selected scholarly activity
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conferences
- A plea for intra-laboratory reference limits. Part 2. A bimodal retrospective concept for determining reference limits from intra-laboratory databases demonstrated by catalytic activity concentrations of enzymes. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine. 1043-1057. 2007
- Performance characteristics of BNP and NT-proBNP in the diagnosis of heart failure: A systematic review of the evidence. Clinical Biochemistry. 1101-1101. 2006
- Evidence-based practice and health policy development: the link between knowledge and action. Physiotherapy. 14-21. 2005
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journal articles
- Approach to Mycosis Fungoides in children: Consensus-based recommendations.. Journal of American Academy of Dermatology. 91:1078-1085. 2024
- Massage for neck pain contrasted against standard (non-surgical) treatment: A systematic review update. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies. 40:385-396. 2024
- The Impact of Infant Sex on Multiple Courses versus a Single Course of Antenatal Corticosteroids: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial. American Journal of Perinatology. 41:e2919-e2926. 2024
- Massage for neck pain. Clinical Respiratory Journal. 2024:CD004871. 2024
- Cluster analysis to identify the profiles of individuals with compromised bone health versus unfortunate wrist fractures within the Canadian Longitudinal Study of Aging (CLSA) database. Archives of Osteoporosis. 18:148. 2023
- CONSORT Harms 2022 statement, explanation, and elaboration: updated guideline for the reporting of harms in randomized trials. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 158:149-165. 2023
- CONSORT Harms 2022 statement, explanation, and elaboration: updated guideline for the reporting of harms in randomised trials. The BMJ. 381:e073725-e073725. 2023
- An e-Delphi study on mode of delivery and extremely preterm breech singletons. Journal of Perinatology. 43:15-22. 2023
- Community-based group physical activity and/or nutrition interventions to promote mobility in older adults: an umbrella review. BMC Geriatrics. 22:539. 2022
- Active involvement of nursing staff in reporting and grading complication‐intervention events—Protocol and results of the CAMUS Pilot Nurse Delphi Study. BJUI Compass. 3:466-483. 2022
- Protocol for CAMUS Delphi Study: A Consensus on Comprehensive Reporting and Grading of Complications After Urological Surgery. European Urology Focus. 8:1493-1511. 2022
- Stakeholders’ perspectives on the future of artificial intelligence in radiology: a scoping review. European Radiology. 32:1477-1495. 2022
- Learning From Strengths: Improving Care by Comparing Perinatal Approaches Between Japan and Canada and Identifying Future Research Priorities. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada. 43:1388-1394.e1. 2021
- Experiences, Knowledge, and Preferences of Canadian Parents Regarding Preterm Mode of Birth. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada. 43:839-849. 2021
- Effects of dance on cognitive function in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Age and Ageing. 50:1084-1092. 2021
- Exploration of Potential miRNA Biomarkers and Prediction for Ovarian Cancer Using Artificial Intelligence. Frontiers in Genetics. 12:724785. 2021
- Delphi consensus on core criteria set selecting among health-related outcome measures (HROM) in primary health care. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 127:105-116. 2020
- A systematic review of interventions for treatment resistant major depressive disorder in adolescents. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 29:433-443. 2020
- Comparison of CPG’s for the diagnosis, prognosis and management of non-specific neck pain: a systematic review. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 20:81. 2019
- Combining volunteers and primary care teamwork to support health goals and needs of older adults: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial. CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL. 191:E491-E500. 2019
- Effects of dance on cognitive function among older adults: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis. Systematic Reviews. 7:24. 2018
- Protocol for a Delphi consensus exercise to identify a core set of criteria for selecting health related outcome measures (HROM) to be used in primary health care. BMC Primary Care. 19:152. 2018
- Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Used for Neck Disorders: An Overview of Systematic Reviews. Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy. 48:775-788. 2018
- Systematic Review of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Failed Antidepressant Treatment Response in Major Depressive Disorder, Dysthymia, and Subthreshold Depression in Adults. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 62:11-23. 2017
- ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions. The BMJ. 355:i4919-i4919. 2016
- Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Memantine in Adults with Alzheimer Disease. American Journal of Medicine. 129:1044-1047. 2016
- Exercises for mechanical neck disorders: A Cochrane review update. Manual Therapy. 24:25-45. 2016
- Multigene panels in prostate cancer risk assessment: a systematic review. Genetics in Medicine. 18:535-544. 2016
