/channels/taxonomy/term/12125/all en /channels/channels/news/mind-gap-discrepancies-walking-assessments-people-multiple-sclerosis-325832 <p>Significant gaps in how walking capacity and performance is assessed for people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) could be harming therapy and treatment development according to 黑料不打烊 University researchers. The study, published in the <a href="https://meridian.allenpress.com/ijmsc/article/22/3/143/437352">International Journal of MS Care</a>, examined the differential between measurement tools for clinical walking capacity and real-world performance.</p> Mon, 02 Nov 2020 15:04:11 +0000 webfull 164793 at /channels /channels/channels/news/15-minutes-exercise-creates-optimal-brain-state-mastering-new-motor-skills-287952 <p>If you want to learn to walk a tightrope, it鈥檚 a good idea to go for a short run after each practice session. That鈥檚 because a recent study in <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811918302398">NeuroImage</a> demonstrates that exercise performed immediately after practicing a new motor skill improves its long-term retention. More specifically, the research shows, for the first time, that as little as a single fifteen-minute bout of cardiovascular exercise increases brain connectivity and efficiency.</p> Mon, 09 Jul 2018 14:28:00 +0000 webfull 138861 at /channels /channels/channels/news/teens-suffer-more-concussion-during-world-cup-287710 <p><span>黑料不打烊 professor Isabelle Gagnon and colleagues have recently shown that the number of teenagers in the Montreal area who were admitted to the emergency room because of injuries caused during an improvised soccer game had experienced peaks during聽World Cups organized between 1999 and 2014.</span></p> <p><strong><a href="/spot/isabelle-gagnon">Isabelle Gagnon</a>, Professor, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, 黑料不打烊 University</strong></p> Fri, 15 Jun 2018 14:08:46 +0000 webfull 138598 at /channels /channels/channels/event/terry-fox-run-youre-invited-269862 <p>Students and Faculty from The Ingram School of Nursing, Physical and Occupational Therapy, Communication Sciences and Disorders and Medicine have joined together to form a team to participate in this year鈥檚 Terry Fox Run.</p> Mon, 28 Aug 2017 14:10:22 +0000 webfull 130589 at /channels /channels/news/mcgill-expert-brain-injuries-concussions-261238 <p>聽June is National Brain Injury Awareness Month. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death and disability in children and adults from ages 1 to 44. Brain injuries are most often caused by motor vehicle crashes, sports injuries, or simple falls on the playground, at work or in the home.</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbuLj2GAzMM&index=4&list=PLfMfJihLOASV_uwl5sumoc3XOJiPlGo-V"><img src="//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/files/newsroom/longer_video_-_resized.jpg" style="height:515px; width:715px" /></a></p> Fri, 10 Jun 2016 15:41:20 +0000 webfull 119280 at /channels