There has been a dramatic increase in digital well-being products in recent years and there is a market saturated with ineffective user experiences and little to no sustainable, desired behavioural change. By assessing and enhancing the effectiveness of a personalized approach to digital well-being app interaction through machine learning and emotion-driven adaptive computing, we can develop a new, intelligent and highly effective digital well-being platform that can support lifestyle wellness behaviour change.
The research through the Canadian Sport Centre Atlantic will provide more information to people in the sport and physical activity area about strategies for increasing performance levels of athletes and coaches. A combination of research from the physical, psychological, and social science areas provide a comprehensive approach to understanding performance and how it can be improved, predicted and stabilized.
Greater physical activity and exercise is associated with better overall health and a reduced risk of many chronic conditions, but most of the Canadian population is insufficiently active. Physicians reach a large proportion of the population but experience barriers such as of time that prevent them from providing tailored exercise advice, as such they are interested in referring their patients to qualified exercise professionals or community exercise programs.
There has been an increasing focus in the health and disabilities research field on knowledge translation that is, to ensure that emerging research can be effectively integrated into health and social service policies and into service delivery. Studies on the development of policy and services demonstrate that many factors apart from academic research evidence play significant roles in creating services and policies. In fact, evidence and/or best practices that some might argue is irrefutable, may never make its way into policy or practice.
The rotator cuff muscle group is a strong contributor to the healthy function of the shoulder. However, tearing in this muscle group is common, leading to pain and difficulty performing activities of daily living. Though surgical repair can reduce pain and improve function, muscle re-tears are common after surgical intervention. A novel biotechnology, Regeneten, being employed by Dr Ivan Wong, may improve rotator cuff surgical success by increasing tissue healing and strength post-operatively.
Members of the SCI community must be involved in the process of designing and implementing SCI research to ensure the largest impact possible. SCI Ontario, an organization that supports people with SCI, is strategically planning their efforts to ensure research is used in practice. Understanding the needs and priorities of SCI communities and their families is a key step for their strategic planning. They aim to develop a method that can establish agreement among over 2500 SCI community members about areas of research that need be implemented in practice.
There has been an increasing focus in the health and disabilities research field on knowledge translation that is, to ensure that emerging research can be effectively integrated into health and social service policies and into service delivery. Studies on the development of policy and services demonstrate that many factors apart from academic research evidence play significant roles in creating services and policies. In fact, evidence and/or best practices that some might argue is irrefutable, may never make its way into policy or practice.
Despite the benefits associated with staying physically active and eating a healthy diet, men are less likely than women to engage in these behaviours. Healthy lifestyle programs that are offered in collaboration with professional sport teams have been found to engage men in being more active and eating healthier. HAT TRICK was designed to specifically target men and is being offered with major junior ice hockey teams in the Canadian Hockey League (CHL).
The hormone insulin rises in the blood after consuming food. Too high of an insulin response may be a sign of dysfunctional metabolism and has also been shown to promote weight gain. Thus, if insulin levels rise too high after a meal it may indicate that someone is metabolically unhealthy or is prone to obesity. Currently insulin is only measured in research studies using blood samples and costly, time consuming measurement techniques. This project aims to determine if saliva can be used to measure insulin in order to allow for non-invasive insulin measurement.
Walking pattern in healthy adults changes with age. A poor walking pattern results in fall and fear of falls. It is important to detect early changes in gait so that corrective measures are taken. In this project I am planning to use a sensor (Heel2Toe device) that detects when an individual makes a correct step while walking. In addition, the proposed device will also give a sound feedback when person makes a correct step. This device will be used by the therapist to understand gait deviations as well as prescribe this device to use at home for training.
