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Getting a grip on it: people with tetraplegia making the decision about upper limb surgery

Dunn, Jennifer Ann (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012)

Background: Surgical techniques to improve strength and function in paralysed upper limbs in people with tetraplegia have been available since the early 1970s. These techniques improve upper limb function and quality of ...
Women's experience of doing long-term pelvic floor muscle exercises for the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse symptoms

Hyland, Gail Helen (Thesis, Master of Health Sciences, 2012)

Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a common condition affecting women. POP symptoms are associated with perineal, abdominal and pelvic discomfort, bladder and bowel disorders and psychological distress. POP is often treated ...
The experience of rehabilitation from the perspectives of individuals in New Zealand with tetraplegia due to traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

Bourke, John Augustus (Thesis, Master of Health Sciences, 2013)

Background and purpose: Understanding how people living with tetraplegia experience rehabilitation can help establish how those individuals make sense of their social realities during rehabilitation, and whether services ...