Presentation Archive 2010

Session One - Military and Veteran Health Research
Hans Jung Canadian military health research for the 21st Century
David Pedlar Life after service: Veterans' research and the life course
Camille Boulet

Duty of care: Canada's national S and T program for personnel and personnel protection

 

Session Two A - Rehabilitation and Physical Health
Brendon Gurd High intensity interval training as a space and time effective way to improve cardiovascular fitness and mitochondrial content
Marc Perron Assessing muscle strength in subjects with a lateral ankle sprain using a pre-loading isokinetic method
Marie Andrée Paquin Collaborative approach for gait training of an injured Canadian soldier
Luc Hébert

The level of effort at the lower limb during the weight load march in the Canadian Forces, PART I: Is it too much demanding?

 

Session Two B - Service: Impacts on Life and Family (Part 1)
Deborah Norris and Sandra Pickrell Baker The experiences of female partners of Canadian military veterans diagnosed with PTSD
Rachel Berman The impact of parental PTSD upon the adolescent children of CF members deployed to Afghanistan
Linda Van Til LASS: Life After Service Studies
Georg Northoff Depression: What brain imaging can tell us about its pathophysiology and psychopathology
Christina Wolfson

The Canadian longitudinal study on aging: A research platform

 

Lunch Keynote Speaker - Day One
Robert Petzel

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Research & Development Program

 

Session Three A - Adapting to Change: Rehabilitation and Military Health
Markus Besemann Wheelchair skills training for military personnel and veterans with mobility restrictions: Report of a new program
Martin Ferguson-Pell Over exertion during manual wheelchair propulsion: Wavelet analysis for push by push analysis of surface EMG
Peter Rowe The impact of musculoskeletal conditions on the Canadian Forces
Christian Giguère

Research on the effects of noise, hearing loss and protection equipment on speech communication capabilities in the military environment

 

Session Three B - Service: Impacts on Life and Family (Part 2)
Robert Stiegelmar Bringing our wounded soldiers home: Patient flow/casualty care from the point of injury and treatment through the patient evacuation and return home through the echelons of care
Gregory Lagacé Soldier On, an essential reconditioning program of the Canadian Forces for ill and injured military personnel
Tonya Corry Operational stress and traumatic brain injury: A place for occupational therapy in the Canadian Forces
Maureen Carew Burden of non-battle injuries: The Canadian Forces perspective
Deanna Quon

The experience of patients who have chosen elective lower limb amputation

 

Session Four A - Battlefield Healthcare
Nigel Caulkett Use of Alfaxan in a total intravenous anaesthetic protocol for a swine model of hemorrhagic shock
John Mikler Past, present and future of medical countermeasures and intervention against organophosphorous nerve agents
Homer Tien Controlled blast exposure during forced explosive entry training and mild traumatic brain injury
Oshin Vartanian A test battery for the assessment of psychological and physiological performance following primary blast wave exposure
Yushan Wang

Role of glutamate receptor trafficking in blast-induced traumatic brain injury in the rat

 

Session Four B - Understanding Mental Illness among Military Personnel and Veterans
Rakesh Jetly Mental health care for Canadian Forces members in Afghanistan
Julie Salverson Social suffering in the military: Developing innovative tools for the prevention and management of trauma and it effects
Don McCreary

Understanding psychological resilience in the military and veterans health context

David Ross A client-reported mental health outcomes monitoring information system for Veterans Affairs Canada’s national network of Operational Stress Injury clinics
Jim Thompson
and David Ross

Suicide prevention framework for Canadian Veterans

 

Session Five A - Learning from Deployment and Disaster
Donald McInnes Environmental sampling in Haiti
Michel Landry Unprecedented rehabilitation needs following the earthquake in Haiti: Some reflections.
Alexander Natale

The way ahead, personal protective equipment: Research, development and education. Bioscience Liaison Officer, Task Force Afghanistan (October 2009-April 2010)

 

Session Five B - Identity, Welfare and Wellbeing
Allan English The effect of the social covenant between Canada and its military on resources allocated for military and veterans' health care
Stéphanie Bélanger Soldering identity of injured CF personnel in combat arms
Donna Pickering Informal buddy support system for Canadian Forces reservists
Hugh Milroy

From welfare to well-being: Turning things around among homeless in the UK

 

Session Six A - Technology for Military and Veteran Health
Alain Beaulieu Wearable wireless medical devices in a dynamic and open architecture
John Davies Human mesenchymal cells for combat casualty care and biodefense
Richard Birtwhistle The Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network (CPCSSN): Opportunities for collaboration in veteran's health
David Pichora Advanced real-time 3D imaging, planning and navigation in orthopaedic surgery
Jeffrey Jutai Computerized adaptive testing to measure the impact of mobility devices on activities and participation
Stephen Scott The potential of robotic technologies for assessing sensorimotor and cognitive function in patients with neurological disorders
Joan Stevenson

Contribution of objective assessment tools to design the Canadian personal load carriage system

 

Session Six B - Treating Mental Illness
Anne Bailliu Our experience with collaborative care at the Royal Ottawa OSI clinic
Gary Hasey Development of a digital psychiatric expert system using machine learning analysis of quantitative electroencephalographic data
Candice Monson Cognitive-behavioural conjoint therapy for PTSD: Results from an ongoing RCT
Don Richardson Pharmacological treatment of military related PTSD: Focus on co-morbidity
Kate St. Cyr Treatment outcomes of Canadian military personnel receiving pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, or both for PTSD, depression and anxiety: A pilot study
David Pedlar Workplace reintegration of Veterans with mental disorders

 

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