- PRISMA harms checklist: improving harms reporting in systematic reviews. The BMJ. 352:i157-i157. 2016
- A protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial using the Health Teams Advancing Patient Experience: Strengthening Quality (Health TAPESTRY) platform approach to promote person-focused primary healthcare for older adults. Implementation Science. 11:49. 2015
- Pharmacological, psychological, and patient education interventions for patients with neck pain: Results of an international survey. Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation. 28:561-573. 2015
- Exercises for mechanical neck disorders. Clinical Respiratory Journal. 2015:CD004250. 2015
- Treatment preferences amongst physical therapists and chiropractors for the management of neck pain: results of an international survey. Chiropractic and Manual Therapies. 22:11. 2014
- A systematic review of BNP and NT-proBNP in the management of heart failure: overview and methods. Heart Failure Reviews. 19:413-419. 2014
- B-type natriuretic peptide-guided therapy: a systematic review. Heart Failure Reviews. 19:553-564. 2014
- BNP and NT-proBNP as prognostic markers in persons with acute decompensated heart failure: a systematic review. Heart Failure Reviews. 19:453-470. 2014
- BNP and NT-proBNP as prognostic markers in persons with chronic stable heart failure. Heart Failure Reviews. 19:471-505. 2014
- Erratum to: Conflict of interest declaration. Heart Failure Reviews. 19:565-565. 2014
- Incremental predictive value of natriuretic peptides for prognosis in the chronic stable heart failure population: a systematic review. Heart Failure Reviews. 19:521-540. 2014
- Incremental value of natriuretic peptide measurement in acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF): a systematic review. Heart Failure Reviews. 19:507-519. 2014
- Performance of BNP and NT-proBNP for diagnosis of heart failure in primary care patients: a systematic review. Heart Failure Reviews. 19:439-451. 2014
- Prediction of clinical outcomes using B-type natriuretic peptides in the general population: a systematic review. Heart Failure Reviews. 19:541-551. 2014
- Use of BNP and NT-proBNP for the diagnosis of heart failure in the emergency department: a systematic review of the evidence. Heart Failure Reviews. 19:421-438. 2014
- A survey of patient's perceptions of what is “adverse” in manual physiotherapy and predicting who is likely to say so. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 66:1184-1191. 2013
- A Description of the Methodology Used in an Overview of Reviews to Evaluate Evidence on the Treatment, Harms, Diagnosis/Classification, Prognosis and Outcomes Used in the Management of Neck Pain. Open Orthopaedics Journal. 7:461-472. 2013
- An ICON Overview on Physical Modalities for Neck Pain and Associated Disorders. Open Orthopaedics Journal. 7:440-460. 2013
- Psychological Care, Patient Education, Orthotics, Ergonomics and Prevention Strategies for Neck Pain: An Systematic Overview Update as Part of the ICON§ Project. Open Orthopaedics Journal. 7:530-561. 2013
- Use of Outcome Measures in Managing Neck Pain: An International Multidisciplinary Survey. Open Orthopaedics Journal. 7:506-520. 2013
- Testing the Risk of Bias tool showed low reliability between individual reviewers and across consensus assessments of reviewer pairs. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 66:973-981. 2013
- Determining Adverse Events in Patients with Neck Pain Receiving Orthopaedic Manual Physiotherapy: A Pilot and Feasibility Study. Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada. 65:255-265. 2013
- Beliefs and Practice Patterns in Spinal Manipulation and Spinal Motion Palpation Reported by Canadian Manipulative Physiotherapists. Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada. 65:167-175. 2013
- Comments on Selected Recent Dysphagia Literature. Dysphagia. 27:562-568. 2012
- Exercises for mechanical neck disorders. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 8:CD004250. 2012
- Multigene panels in prostate cancer risk assessment.. Evidence report/technology assessment. 1-166. 2012
- Chapter 5: Assessing Risk of Bias as a Domain of Quality in Medical Test Studies. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 27:33-38. 2012
- Chapter 8: Meta-analysis of Test Performance When There is a “Gold Standard”. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 27:56-66. 2012
- Studies of stroke rehabilitation therapies should report blinding and rationalize use of outcome measurement instruments. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 65:368-374. 2012
- Systematic reviews identify important methodological flaws in stroke rehabilitation therapy primary studies: review of reviews. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 65:358-367. 2012
- Predictors of Surgical Outcomes Following Anterior Transposition of Ulnar Nerve for Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: A Systematic Review. Journal of Hand Surgery-American Volume. 36:1996-2001.e6. 2011
- What Does the Evidence Tell Us About Design of Future Treatment Trials for Whiplash-Associated Disorders?. Spine. 36:S292-S302. 2011
- Conducting quantitative synthesis when comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 64:1187-1197. 2011
