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| Denise TaylorSummaryAffiliation: Auckland University of Technology Country: New Zealand Publications
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Head and neck position senseBridget Armstrong
Health and Rehabilitation Research Centre, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
Sports Med 38:101-17. 2008..Overall, there is limited information concerning the efficacy of treatment programmes...
Effectiveness of tai chi as a community-based falls prevention intervention: a randomized controlled trialDenise Taylor
Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Health and Rehabilitation Research Institute, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand
J Am Geriatr Soc 60:841-8. 2012..To compare the effectiveness of tai chi and low-level exercise in reducing falls in older adults; to determine whether mobility, balance, and lower limb strength improved and whether higher doses of tai chi resulted in greater effect...
Does clinic-measured gait speed differ from gait speed measured in the community in people with stroke?Denise Taylor
School of Physiotherapy and Physical Rehabilitation Research Centre, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Clin Rehabil 20:438-44. 2006..To compare the extent to which gait speed measured in the clinic setting differs from that measured in the community...
Facilitators and barriers to engagement in physical activity for people with multiple sclerosis: a qualitative investigationNicola M Kayes
Health and Rehabilitation Research Institute, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand
Disabil Rehabil 33:625-42. 2011..To explore the barriers and facilitators to engagement in physical activity from the perspective of people with multiple sclerosis (MS)...
Exploring actical accelerometers as an objective measure of physical activity in people with multiple sclerosisNicola M Kayes
School of Rehabilitation and Occupation Studies, Health and Rehabilitation Research Centre, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 90:594-601. 2009..To assess the feasibility, acceptability, and psychometric properties of Actical accelerometers in people with multiple sclerosis (MS)...
The Physical Activity and Disability Survey -- Revised (PADS-R): an evaluation of a measure of physical activity in people with chronic neurological conditionsNicola M Kayes
Health and Rehabilitation Research Centre, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand
Clin Rehabil 23:534-43. 2009..To revise the Physical Activity Disability Scale (PADS) and to explore the acceptability and test-retest reliability of the revised measure, the PADS-R, in people with multiple sclerosis...
The Physical Activity and Disability Survey (PADS): reliability, validity and acceptability in people with multiple sclerosisNicola M Kayes
Auckland University of Technology, Division of Rehabilitation and Occupation Studies, Health and Rehabilitation Research Centre, New Zealand
Clin Rehabil 21:628-39. 2007..To explore the test-retest reliability and construct validity of the standardized Physical Activity and Disability Survey (PADS) and its acceptability to people with multiple sclerosis...
Sit-to-stand as home exercise for mobility-limited adults over 80 years of age--GrandStand System may keep you standing?Juliet Rosie
Health and Rehabilitation Research Centre, School of Physiotherapy, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand
Age Ageing 36:555-62. 2007..To compare the effects of functional home exercise of repeated sit-to-stands with low-intensity progressive resistance training, on performance measures in mobility-limited adults over 80 years of age...
Telerehabilitation to improve outcomes for people with stroke: study protocol for a randomised controlled trialNicola Saywell
Health and Rehabilitation Research Institute, AUT University, Private Bag 92006, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand
Trials 13:233. 2012..abstract:..
During step descent, older adults exhibit decreased knee range of motion and increased vastus lateralis muscle activityNicola Saywell
Health and Rehabilitation Research Institute, AUT University, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
Gait Posture 36:490-4. 2012..One factor that may contribute to this is an age related reduction in the ability to attenuate the impulse generated during gait and step descent...
Development of a clinical Multiple-Lunge Test to predict falls in older adultsRuth Wagenaar
Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, School of Sport and Recreation, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 93:458-65. 2012..To develop a new Multiple-Lunge Test to distinguish between fallers and nonfallers in community-dwelling older adults...
Exploring the facilitators and barriers to engagement in physical activity for people with multiple sclerosisNicola M Kayes
Health and Rehabilitation Research Institute, AUT University, Private Bag 92006, Auckland, 1142 New Zealand
Disabil Rehabil 33:1043-53. 2011..To explore the relationship that cognitive behavioural and other previously identified variables have with physical activity engagement in people with multiple sclerosis (MS)...
Test-retest reliability of the StepWatch Activity Monitor outputs in healthy adultsSuzie Mudge
Health and Rehabilitation Research Centre, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
J Phys Act Health 7:671-6. 2010....
