MSc Graduates
2011
November
Sandra Hale
Thesis Title: Employment experiences of people with bipolar disorder
Sarah Elizabeth Neil
Thesis Title: Measuring cardiorespiratory and muscular deconditioning in fatigued and non-fatigued
breast cancer survivors
Jeanie Ruth Zabukovec
Thesis Title: Does primary motor cortex plasticity parallel adaptive modification to human walking?
May
Meghan Ashley Linsdell
Thesis Title: Continuous theta burst stimulation, combined with skilled motor practice after stroke:
effects on implicit learning and electroneurophysiology.
Robin Katharine Roots
Thesis Title: Understanding rural rehabilitation practice : perspectives of occupational therapists and
physical therapists in British Columbia
Karen Ann Sauve
Thesis Title: Exploring factors associated with readiness to change during the acquisition of motor
abilities in young children with cerebral palsy
Alanna Marie Simms
Thesis Title: A novel theory-based implementation intervention to increase prescription of inspiratory
muscle training for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
2010
November
Rochelle H. Stokes
Thesis Title: Mothers’ experiences of an interdisciplinary team process for their child with a feeding
disorder
May
Alison May McLean
Thesis Title: Social participation, quality of life and brain injury drop-in centres: An exploratory study.
Sock Hui Joy Teo
Thesis Title: Health of people with spinal cord injury in Singapore: implications for rehabilitation
planning and implementation
Jeanne Yeung Chun Yiu
Thesis Title: Natural history of balance confidence: its significance and relationship with social
participation in individuals with stroke
2009
November
Jennifer Anna Garden
Thesis Title: Reliability and validity of the wheelchair outcome measure
Marylyn Anne Horsman
Thesis Title: The coping strategies of adults aging with cerebral palsy (CP)
Helia Suzanne Sillem
Thesis Title: Comparison of two carpometacarpal stabilizing splints for individuals with thumb
osteoarthritis
May
Amelia Patterson Payne
Thesis Title: Histological characteristics of the vastus lateralis muscle in patients undergoing hip surgery
Amira Elizabeth Tawashy
Thesis Title: Cardiovascular capacity in individuals with cervical spinal cord injury
2008
November
Kristin Julianna Konnyu
Thesis Title: Dance as a therapeutic intervention : physical therapists' beliefs and practices
May
Linda Marie Del Fabro
Thesis Title: Mothers with arthritis : experiences in the stories of mothering
Christina Louise Ekegren
Thesis Title: Agreement and validity of observational risk screening guidelines in evaluating ACL injury
risk factors
2007
May
Bryn Catherine Askwith
Thesis Title: Post-treatment exercise counseling and programming preferences of women living with
breast cancer
2006
November
Jennifer Capell
Thesis Title: Cultural competence of healthcare professionals : a critical analysis of the construct and its
correlates
Kimberley Susan Keays
Thesis Title: Effects of Pilates exercises on shoulder range of motion, pain, mood and upper extremity
function in women living with breast cancer : a pilot study
Tanja A. Mayson
Thesis Title: Gross motor development among Canadian infants of Asian and European ethnic
backgrounds
Andrea L. Petryk
Thesis Title: The relationship of breastfeeding to mental and motor development in children under two
years of age
Karen Pamela Ruth Vetter
Thesis Title: Determination of structural and functional thigh muscle properties in a healthy older
population using MRI and isokinetic dynamometry
Jiawei Wang
Thesis Title: Stroke-related knowledge, behaviors and beliefs of Chinese Canadians and EuroCanadians :
a basis for culturally-sensitive physical therapy
May
Miho Asano
Thesis Title: Development of a new self-report questionniare[sic] : the Ambulatory Self-Confidence
Questionnaire (ASCQ)
Adrienne Theresa Hol
Thesis Title: Submaximal measures of cardiovascular fitness in individuals with spinal cord injury
Giselle Rodrigues
Thesis Title: Knowledge, behaviors, and beliefs related to ischemic heart disease : a comparative study of
IndoCanadians and EuroCanadians
2005
November
Melanie Jane Lomaglio
Thesis Title: Mechanical properties of the lower extremity muscles in individuals with chronic stroke
