2025-2026 MScPT Student Research Projects

Concussion experiences of Canadian powerchair athletes

• Colley G, Kudelsky E, Laidlaw C, Ludgate J, Sieger M, Surat N
• Clinical Advisors: Shepherd H, Mitchell K, Anderson C
• Faculty Advisor: Anderson C

Crossing Thresholds: Perspectives on IEPTs’ Canadian Workplace Transition

• Conte N, Du K, Ebisuzaki-Mackay J, Guerrero A, Shi R,
• Clinical Advisors: Switzer-McIntyre S, Quesnel M
• Faculty Advisor: Switzer-McIntyre S

Current Practices and Gaps in Knowledge of Community Paediatric Physical Therapists in South Rural India

• Bruins H, Emmanuel Isaac A, Kashyap P, Sekhon G, Sultana A, Verma A
• Clinical Advisors: Mori B, Duncan A, Coutinho F
• Faculty Advisor: Mori B

Evaluating an Ontario Health Team’s experience with the implementation of a virtual community based exercise program for adults with mobility limitations

• Davidson H, Lee M, Lim A, Tran J, Yu C, Zachar H
• Clinical Advisors: Anderson C, Salbach N, Catizzone M, Sharma S
• Faculty Advisor: Salbach N

Exploring the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence in Physiotherapy Practice in Canada

• Honarvar P, Krikorian O, Mah K, McAuley B, Turner K, Zahrabelny D
• Clinical Advisors: Shaw J, Wickerson L
• Faculty Advisor: Shaw J

Hybrid pre-habilitation for lung transplantation: user perceptions and experiences

• Ahmed I, Connelly K, Gagnon C, Roberton K, Tran H, Waseem S
• Clinical Advisors: Wickerson L, Gottesman C
• Faculty Advisor: Wickerson L

Identifying preferences for a peer support program for people with limb loss living in the community: A qualitative study

• Agostinelli J, Koufis K, Nirenberg S, O'Donnell J, Salamunovic A, Wester S
• Clinical Advisors: MacKay C, Campbell J, Nugent K
• Faculty Advisor: MacKay C

Reaching for rehabilitation: how gender influences participation in home-based rehabilitation programs for community-dwelling adults after a stroke

• Crow S, Douglas L, Gholamian B, Lim R, Neuman D, Tavernier S
• Clinical Advisors: Patterson K, Furtado R
• Faculty Advisor: Patterson K

Tailoring Aquatic Therapy: A Qualitative Exploration of Key Treatment Parameters

• Corby G, Luzon T, Michalicka C, Vi T, Ward A, Younis R
• Clinical Advisors: Ogonowska-Slodownik A, Musselman K
• Faculty Advisor: Musselman K

Tell me what you really want, what you really, really want: understanding physiotherapists perspectives on and unmet needs for the use of technology in the assessment of gait post stroke

• Catrambone V, Choi E, Huang E, Patel M, Sheth Y, Sugianto E
• Clinical Advisors: Patterson K, Marvyn J
• Faculty Advisor: Patterson K

Understanding clinician approaches to balance and fall rehabilitation for people living with dementia: A qualitative study

• Butkowsky C, Coffey S, Jang S, Rameshkumar R, Sefain A, Sutherland R
• Clinical Advisors: Astell A, Dove E
• Faculty Advisor: Niles C

Physical therapists’ experiences with administering virtual performance-based measures of balance and mobility assessments in individuals with mobility limitations: a qualitative descriptive study

• de Lange M, Imnaishvili T, Lam J, Ridsdill-Miller R, Tracey E, Ward A
• Clinical Advisors: Barbosa dos Santos R, Salbach N, Inness E
• Faculty Advisor: Salbach N

Physiotherapists' perceived needs to inform implementation of innovative models for longitudinal clinical education

• Aldor T, Dessureault S, Kampman K, Rizvi S, Silva F,
• Clinical Advisors: Davies R, Mullins H, Nirula L, Mori B
• Faculty Advisor: Mori B

Assessing standing and walking after spinal cord injury: a survey of current practice in Canada

• Doherty R, Gottlieb L, Honkoop A, Ju G, Scampoli K, Shannon M
• Clinical Advisors: Musselman K, Verrier M, Wexler A
• Faculty Advisor: Musselman K

Clinical Knowledge, Practice Patterns and Confidence in the Assessment and Management of Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Canadian Physiotherapy Perspective

• Chopra A, Furtado S, Grewal D, Said B, Scott-Bradley M, Wong J
• Clinical Advisors: Passalent L, Papachristos A, Schwabe R, Caldana L
• Faculty Advisor: Caldana L

Evaluation of Better Together: An Interprofessional Pressure Injury Curriculum. A Pilot Study

• Hendershot J, Mataj M, Muzzi J, Rheaume N, Robinson O, Vieira A
• Clinical Advisors: Gabison S, Cambly E
• Faculty Advisor: Gabison S

Exploring the Feasibility and Challenges of Implementing Virtual Reality in the Management of Post-Concussive Dizziness: Perspectives from Physiotherapists

• Andre E, Bowman G, Cockett E, Garneau M, Gong G, Wickett E
• Clinical Advisors: Vovan S, Campos J
• Faculty Advisor: Cott C

Exploring the knowledge, perceptions and recommendations of clinical preceptors related to the physical activity and exercise prescription guidelines used in their clinical practice

• Crawford A, Crawford B, Ludgate S, Rossi J, Udell N, Zhang L
• Clinical Advisors: Robitaille E, Switzer-McIntyre S
• Faculty Advisor: Switzer-McIntyre S

The perspectives of health practitioners working in Scarborough on health needs and service gaps in the Scarborough region

• Aghaei A, Bauman C, Butchey N, Frame K, Harrison E, Mahmood H
• Clinical Advisors: Anderson C, Switzer-McIntyre S
• Faculty Advisor: Switzer-McIntyre S

The Physiotherapist Will See You Now: Understanding interprofessional perceptions & attitudes of physiotherapy services in the Emergency Department

• Daiter J, Desario I, Kawano K, Schatz S, Sirota R, Vo J
• Clinical Advisors: Pedulla R, Pedulla R, Koshurba M, Boland A
• Faculty Advisor: Cott C

Reliability and validity of an instrumented dynamometer for the measurement of lower extremity muscle strength

• Cho A, Kelman McFadyen I, Khan H, Larkin J, Murty D, Ranger D
• Clinical Advisors: Persic C, Zabjek K
• Faculty Advisor: Zabjek K

Reliability and validity of the visual annotation of locomotion using a mobile application in adults

• Amjad A, Bezuyen C, Heshmati Moghadam G, Humphreys J, Kulafi M, Lau G
• Clinical Advisors: Zabjek K, Persic C, Sharma Y, Jepson D
• Faculty Advisor: Zabjek K

Surface Electromyography (sEMG), Mechanomyography (MMG) and Photoplethysmography (PPG) to assess muscle fatigue and patients’ experiences of fatigue during Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Therapy (NMES): a Pilot Study

• Dhillon G, Evans S, Hilpert B, Lee J, Sharp T, Wai S
• Clinical Advisors: Ieraci A, Wu K, Batt J, Gabison S
• Faculty Advisor: Gabison S