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Scoping studies: advancing the methodologyDanielle Levac
School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, 1400 Main Street West, Room 403, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Implement Sci 5:69. 2010....
Effectiveness of aerobic exercise in adults living with HIV/AIDS: systematic reviewKelly O'Brien
Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Med Sci Sports Exerc 36:1659-66. 2004..The objective of this systematic review was to examine the effectiveness and safety of aerobic exercise interventions on immunological/virological, cardiopulmonary, and psychological outcomes in adults living with HIV/AIDS...
Rehabilitation in the context of HIV: an interprofessional multi-stakeholder process for curriculum developmentKelly O'Brien
School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, 1400 Main Street West, Room 403, Hamilton, ON L8S 1C7, Canada
J Allied Health 39:131-7. 2010..Despite the need for rehabilitation, few rehabilitation professionals work with people living with HIV, with many feeling they lack adequate knowledge and skills to assess and treat this population...
How do existing HIV-specific instruments measure up? Evaluating the ability of instruments to describe disability experienced by adults living with HIVKelly K O'Brien
Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Health Qual Life Outcomes 8:88. 2010..In this paper, we describe the extent to which existing HIV-specific health-status instruments capture the experience of disability for adults living with HIV...
Using exploratory focus groups to establish a sampling strategy to investigate disability experienced by adults living with HIVKelly K O'Brien
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, The Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael s Hospital, Ontario, Canada
Curr HIV Res 7:626-33. 2009..Exploratory focus groups may be a useful technique to determine a sampling strategy when exploring a new phenomenon in HIV qualitative research...
Putting episodic disability into context: a qualitative study exploring factors that influence disability experienced by adults living with HIV/AIDSKelly K O'Brien
Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Int AIDS Soc 12:5. 2009..abstract:..
Scoping the field: identifying key research priorities in HIV and rehabilitationKelly O'Brien
Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation and Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, 500 University Avenue, Room 160, Toronto, ON M5G1V7, Canada
AIDS Behav 14:448-58. 2010..These priorities inform a future plan for HIV and rehabilitation research that will increase our knowledge to enhance practice, programming and policy for people living with HIV...
Exploring disability from the perspective of adults living with HIV/AIDS: development of a conceptual frameworkKelly K O'Brien
Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Health Qual Life Outcomes 6:76. 2008..The purpose of this research was to develop a conceptual framework of disability from the perspective of adults living with HIV...
HIV and rehabilitation: development of a conceptual framework for curriculum planningKelly O'Brien
Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Int J Rehabil Res 31:189-97. 2008....
Effects of progressive resistive exercise in adults living with HIV/AIDS: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trialsK O'BRIEN
Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
AIDS Care 20:631-53. 2008..Findings are limited to participants who continued to exercise. Progressive resistive exercise appears to be safe and may be beneficial for medically-stable adults living with HIV...
Inspiratory muscle training compared with other rehabilitation interventions in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review updateKelly O'Brien
Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev 28:128-41. 2008....
Developing clinical practice guidelines in HIV rehabilitation: process recommendations and guiding principlesKelly K O'Brien
School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
AIDS Educ Prev 23:457-68. 2011..These findings serve as a foundation for the development of clinical practice guidelines in HIV rehabilitation to enhance the care and treatment of people living with HIV...
Effects of inspiratory muscle training in cystic fibrosis: a systematic reviewW Darlene Reid
Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, Muscle Biophysics Laboratory, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Clin Rehabil 22:1003-13. 2008....
Inspiratory muscle training compared with other rehabilitation interventions in adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic literature review and meta-analysisJean Crowe
School of Rehabilitation Science, IAHS Room 403, McMaster University, 1400 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
COPD 2:319-29. 2005..Further trials are required to investigate the effect of IMT (or combined IMT) compared to other rehabilitation inventions for outcomes such as dyspnea, exercise tolerance, and quality of life...
Inspiratory muscle training in adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an update of a systematic reviewE Lynne Geddes
School of Rehabilitation Science, Institute of Applied Health Science, Room 403, McMaster University, 1400 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 1C7
Respir Med 102:1715-29. 2008....
Inspiratory muscle training in adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic reviewE Lynne Geddes
School of Rehabilitation Science, IAHS Room 403, McMaster University, 1400 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ont, Canada L8S 1C7
Respir Med 99:1440-58. 2005..There was no conclusive evidence regarding quality of life measures. IMT is effective for adults with COPD when using threshold or targeted devices that control or provide a target for training intensity...
Is inspiratory muscle training effective for individuals with cervical spinal cord injury? A qualitative systematic reviewDina Brooks
Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Clin Rehabil 19:237-46. 2005..To perform a systematic review to determine the effect of inspiratory muscle training (IMT) in adults with cervical spinal cord injury (CSCI)...
