
Inter-relationships of functional status in children with cerebral palsy: An extension, Emily Dyszuk
Evaluation of Auditory Evoked Potentials as a Hearing aid Outcome Measure, Vijayalakshmi Easwar
Knowledge Translation and the Governance of Health Research in Canada: A Critical Discourse Analysis, Kathleen S. Ellis
Through the Eyes of Children: First Nations Children's Perceptions of Health, Kyla Annui Ursa English
Rural Heterosexual Female Adolescents' Decision-Making about Sexual Intercourse and Pregnancy in Ontario, Paulina Ezer
Calmly Coping: A Motivational Interviewing via Co-Active Life Coaching (MI-via-CALC) Intervention For University Students Suffering From Stress, Rebecca R. Fried
Effects of Reduced Muscular Strength on Running Kinematics Relating to the Planus Foot, Adam D. Froats
A Health Promotion Perspective On Transitioning Into Retirement, Catherine P. Gelinas
Motivational Interviewing via Co-Active Life Coaching Intervention for Women Seeking a more Physically Active Lifestyle, Andrea M. Goddard
Older Woman Workers: Met and Unmet Needs for Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace, Gillian Gorfine
Community Physiotherapy and Chronic Disease Self-Management for Rural Community-Dwelling Older Adults, Laura J. Graham
Move More Mommy: A Web-Based Physical Activity Intervention for Postnatal Women (Pilot Study), Sarah Gray
The Experiences of Black Men Living with Hypertension in Ontario, Canada: A Critical Narrative Study, Rob Haile
The Adolescent Experience Of Motivational Interviewing-Via-Co-Active Life Coaching As A Motivational Intervention: A Constructivist Grounded Theory, Elizabeth A. Hall
Tournaments, Rankings, and Time Crunches: Exploring the use of Competition Technologies in the Classroom, Cortney Hanna
From Their Perspective: How Adolescents and Young Adults Experience and Conceptualize Life and Occupation Surrounding Parental Divorce or Separation, Laura R. Hartman
Investigating Barriers to Access and Delivery of Palliative Care for Persons with Dementia in London, Ontario, Emily M. Hill
Women's Stories of Breast Cancer: Sharing Information Through YouTube Video Blogs, Jenna Kressler
Examining Social Participation of Older Adults to Help Create an Age Friendly Community, Oksana Kubach
Are Patients at the Centre of Care?: A Qualitative Exploration of Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 (DM1), Kori A. LaDonna
Navigating Life with HIV: The Lived Experiences of Youth Living with HIV, Tamara M M Landry
The Inter-relationship between Core Language Skills and Social Competence in Preschool Children, Clarissa Lau
Motivation and the 40-hour community involvement program: Their relationship to identity status in first year university students, Michael A. McDonald
Body Image and Quality of Life: An Exploration Among Individuals with Head and Neck Cancer, Melissa M. Nash
The effects of target spectrum, noise, and reverberation on auditory cue weighting in sound localization, Tran M. Nguyen
Verb Use in Parkinson's Disease, Swati S. Nikumb
The Relationship between Implicit and Explicit Processing in Statistical Language Learning, Nicolette B. Noonan
The Relationship of Plantar Sensation with Standing Balance and Gait Post-Stroke, Stephen Parsons
The role of rotator interval closure in Bankart lesion repair, Lauren L. Rainsford
Managing Uncertainty in Young-Onset Parkinson's Disease, Michael J. Ravenek
Characterizing Spoken Discourse in Individuals with Parkinson Disease Without Dementia, Angela C. Roberts
Adult Women's Perceived Facilitators, Barriers, and Health Benefits of Sustaining a Membership in a Commercial Fitness Facility, Shawn M.T. Slade
Food For Health: An Investigation of Infant Feeding Practices, Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy, and Perceived Barriers and Facilitators, Jessica W. Smith
Effect of Reverberation Context on Spatial Hearing Performance of Normally Hearing Listeners, Renita E. Sudirga
Plastic Effect of Tetanic Stimulation on Auditory Evoked Potentials, Rajesh Tripathy
Canadian Post-Secondary Students, Stress, and Academic Performance – A Socio-Ecological Approach, L. Nicole Versaevel
Psychometric evaluation of self-report pain and disability measures for elbow disorders, Joshua Vincent
Examination of the Usability of the IPAD Among Older Adult Consumers, Mike J. Voumvakis
Releasing the self from the diagnostic straitjacket: Making meaning & creating understanding through dialogic autobiography, Marnie L. Wedlake
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
