2023-2024 MScPT Student Research Projects

Words matter: A qualitative study exploring patients’ perspectives on how health care providers explain knee osteoarthritis to patients

  • Avezbadalov R, Godwinska K, Gyaltsan R, Lehn KC, Louie A, Salim-Pour S
  • Clinical Advisors: MacKay C, Waugh E, King L
  • Faculty Advisor: MacKay C

How do physiotherapists conceptualize, assess and treat temporal gait asymmetry in people with stroke?

  • Aye N, Christie A, Jobin J, Kao A, Khan A, Li J
  • Clinical Advisors: Patterson K
  • Faculty Advisor: Patterson K

Exploring parents' perspectives on participating in a pediatric therapeutic dance program: A qualitative study

  • Brown J, Chang E, Hellstrom K, Iskander J, Mahna A, Vettese S
  • Clinical Advisors: Schwartz L, Schwartz A, Musselman K
  • Faculty Advisor: Musselman K

How do physiotherapy students self-regulate their learning during virtual simulation games? A think aloud study

  • Abdallah J, Amarsi N, Kana S, Murugananthan T, Ngo E, Pagcanlungan J
  • Clinical Advisors: Coleman J, Gabison S
  • Faculty Advisor: Gabison S

Smart textiles for diabetic wound management: perspectives from healthcare professionals

  • El-Bakri Y, Go-Ho E, Guy O, Haynes A, Kuniyasu G, Xu L
  • Clinical Advisors: Gabison S, Li S
  • Faculty Advisor: Gabison S

The Patient Voice: perspectives of trauma patients and their family who have been repatriated following sustaining an traumatic brain injury (TBI)

  • Allan M, Cheng K, Choi C, Cole A, Parmar P, Santos S
  • Clinical Advisors: Taylor L, Cooper N, Dale C
  • Faculty Advisor: Shaw J

The role of physiotherapists on family health teams; Understanding primary care practitioners’ perspectives.

  • Benitez A, Hogben B, Knox A, Manikonda R, Park P, Soleimani Ziabari A
  • Clinical Advisors: Anderson C, Yeung E
  • Faculty Advisor: Yeung E

Tracking outcomes of activity-based therapy after spinal cord injury: A qualitative study of current practice in Canada

  • Ferreira S, Laurie C, Mehrez M, Tucker J, Vanstone E, Wolfe K
  • Clinical Advisors: Musselman K, Kaiser A
  • Faculty Advisor: Musselman K

Utilization of a think-aloud protocol to test the usability of educational materials designed for women with cardiac diseases

  • Benn S, Eccles A, Gunning E, Henderson J, Schotanus E,
  • Clinical Advisors: Ghisi G, Grace S
  • Faculty Advisor: Ghisi G

Where best practice pain care and patient expectations for care meet: exploring patient expectations around chronic pelvic pain physiotherapy and the biopsychosocial model of care.

  • Crone A, Gashi E, Hong M, Pietluch M, Reinders M, Uchida J
  • Clinical Advisors: Bosma R, Drodge O
  • Faculty Advisor: MacKay C

Tele-rehabilitation participation, progression and reporting after lung transplantation

  • Campisi E, Carson R, Cordi C, Moss S, Trask A, Zhu K
  • Clinical Advisors: Wickerson L, Gottesman C, Ferreira M
  • Faculty Advisor: Wickerson L

Mental health, Physical and Social Determinants of Extended Length of Hospital stay after Elective Cardiac Surgery.

  • Aprosoff J, Biondi F, Dowell G, Taylor T, Yoon S,
  • Clinical Advisors: Kertsman E, Mendes P
  • Faculty Advisor: Wickerson L

Are specific, measurable, action-oriented, realistic, and time-bound goals associated with improved walking outcomes following stroke rehabilitation?

  • Bhagat N, Campbell M, Dufresne R, Ewald L, Mayhew M, Mohammadi-Ghayeghchi H
  • Clinical Advisors: Mansfield A, Devasahayam A
  • Faculty Advisor: Mansfield A

Do performance-based measures of mobility relate to lifespace mobility in older adults with difficulty walking outdoors? A secondary data analysis

  • Bond J, Fleming S, Osmani E, Ross-Nickson J, Shore S, Tiu T
  • Clinical Advisors: Salbach N, Barclay R, Aravind G
  • Faculty Advisor: Salbach N

Continuing education needs in electrophysical agents among physical therapists in Ontario

  • Bagnall E, Crowe K, Ly F, Smith J, Yarow I,
  • Clinical Advisors: Nussbaum E, Gabison S
  • Faculty Advisor: Patterson K

Factors influencing workplace satisfaction in outpatient private practice

  • Chan J, Dempster S, Fong M, Natareno V, Su-Williams A, To K
  • Clinical Advisors: Silvestri G, Wells R
  • Faculty Advisor: Zabjek K

Advancing measurement of episodic disability in primary care: Assessing the sensibility and utility of the episodic disability questionnaire with older adults in primary care

  • Cameron S, Khawar S, Kukuruzovic S, Patel J, Wong K,
  • Clinical Advisors: O'Brien K, Stewart A, Carusone S
  • Faculty Advisor: O'Brien K

Development of technology assisted indicators of dynamic stability using mobile technology in able bodied adults.

  • Goulas S, Lau K, Peng L, Shea C, Trujillo Garcia M, Wedel L
  • Clinical Advisors: Zabjek K
  • Faculty Advisor: Zabjek K

Enhancing dance performance measures following a 9 week virtual cross training program

  • Akram M, Ford E, Han J, Howell J, Huynh M, Ung A
  • Clinical Advisors: Switzer-McIntyre S
  • Faculty Advisor: Switzer-McIntyre S