May
Erica M. Botner
Thesis Title: Measuring leisure among individuals with spinal cord injuries
2004
November
Sohila Sohoolian
Thesis Title: Home as a place for providing health care : elderly care recipients’ experience
May
Douglas Allen Bourne
Thesis Title: Accuracy and reliability of a new method of measuring three-dimensional scapular
kinematics
2003
November
Halldora Sif Gylfadottir
Thesis Title: Application of the six-minute walk test in populations with neuromuscular and
musculosketetal conditions : a methodologic perspective
Patricia Anne Mortenson
Thesis Title: Playfulness in children with an acquired brain injury : a preliminary study
May
Staci Solena Caron
Thesis Title: Continuity of identity through meaningful occupation : the experience of older adults living
in long-term care facilities
Anju Sharma
Thesis Title: Inflammatory cells in human diaphragm injury
2002
November
Beth Margaret Ott
Thesis Title: Seated postural control in typically developing children and in children with traumatic brain
injury
May
Nadine Annalisa Plotnikoff
Thesis Title: Long-term status following arthroscopic scapulothoracic debridement surgery : reliability of
measures and a comprehensive assessment profile applied to operated and healthy subjects
2001
November
Catherine Anne Donnelly
Thesis Title: Relationship between perceived level of function and measured performance on a
standardized lifting assessment in individuals with chronic low back pain receiving workers
compensation
Patti O'Brien
Thesis Title: Change and continuity : the experience of living with a terminal illness
Fred Julius Ott
Thesis Title: Relationship between attention and social functioning in individuals with schizophrenia or
schizoaffective disorder
May
Lisa Mary Inkster
Thesis Title: Biomechanical and strength factors underlying performance of the sit-to-stand task in
persons with Parkinson's disease
Chin-Ah Maria Kim
Thesis Title: Biomechanical and strength factors contributing to walking performance in persons with
stroke
Stephen Matthew Levins
Thesis Title: Physical activity and sport after spinal cord injury : an inside perspective
Angela Dawn Monette
Thesis Title: The effect of hemispatial sunglasses on unilateral neglect among persons with right
hemisphere stroke
2000
November
Karen Koseck
Thesis Title: Use of the revised Bayley scales of infant development with high-risk infants: exploration of
changes in scores and relationships between risk variables and performance
1999
November
Jo-Anne Merinda Chisholm
Thesis Title: Deinstitutionalization and community living services for persons with developmental
disabilities : validation of a proposed model for providing wheelchair seating
Christine Imms
Thesis Title: Occupational performance characteristics of children and adolescents with congenital heart
disease
May
Antoinette Maria Megens
Thesis Title: Measurement of upper extremity volume in women following axillary dissection for breast
cancer
1998
November
Aglaia Jane Burns
Thesis Title: Clinical significance and reliability of two common grip strength measures
Patricia G. Camp
Thesis Title: Quality of life after respiratory rehabilitation in individuals with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease
Tyler Lee Dumont
Thesis Title: The effects of a six week eccentric exercise program on knee pain, knee function,
quadriceps femoris and hamstring strength, and activity levels in patients with chronic patellar tendinitis
Michael Iwama
Thesis Title: Factors relating to outcomes on the maximum voluntary effort test
Kathryn Anne Junaid
Thesis Title: Teachers’ use of the MABC checklist to identify children with motor difficulties
Nori Ann MacGowan
Thesis Title: Diaphragm injury in chronic respiratory disease
1997
November
Vanessa Noonan
Thesis Title: The relationship between objective measures and self-reports of physical function in
individuals with the late sequelea of poliomyelitis
1996
May
Mary-Ann Lesley Fulks
Thesis Title: Validity of the Miller assessment for preschoolers in predicting later cognitive performance
in children prenatally exposed to drugs
Lauren Ann Roxborough
Thesis Title: Preliminary item and subscale analysis of the seated postural control measure