The convergent validity of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2) and the McCarron Assessment of Neuromuscular Development (MAND) in an ecologically valid environment
Laura Cronin
Purpose: To investigate ...
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system. Gait impairment is among the most common symptoms. As a result, people with MS are more at risk of developing hypokinetic ...
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating, degenerative disease of themcentral nervous system. It is the leading cause of disability in young adults for which
there is no cure. In a disease that has no cure, minimising ...
Background: Multiple Scelrosis (MS) is a progressive demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. It is recognised that people with MS (PwMS) who require a mobility aid, experience higher levels of disability, ...
Pettigrew, Judith(Bridgewater State University's Virtual Commons, 2012)
This article examines gendered aspects of women’s lives in a hill village in central Nepal during the decade-long civil war (1996-2006). The predominantly middle aged and elderly women discussed in the paper were not ...
This thesis is comprised of three papers that aim to examine the literature surrounding physiotherapy interventions in non-ambulatory people with Multiple Sclerosis (PwMS), to gather information from a pilot scheme of the ...
This thesis consists of three papers taking a sequential approach to the problem of groin/ hip injury in rugby union (RU). Firstly the literature surrounding the identification of groin/ hip injury risk factors in field ...
Background: Inflammatory arthritis (IA) is the term given to a group of chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases that primarily include rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Physical activity (PA), defined ...
O'Sullivan, Kieran; Smith, Sharon M; Sainsbury, David(BioMed Central Ltd, 2010)
Background: Gluteus medius (GM) dysfunction is associated with many musculoskeletal disorders. Rehabilitation exercises aimed at strengthening GM appear to improve lower limb kinematics and reduce pain. However, there is ...