Browsing AECC University College Research Collection by Issue Date
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Athlete leadership in sport teams: Current understanding and future directions
(International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 2016)Leadership is a fundamental aspect of sports performance, particularly within team sport environments. Over the past 25 years there has been significant research exploring the role of the coach/manager in this regard. ... -
Expert–novice differences in brain function of field hockey players
(Neuroscience, 2016)The aims of this study were to use functional magnetic resonance imaging to examine the neural bases for perceptual-cognitive superiority in a hockey anticipation task. Thirty participants (15 hockey players, 15 non-hockey ... -
Alternative, complementary or orthodox: What is real medicine?
(European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare, 2016)The division between orthodox and CAM approaches to musculoskeletal (MSK) problems is blurred. Manipulative medicine and acupuncture are recognized treatment options for some MSK conditions. These therapies are increasingly ... -
Linking the Bournemouth Questionnaire for low back pain to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health
(Disability and Rehabilitation, 2016)Purpose: Understanding the content of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) questionnaires can facilitate comparison and selection of the most appropriate tool in the assessment of patients with low back pain. The ... -
Relationships between paraspinal muscle activity and lumbar inter-vertebral range of motion
(Healthcare, 2016)Control of the lumbar spine requires contributions from both the active and passive sub-systems. Identifying interactions between these systems may provide insight into the mechanisms of low back pain. However, as a first ... -
Relationships between lumbar inter-vertebral motion and lordosis in healthy adult males: a cross sectional cohort study
(BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2016)Background: Intervertebral motion impairment is widely thought to be related to chronic back disability, however, the movements of inter-vertebral pairs are not independent of each other and motion may also be related to ... -
A commentary on the implications of medication prescription rights for the chiropractic profession
(Chiropractic and Manual Therapies, 2016)There is a growing desire within the chiropractic profession to expand the scope of practice to include limited medication prescription rights for the treatment of spine-related and other musculoskeletal conditions. Such ... -
Influence of year-on-year performance on final degree classification in a chiropractic master's degree program
(The Journal of Chiropractic Education, 2016)Objective: We explored if any predictors of success could be identified from end-of-year grades in a chiropractic master's program and whether these grades could predict final-year grade performance and year-on-year ... -
Fascial Manipulation® for chronic aspecific low back pain: a single blinded randomized controlled trial [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
(F1000Research, 2016-01-08)Background: The therapeutic approach to chronic aspecific low back pain (CALBP) has to consider the multifactorial aetiology of the disorder. International guidelines do not agree on unequivocal treatment indications. ... -
Fascial manipulation associated with standard care compared to only standard postsurgical care for total hip arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial
(PM&R, 2016-05-19)Background: Postsurgical physiotherapy programs after total hip arthroplasty (THA) show important differences between types and numbers of treatment sessions. To increase functional recovery in postsurgical patients, manual ... -
Contextually Aided Recovery (CARe): a scientific theory for innate healing
(Chiropractic and Manual Therapies, 2017)Background The chiropractic profession emerged when scientific explanations for causes of health and disease were still in infancy and the co-existence of notions such as innate healing and vitalism were perhaps admissible ... -
Management of back pain-related disorders in a community with limited access to health care services: a description of integration of chiropractors as service providers
(Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 2017)Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate a chiropractic service for back pain patients integrated within a publicly funded, multidisciplinary, primary care community health center in Cambridge, Ontario, ... -
What techniques might be used to harness placebo effects in non-malignant pain? A literature review and survey to develop a taxonomy
(BMJ Open, 2017)Objectives: Placebo effects can be clinically meaningful but are seldom fully exploited in clinical practice. This review aimed to facilitate translational research by producing a taxonomy of techniques that could ... -
Variability in strength, pain, and disability changes in response to an isolated lumbar extension resistance training intervention in participants with chronic low back pain
(Healthcare, 2017)Strengthening the lumbar extensor musculature is a common recommendation for chronic low back pain (CLBP). Although reported as effective, variability in response in CLBP populations is not well investigated. This study ... -
The experience of captaincy in professional sport: The case of elite professional rugby
(European Journal of Sport Science, 2017)The captain is perceived to be an important member of the leadership structure within teams across many professional sports. However, while there is a general acceptance that this is the case, there is very little research ... -
Developing leadership skills in sport: A case study of elite cricketers
(Case Studies in Sport and Exercise Psychology, 2017)Effective leadership in sport at the elite level can make the difference between success and failure. However, although the importance of leadership is acknowledged there is little published evidence regarding how the ... -
“I just googled and read everything”: Exploring breast cancer survivors’ use of the internet to find information on complementary medicine
(Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 2017)Objective: Breast cancer survivors often turn to the internet as an information resource when deciding whether to use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) but their use of online CAM-related resources is poorly ... -
Clinical outcomes of anatomic, all-inside, anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction
(Knee, 2017)Background: This paper reports the outcomes of patients undergoing ACL reconstruction using a TransLateral single bundle, all-inside hamstring technique at a minimum of two year follow-up. Methods: The semitendinosus ... -
The impact of patient-reported outcome measures in clinical practice for pain: a systematic review
(Quality of Life Research, 2017)Purpose: Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) have increasingly been incorporated into clinical practice. Research suggests that PROMs could be viewed as active components of complex interventions and may affect ... -
Fascial Manipulation® for persistent knee pain following ACL and meniscus repair
(Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, 2017-04)Fascial Manipulation® (FM) is a manual therapy approach for the treatment of musculoskeletal pain. Anomalous fascial tension is common following surgery due to surgical scar, inadequate mobility and fear of movement. Fascial ...