A5032034392- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Thermoregulation and physiological responses
- Lymphatic System and Diseases
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Body Composition Measurement Techniques
- Muscle metabolism and nutrition
- Sports Performance and Training
- Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Infrared Thermography in Medicine
- Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
- Hormonal and reproductive studies
- Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography
- Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
- Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
Concordia University
2013-2023
McGill University Health Centre
2007-2023
University of Glasgow
2021
Ministry for Primary Industries
2019
Collège de Maisonneuve
2012-2019
Ruhr University Bochum
2019
RWTH Aachen University
2019
McGill University
2010-2018
Jewish General Hospital
2015
Four Seasons
2011
BACKGROUND: Although exertional fatigue is directly and negatively related to skeletal muscle mass strength, it currently unknown if these variables are associated with cancer-related (CRF). Therefore, the purpose of this study was determine CRF measures appendicular lean strength in advanced cancer patients (ACP). METHODS AND RESULTS: Eighty-four (48 men, 36 women aged 61.6 ± 13.2 year) newly diagnosed (≤6 months) inoperable (Stages III-IV) gastrointestinal or non-small cell lung...
Background Accurate dietary assessment is needed in studies that include analysis of nutritional intake. Image-based apps have gained popularity for assessing diet, which may ease researcher and participant burden compared to traditional pen-to-paper methods. However, few report the validity these use research. Keenoa a smartphone image-based app recognizes identifies food items using artificial intelligence permits real-time editing journals. Objective This study aimed assess relative an —...
Important deteriorations in body composition and strength occur need to be accurately measured advanced cancer patients (ACPs). The aim of this study was establish the relationship between a single-frequency bioimpedance analyzer (BIA) dual-energy X-ray absorptiometer (DXA), as well Jamar handgrip dynometer Biodex attachment, determine precision each these instruments ACPs. Eighty-one ACPs with non-small-cell lung gastrointestinal were recruited from McGill University Health Centre...
<italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Objective:</i> Breast cancer treatment often causes the removal of or damage to lymph nodes patient's lymphatic drainage system. This side effect is origin Cancer-Related Lymphedema (BCRL), referring a noticeable increase in excess arm volume. Ultrasound imaging preferred modality for diagnosis and progression monitoring BCRL because its low cost, safety, portability. As affected unaffected arms...
Background: The composition of breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL) has been shown to evolve from the initial accumulation fluid development fibrotic lesions and abnormal fat deposition. Therefore, precise reliable assessments BCRL are required develop accurate staging management. Although dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) bioelectric impedance spectroscopy (BIS) have used assess BCRL, no study evaluated precision these two modalities in same cohort. Methods Results: We determined...
Glucose and insulin responses were compared in glycogen depleted subjects when glucose (1.5 g/kg) was ingested 15 min before (n = 7) or during (min 3-5) intense exercise (80% VO2 max; n 8). A nonexercise group 8) a no-glucose also included for comparisons. 36- to 44-h fast, combined with exhaustive deplete muscle glycogen, (congruent 80% pilot studies) suggested that the initiated substantially hepatic reserves. With no ingestion, blood decreased (P less than 0.05) lactate (HLa congruent 3.8...
Preliminary evidence suggests cancer- and chemotherapy-related autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysfunction may contribute to the increased cardiovascular (CV) morbidity- mortality-risks in cancer survivors. However, reliability of these findings have been jeopardized by inconsistent participant screening assessment methods. Therefore, good laboratory practices must be established before presence nature cancer-related can characterized. The purpose this study was assess feasibility conducting...
Breast cancer-related lymphedema is a consequence of malfunctioning lymphatic drainage system resulting from surgery or some other form treatment. In the initial stages, minor and reversible increases in fluid volume arm are evident. As stages progress over time, underlying pathophysiology dramatically changes with an irreversible increase most likely due to chronic local inflammation leading adipose tissue hypertrophy fibrosis. Clinicians have subjective ways stage degree severity such as...
The present study examined patient self-reports of descriptions, experiences and consequences meal disturbances food preferences within a cultural context (i.e., French traditions) in various treated cancer patients along their disease trajectory. Over 800 questionnaires were sent to 20 treatment centres France. During 9-month period, 255 received from five centres. Inclusion criteria included those over 18 years age, could read understand French, had an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group...
Nutritional and functional outcome measures have been shown to vary in patients with chronic diseases according the polymorphic alleles of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), but little is known about associations between ACE gene polymorphism (ACEGP) components body composition, strength, selected blood markers advanced cancer (ACP).Data were collected from an inception cohort 172 newly diagnosed ACP gastrointestinal non-small cell lung cancer. ACEGP status was defined by presence one...
Measurements of body composition using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and single abdominal images from computed tomography (CT) in advanced cancer patients (ACP) have important diagnostic prognostic value. The question arises as to whether CT scans can serve surrogates for DXA terms whole-body fat-free mass (FFM), fat (FM), appendicular skeletal muscle (ASM) mass. Predictive equations estimate ACP been proposed (Mourtzakis et al. 2008; Appl. Physiol. Nutr. Metabol. 33(5): 997–1006);...
Weight loss increases survivorship following breast cancer diagnosis. However, most survivors (BCS) do not meet diet and exercise recommendations.The purpose of this study was to explore the barriers facilitators BCS who had lymphedema participated in a 22-week weight lifestyle intervention.Participants completed semi-structured interviews about intervention adherence. Interviews were transcribed verbatim thematic analysis conducted. Participants (n = 17) 62 ± 8.0 years age with mean body...
Cancer symptoms negatively affect health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with cancer awaiting liver resection. Prehabilitation maintained HRQoL after surgery. Future studies should test whether relieving can improve HRQoL.