Publications

September 2024 Reference: Katherine A.W. Hillier, Zoe L. Longworth, Hassan Vatanparast. [Healthcare professionals knowledge, attitude, practices and perspectives providing care to Muslims who fast during Ramadan: a scoping review] Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism. 2024; 49  Take home message Healthcare professionals in Western countries often lack adequate knowledge and comfort in providing culturally [...]

August 2024 LJ, Campbell*, MM, Sagert*, JM, Jakobi *equal lead co-authorship Healthy Exercise and Aging Lab, School of Health and Exercise Science, Faculty of Health and Social Development, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC, Canada Hunting is an effective and culturally fulfilling form of physical activity for Indigenous peoples to improve their health [...]

June 2024 Reference: A. Marcotte-Chénard, R. Tremblay, L. Deslauriers, P. Geraldes, M. Gayda, D. Christou, W. Mampuya, J.P. Little and E. Riesco Affiliations: Research Centre on Aging, CIUSSS de l’Estrie - CHUS, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada; Faculty of Physical Activity Sciences, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke QC, Canada. Research Center of the CHUS, CIUSSS de l’Estrie [...]

May 2024 Author’s credentials. Adrian Betts. Bachelors Clinical Exercise Physiology. Master in Mental Health (B.Cl.Ex.Phys, MA in Mental Health) Affiliation: The Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP) Reference: Filbay, S. R., Dowsett, M., Jomaa, M. C., Rooney, J., Sabharwal, R., Lucas, P., Heever, A. V. D., Kazaglis, J., Merlino, J., Moran, M., Allwright, M., [...]

April 2024 Shamim Noroozi, Ph.D. Candidate. Healthy Exercise and Aging Lab, School of Health and Exercise Science, Faculty of Health and Social Development, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC, Canada Falls are common in Parkinson’s Disease (PD). Three clinical tools identify higher risk of falling in PD, enabling individualized fall prevention strategies. Paul [...]

March 2024 Alexis Marcotte-Chénard PhD, Matthew J. Stork PhD, Mary E. Jung PhD, and Jonathan P. Little PhD School of Health and Exercise Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada Take home messageStair-climbing exercise snacks may be an attractive and feasible form of physical activity in workplace settings.The preliminary findings [...]

February 2024 Parisa Alaei, Msc., Healthy Exercise and Aging Lab, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada Take home messageThe length of the tibialis anterior did not influence force steadiness during submaximal contraction of the dorsiflexors.The length of tibialis anterior did not impact the neural drive [...]

December 2023 Chris M. Edwards1, Émilie Miller1, Danilo F. da Silva1,2, Jessica L. Puranda1, Sara C.S. Souza1, Kevin Semeniuk1, Kristi B. Adamo1 1 School of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa. 200 Lees Avenue, Building E, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1N 6N5 2 Sports Studies Department, Faculty of Arts and Science, Bishop’s [...]

June, 2023 Parisa Alaei, MSc. Healthy Exercise and Aging Lab, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC, Canada Take home message The Grooved Pegboard Test (GPT) is an effective tool for the assessment of fine motor skills in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD). GPT scores are [...]

February, 2023 Salbach NM, Barclay R, Webber SC, Jones CA, Mayo N, Lix LM, Ripat J, Grant T, van Ineveld C, Chilibeck PD. University of British Columbia Okanagan Take home message A 1-day educational workshop followed by a 10-week (2 1-hour sessions/week) park-based outdoor walking program (GO-OUT), is superior to the same [...]

November, 2022 Conan Shing CPLEAP, University of British Columbia Okanagan Take home message Acute exposure to intermittent bouts of low oxygen (hypoxia) can elicit erythropoietin (EPO) production, which has potential to increase red blood cell production and possibly oxygen carrying capacity. Eight 4-minute cycles of intermittent hypoxia appear to be sufficient to [...]

August, 2022 Andrews, Nathaniel. J, MSc Candidate Muscle Health Research Centre, School of Kinesiology and Health Science, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Take home message Acute cold-water immersion (CWI) appears to enhance recovery of neuromuscular function or increase endurance when the next resistance or endurance exercise session is performed <1 hour [...]

July, 2022 Phuong “Lisa” Ha, MSc, & Mathew Debenham, MSc The University of British Columbia | Okanagan Campus | School of Health and Exercise Science | Sensorimotor Physiology and Integrative Neuromechanics Lab Take home message Older females are weaker and less powerful than younger females but have larger corrective balance responses to [...]

June, 2022 Keegan Kjargaard, BSc Kin Student, Abby Krzyzaniak, BKin Student, Nicolas Lavoie, BSc Kin Student, Miranda Maldaner, BKin Student, and Emily Massing, BKin Student Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Take home message Conventional therapy, which includes physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and/or task specific training, is the [...]

May, 2022 Anthony Plettl, BSc Kin Student, Devon Portz, BSc Kin Student, Christian Ramos, BSc Kin Student, Brandon Reyes, BKin Student, and Caroline van Egteren, BKin Student Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Take home message Using endurance exercise guidelines as a minimal dose can lead to [...]

March, 2022 Lyndon Rebello, Trinity Western University Take home message In children with excess fat, higher cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with a decreased probability of high blood pressure. Greater cardiorespiratory fitness is also associated with lower insulin resistance and improved liver function. Improvement in cardiorespiratory fitness should be considered as a therapeutic [...]

April, 2022 Erin Bahry, BKin Student, Rakhbeer Boparai, BSc Kin Student, Taylor Dechaine, BKin Student, Madi Gillespie, BKin Student, and Ariana Purificati-Fune, BSc Kin Student Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta   Take home message • The research findings are inconclusive as to whether exercise results in decreased [...]