- Testing a tool for the classification of study designs in systematic reviews of interventions and exposures showed moderate reliability and low accuracy. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 64:861-871. 2011
- Adverse events associated with the use of cervical manipulation and mobilization for the treatment of neck pain in adults: A systematic review. Manual Therapy. 15:434-444. 2010
- Patient preferences before and after total knee arthroplasty. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 63:774-782. 2010
- AHRQ Series Paper 4: Assessing harms when comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health-Care Program. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 63:502-512. 2010
- Efficacy and Safety of Galantamine Hydrobromide in the Treatment of Mild to Moderate Dementia. Clinical Medicine Insights: Therapeutics. 2:CMT.S5884-CMT.S5884. 2010
- Methodology used to develop the AANS/CNS management of brain metastases evidence-based clinical practice parameter guidelines. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 96:11-16. 2010
- Systematic Review: Family History in Risk Assessment for Common Diseases. ACP journal club. 151:878-878. 2009
- Systematic review: family history in risk assessment for common diseases.. ACP journal club. 151:878-885. 2009
- Family history and improving health.. Evidence report/technology assessment. 1-135. 2009
- The current state of cancer family history collection tools in primary care: a systematic review. Genetics in Medicine. 11:495-506. 2009
- The Use of Mobility Devices Among Institutionalized Older Adults. Journal of Aging and Health. 21:611-626. 2009
- Clinical utility of cancer family history collection in primary care.. Evidence report/technology assessment. 1-94. 2009
- Complementary and alternative medicine in back pain utilization report.. Evidence report/technology assessment. 1-221. 2009
- Patient characteristics affecting the prognosis of total hip and knee joint arthroplasty: a systematic review.. Canadian Journal of Surgery. 51:428-436. 2008
- In response. Annals of Internal Medicine. 149:359-360. 2008
- The Importance of Measuring Executive Function When Studying the Effects of Cognition-Enhancing Agents. ACP journal club. 149:359-359. 2008
- Current Pharmacologic Treatment of Dementia: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians. ACP journal club. 148:370-370. 2008
- Effectiveness of Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Memantine for Treating Dementia: Evidence Review for a Clinical Practice Guideline. ACP journal club. 148:379-379. 2008
- A systematic review of BNP as a predictor of prognosis in persons with coronary artery disease. Clinical Biochemistry. 41:260-265. 2008
- Diagnostic accuracy of BNP and NT-proBNP in patients presenting to acute care settings with dyspnea: A systematic review. Clinical Biochemistry. 41:250-259. 2008
- Evidence for the use of B-type natriuretic peptides for screening asymptomatic populations and for diagnosis in primary care. Clinical Biochemistry. 41:240-249. 2008
- Monitoring the response to pharmacologic therapy in patients with stable chronic heart failure: Is BNP or NT-proBNP a useful assessment tool?. Clinical Biochemistry. 41:266-276. 2008
- Physiological, pathological, pharmacological, biochemical and hematological factors affecting BNP and NT-proBNP. Clinical Biochemistry. 41:231-239. 2008
- Annual incidence and relative risk of diabetes in people with various categories of dysglycemia: A systematic overview and meta-analysis of prospective studies. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 78:305-312. 2007
- Orthoses for mechanical neck disorders. Clinical Respiratory Journal. 2007
- Collection and use of cancer family history in primary care.. Evidence report/technology assessment. 1-84. 2007
- Conservative management of mechanical neck disorders: a systematic review.. Journal of Rheumatology. 34:1083-1102. 2007
- Erratum. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine. 45:1570. 2007
- Reproducibility of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and impaired fasting glucose (IFG) classification: a systematic review. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine. 45:1180-1185. 2007
- Testing for BNP and NT-proBNP in the diagnosis and prognosis of heart failure.. Evidence report/technology assessment. 1-147. 2006
- MECHANICAL TRACTION FOR MECHANICAL NECK DISORDERS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 38:145-152. 2006
- Medicinal and injection therapies for mechanical neck disorders: a Cochrane systematic review.. Journal of Rheumatology. 33:957-967. 2006
- Amantadine to enhance readiness for rehabilitation following severe traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury. 19:1197-1206. 2005
- Comparison of cumulative low back loads of caregivers when transferring patients using overhead and floor mechanical lifting devices. Clinical Biomechanics. 20:906-916. 2005
- Diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of impaired glucose tolerance and impaired fasting glucose.. Evidence report/technology assessment (Summary). 1-11. 2005
- Challenges in Systematic Reviews That Evaluate Drug Efficacy or Effectiveness. ACP journal club. 142:1066-1066. 2005
- Challenges in systematic reviews that evaluate drug efficacy or effectiveness. Annals of Internal Medicine. 142:1066-1072. 2005
- The psoas major muscle: A three-dimensional geometric study. Journal of Biomechanics. 28:339-345. 1995