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After the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: Veterans' Adjustment and the Use of Benefits in Post-Secondary Education
Objectives: This dissertation was designed to explore student veterans’ attitudes and perceptions of their recent academic experiences; to gain insight about the effects of veterans’ disability status as well as social ... -
An Exploration of Global Prosthetist/Orthotist Education, Projected Workforce Need, and Information Access Among Faculty
People around the world experience disability due to unaccommodated physical impairments. Prosthetic and orthotic devices serve to accommodate many physical disabilities, thereby restoring mobility, function and participation ... -
Associations between laryngeal and cough dysfunction in motor neuron disease with bulbar involvement
(2013-04-17)PURPOSE: Cough, a fundamental mechanism in airway protection, depends on true vocal fold (TVF) function and airflow. In individuals with motor neuron disease (MND), cough impairment leads to increased risk for aspiration ... -
Beyond the patient: understanding and addressing third-party disability in family members of people with Parkinson’s disease
Purpose: Family members of people with communication disorders associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD) experience third-party disability. It is unknown whether these experiences are addressed in the rehabilitation process ... -
Communication in Medical Interactions: Perspectives of Individuals with Communication Disorders, Their Caregivers, and Physicians
(2014-02-24)<underline/>Introduction</underline>: Individuals with communication disorders form a vulnerable patient population in health care. Their problems with communication in medical interactions can lead to higher rates of ... -
Community Cultural Arts Participation through Sensory Friendly Theatre: Parent and Organization Experiences and Perspectives
Background: Children with sensory processing and developmental disabilities and their families experience barriers in the built, sensory, and social environments that limit their community cultural arts participation. ... -
Development of A Classification of Children with Developmental Coordination Disorders Based on Clinical Subgroups
Background. Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is a neurological disorder that is typically diagnosed in school-age children and effects approximately 5-10% of school-age children in US. Children with DCD often ... -
Eating Together After Cancer
Abstract Eating Together After Cancer Jan C. Pryor Kathryn YorkstonDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine Introduction: Although treatment for medical aspects of dysphagia due to head and neck cancer is well established, ... -
The Effects of a Concurrent Task on Walking Over Firm and Foam Surfaces in Persons with Transfemoral Amputation
People with lower limb loss (LLL) experience profound mobility challenges, including a high incidence of falls, low balance confidence, and diminished walking activity. In addition to these mobility restrictions, many ... -
Effects of Bilateral Task-Oriented Training on Arm Function After Stroke
(2013-04-17)Objectives: (1) To determine if the Bilateral Task-Oriented Training (BTOT) protocol results in improved motor performance in unilateral and bilateral upper limb activities following stroke. (2) To understand the participant's ... -
Evaluating use of a robotic prosthetic foot emulator to test-drive prosthetic feet in people with lower limb amputation: mechanical validation and qualitative interviews
Selection of a prosthetic foot is an important decision for lower limb prosthesis prescription. Without objective evidence to guide foot prescription, clinicians (i.e., physicians and prosthetists) rely on their expertise ... -
Factors Salient to Career Decision Making of University Student Veterans
Background: For many college students, identifying a path toward a career is an important step in their lives. For student veterans, the process of choosing a career after military service may be complicated by a myriad ... -
Gait Coordination: Controlling Footwear and Lower Limb Dimensions in Clinical Gait Study
This three-article dissertation investigate the relation between gait coordination and footwear and lower limb dimensions. The studies in this dissertation are united by two motivations: 1) improve the rigor of clinical ... -
A Gradual vs. Sudden Introduction to Novel Locomotor Task Requirements: Consequences for Motor Learning, Balance Control and Cognitive Demand
(2013-02-25)The physical rehabilitation of individuals with lower limb loss has traditionally been guided by a device driven paradigm, with much less attention, if any, allocated to the manner in which established motor learning ... -
In-home Assessment of Turning and Transitions using Inertial Sensors in Older Adults with Dementia and Older Caregivers
University of Washington Abstract In-home Assessment of Turning and Transitions using Inertial Sensors in Older Adults with Dementia and Older Caregivers Jasjit Kaur Deol Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Ellen McGough, ... -
Initial Development of a Patient-Reported Item Bank to Assess Mobility of People Who Use Lower Limb Orthoses
Item banks are contemporary health survey instruments used to efficiently measure patient-reported outcomes that may be difficult to observe in a clinical or research setting. Item banks designed specifically for measuring ... -
Intersection of Mechanobiology and Musculoskeletal Regenerative Rehabilitation
Mechanical stimuli play an essential role in the formation of structurally and functionally appropriate cellular and tissue modeling/remodeling. Musculoskeletal system responds to mechanical stimuli through physical movement ... -
LGBTQ+ Considerations Related to Physical Therapy: A Qualitative Study in Washington State
There is little known of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning and other sexual and gender minorities’ (LGBTQ+) experiences and recommendations related to physical therapy services. The LGBTQ+ community ... -
Maternal Sensitivity in Mother-Infant Interactions for Infants with and without Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
(2013-07-25)Objective: To examine maternal sensitivity behaviors in mothers of infants ages 6-15 months with and without prenatal alcohol exposure in response to a developmental social stress paradigm. Background: Children with PAE ... -
Neurogame Therapy as an Upper Extremity Home Program for Persons After Stroke: A Preliminary Mixed Methods Investigation
(2013-04-17)This preliminary study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness and acceptability of Neurogame Therapy (NGT), an innovative application of surface electromyography (sEMG) with a computer game, as a home program for persons ...