A Comparison of Speech Amplification Devices for Individuals with Parkinson's Disease and Hypophonia, Monika Andreetta
A Pilot Study To Investigate Concerns In Patients Undergoing Neck Dissection Surgery, Daniel Sundar Raj Arulananda Doss
Reassembling Knowledge Translation Through a Case of Autism Genomics: Multiplicity and Coordination Amidst Practiced Actor-Networks, Julia J. Bickford
"Oh, so we're not insured?": Exploring the impact of Ontario's Health Insurance Plan on new permanent residents and healthcare providers, Andrea Bobadilla
A Baseline Assessment of University Students’ Vitamin D Knowledge, Shaunessey Boland
Measuring the sixth vital sign: A descriptive analysis of distress in individuals with head and neck cancer and their caregivers, Catherine C. Bornbaum
Mitigating Risk Factors for Disease Progression in Patients with Varus Gonarthrosis, Angelo Boulougouris
Academic Achievement of Children and Adolescents with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder with In-Depth Focus on Written Expression, Heather M. Brown
Examining the Shift in Occupational Identity after a Brain Injury, Mikelle Bryson-Campbell
Investigating the Effects of Custom Made Orthotics on Brain Forms: A Pilot Study, Lindsay Carey
Community Integration After In-Patient Rehabilitation for Lower Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Pilot Study, Chandni Chadha
A Model to Reduce The Proportion of Inappropriate Referrals to Surgery for Patients With Osteoarthritis: A Pilot Study, Laura K. Churchill
Construing Natural Restorative Environments in Individuals Treated for Cancer, Adam M.B. Day
Re-cognizing Power in the Culture of Dementia Care Knowledge, Ryan T. DeForge
Exploring the Iranian-Canadian Family Experience of Dementia Caregiving: A Phenomenological Study, Sevil Deljavan
How Age Friendly is This City? Strategies for Assessing Age-Friendliness, Michelle Dellamora
Governing Occupation Through Constructions of Risk: The Case of the Aging Driver, Silke Dennhardt
Exploring parental experiences and decision-making processes following a fetal anomaly diagnosis, Ramona L. Fernandez
Language contributions to health related quality of life in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Katie M. Findlater
Short Term Treatment Effectiveness And Long Term Prognosis In Patients With Lateral Epicondylosis/Tennis Elbow, Pritika Gogia
Factors That Contribute To Adverse Events Involving Care- Dependent Community Dwelling Older Adults And Their Caregivers., Dorothy J. Gotzmeister
Effects of Coordinated Bilateral Hearing Aids and Auditory Training on Sound Localization, Iman Elsabah Ibrahim
Dual-Task Effects of Walking on Rate of Speech, Dayna Kathleen Jablecki
The Role of the Vestibular and Proprioceptive Systems in Processing Dynamic Sound Localization Cues, Janet Kim
Auditory Temporal Processing in Children with Specific Language Impairment Compared to Same-Age Controls, Elaine Yuen Ling Kwok
Causes of Post Stroke Falls Along the Care Continuum: Implications for Improving Patient Safety, Mona Madady
Motivational Interviewing Via Co-Active Life Coaching as an Intervention for Tobacco Control, Tara Mantler
An Exploration of Early Childhood Education Students' Knowledge and Preparation to Facilitate Physical Activity for Preschoolers, Olivia Martyniuk
Effect of Concurrent Walking and Interlocutor Distance on Conversational Speech Intensity and Rate in Parkinson's Disease, Cassandra M. McCaig
Language in genetics research informed consent: The language gap and unrecognized miscommunication, Justin Morgenstern
Gait Retraining in Parkinson’s Disease: A Cognitive Cueing Approach, Stephanie J. Morrison
Addressing Conscientious Objection of Rural Canadian Nurses and Physicians, Natasha T. Morton
Alignment, Mass and Orthoses in Medial Compartment Knee Osteoarthritis, Rebecca Moyer
Resilience as health promotion in action: University students who grew up amid violence directed towards their mothers, Tatiana Murkin (Zdyb)
Word-Finding Difficulties: Exploring Tip-of-the-Tongue States in Young and Old Adults, Allison J. Partridge
The Impact of Social Integration on The Lived Experience of Resilience Among Women who Lived in Poverty During Childhood, Nedra R. Peter
The Relationship Between Quality of Parks and Playgrounds and Park-Based Physical Activity in Children, Hammad Ali Qazi
Prognosis and Movement Patterns in Patients After Rotator Cuff Repair, Jayaprakash Raman
The Effects of Virtual Rehabilitation Following Acquired Brain Injury: A Feasibility Study, Taylor L. Randall
Understanding First Nations Young Adults' Health Literacy, Ebony Rempel