Institute for Pain Research & Care Graduate Studentships
“This study examines the feasibility of an e-health presurgical rehabilitation (prehab) for individuals scheduled for LSS surgery.” - Nora Bakaa
Nora Bakaa, RS PhD Candidate Project Titles: Feasibility of a Presurgical Rehabilitation Program for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Supervisor: Dr. Luciana Macedo
Brief Overview and Progress to Date For my pilot RCT, Prehabilitation for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis, we have completed recruitment for this study and have just started the final stages of follow-up. There will be two manuscripts for this study - the pilot RCT and the longitudinal qualitative interviews that were competed as part of the mixed-methods design. In addition, I have completed several studies as part other ongoing projects that are not part of my main PhD thesis. Specifically, I was looking at cultural competency among rehabilitation providers. I have published five papers from this work. Related Publications Bakaa N, Gross DP, Carlesso LC, MacDermid J, Thomas K, Slomp F, Rushton A, Miciak M, Smeets R, Rampersaud R, Nataraj A. Presurgical rehabilitation program for patients with symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis: A pilot randomized controlled trial protocol. Canadian Journal of Pain. 2022 Dec 22;6(4):2137009. Bakaa N, Southerst D, Côté P, Macedo L, Carlesso LC, MacDermid J, Mior S. Assessing cultural competency among Canadian chiropractors: a cross-sectional survey of Canadian Chiropractic Association members. Chiropractic & manual therapies. 2023 Dec;31(1):1-2. Southerst D, Bakaa N, Côté P, Macedo L, Carlesso L, MacDermid J, Mior S. Diversity of the chiropractic profession in Canada: a cross-sectional survey of Canadian Chiropractic Association members. Chiropractic & Manual Therapies. 2022 Dec;30(1):1-1. Bakaa N, Southerst, D, Mior, S, Cote, P, Carlesso, L, MacDermid, J, & Macedo, L. Assessing Cultural Competence among Canadian Physiotherapists: A Qualitative Analysis of a Cross-Sectional Survey Part 2. Physiotherapy Canada. 2023(In Press). Bakaa N, Dhir, J, Southerst, D, Mior, S, Cote, P, Carlesso, L, MacDermid, J, & Macedo, L. Assessing Diversity and Cultural Competency Among Canadian Physiotherapists: A Cross-Sectional Survey Part 1. Physiotherapy Canada. 2023(In Press).
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