Browsing Health Sciences by Author "Wood, Paola Silvia"

Browsing Health Sciences by Author "Wood, Paola Silvia"

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  • Attitudes and beliefs of South African primary healthcare practitioners on initiating insulin in people with type 2 diabetes : findings from the Tshwane Insulin Project (TIP) 
    Ngassa Piotie, Patrick; Wood, Paola Silvia; Muchiri, Jane Wanjiku; Webb, Elizabeth M.; Rheeder, Paul (Elsevier, 2021-10)
    AIMS : To investigate the attitudes and beliefs of primary healthcare practitioners (HCPs) towards initiating insulin therapy for people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in South Africa. METHODS : A cross-sectional survey was ...
  • Cardiovascular health screening among South African students 
    Du Toit, Peet J.; Kruger, Ernst H.; Govender, Catherine; Henning, E.; Kleynhans, Michael; Wood, Paola Silvia; De Villiers, Nico P.; Van Rooyen, J.M.; Fletcher, Lizelle; Grant, C.C. (Catharina Cornelia) (Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2012-03)
    Stress is an unavoidable part of everyday life due to the demands and stressors associated with modern lifestyle. Health risks provoked by this increasingly prevalent condition lead to cardiovascular disease, which ultimately ...
  • Clinical characteristics of gradual onset injuries in recreational road cyclists-SAFER XXVII study over 5 years in 62758 race entrants 
    Du Toit, Francois; Schwellnus, Martin Peter; Jordaan, Esme; Swanevelder, Sonja; Wood, Paola Silvia (Taylor and Francis, 2023)
    OBJECTIVE : Gradual onset injuries (GOIs) in recreational cyclists are common but not well described. The aim of this study is to describe the clinical characteristics of GOIs (main anatomical regions, specific anatomical ...
  • A comparative study of the identification of rotator cuff calcifications : x-ray versus ultrasound 
    Pavlova, E.; Oschman, Zanet; Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina; Grant, C.C. (Catharina Cornelia); Wood, Paola Silvia (Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2012-03)
    A deposit of calcium in the rotator cuff tendons, also known as calcifying tendinopathy, is a common condition. Calcifications are often associated with significant pain and restriction of shoulder movement. The hypothesis ...
  • Comparison of the performances of male and female armed services recruits undergoing sports vision testing 
    Du Toit, Peet J.; Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst); Tsotetsi, A.; Soma, Prashilla; Govender, Catherine; Henning, E.; Naicker, Lee-Anne; Grant, C.C. (Catharina Cornelia); Wood, Paola Silvia; Terblanche, E. (Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2012-03)
    Research has shown that a strong correlation exists between vision and performance. In the sporting environment, it is believed that athletes perform better than non-athletes and males perform better than females. In this ...
  • The correlation between the health-related fitness of healthy participants measured at home as opposed to fitness measured by sport scientists in a laboratory 
    Grant, C.C. (Catharina Cornelia); Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina; Pepper, Michael Sean; Du Toit, Peet J.; Wood, Paola Silvia; Ker, James A.; Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst); Grobbelaar, C.W. (Craig); Nolte, Kim; Fletcher, F.; Grant, T.C. (Thelani) (Medpharm Publications, 2014)
    BACKGROUND : Fitness is defined in the health context as a state of good health or physical condition, primarily as a result of exercise and proper nutrition. Conventional methods of measuring fitness are expensive, time ...
  • Designing an integrated, nurse-driven and home-based digital intervention to improve insulin management in under-resourced settings 
    Ngassa Piotie, Patrick; Wood, Paola Silvia; Webb, Elizabeth M.; Hugo, J.F.M. (Jannie); Rheeder, Paul (Sage, 2021-01)
    BACKGROUND: In South Africa, initiating insulin for people with type 2 diabetes and subsequent titration is a major challenge for the resource-constrained healthcare system. Inadequate support systems in primary care, ...
  • The effect of chronic low back pain on daily living and fear-avoidance beliefs in working adults 
    Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst); Billson, John Henry; Wood, Paola Silvia; Du Toit, Peet J. (Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2015-03)
    Low back pain (LBP) has become one of the most influential musculoskeletal diseases of modern society. Exercise has been shown to be very effective in the treatment of chronic low back pain (CLBP). The goal of the study ...
  • The effect of sport specific exercises on the visual skills of rugby players 
    Du Toit, Peet J.; Janse van Vuuren, P.; Le Roux, S.; Henning, E.; Kleynhans, Michael; Terblanche, H.C.; Crafford, Dalene; Grobbelaar, C.W. (Craig); Wood, Paola Silvia; Grant, C.C. (Catharina Cornelia); Fletcher, Lizelle (World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 2012)
    INTRODUCTION: Visual performance is an important factor in sport excellence. Visual involvement in a sport varies according to environmental demands associated with that sport. These environmental demands are matched by a ...
  • An epidemiological study of physical activity patterns and weight gain in physically active and sedentary pregnant women in Tshwane, South Africa 
    Brunette, E.L.; Kotze, J.; Wood, Paola Silvia; Du Toit, Peet J.; Grant, C.C. (Catharina Cornelia) (Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2012-03)
    Physical activity during pregnancy has been investigated for its potential benefits which includes weight control. Physical activity patterns of pregnant women in Tshwane, South Africa, were investigated using the EPIC–Norfolk ...
  • Epidemiology, clinical characteristics and severity of gradual onset injuries in recreational road cyclists : a cross-sectional study in 21,824 cyclists - SAFER XIII 
    Du Toit, Francois Christiaan; Schwellnus, Martin Peter; Wood, Paola Silvia; Swanevelder, Sonja; Killops, Jannelene; Jordaan, Esme (Elsevier, 2020-11)
    OBJECTIVES : Prevalence, clinical characteristics and severity of gradual onset injuries (GOIs) in cyclists are poorly documented. We determine the prevalence, anatomical regions/sites affected and severity of GOIs among ...
  • Evaluation of visual skills in sedentary and active work environments 
    Du Toit, Peet J.; Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst); Naicker, Lee-Anne; Govender, Catherine; Jay-Du Preez, T.; Grobbelaar, C.W. (Craig); Grant, Rina; Wood, Paola Silvia; Kleynhans, Michael; Mercier, J. (Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2012-03)
    The two fundamental categories of vision include visual-perceptual and visual-motor skills. Visual-motor skills encompass three essential ocular motor skills, namely focusing, eye-hand coordination and tracking. The aspects ...
  • The FitTrack Index as fitness indicator : a pilot study 
    Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina; Grant, C.C. (Catharina Cornelia); Audrey; Janse van Rensburg; Botha, R.P.G. (Roelf Petrus Gerhardus); Wood, Paola Silvia; Nolte, Kim; Fletcher, Lizelle; Du Toit, Peet J.; Pepper, Michael Sean; Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst) (Elsevier, 2016-12)
    BACKGROUND : The FitTrack Index is a web-based programme developed in South Africa and widely used by athletes to indicate their fitness. A need exists for a self-managed, noninvasive tool to evaluate and categorise ...
  • Flexibility as risk factor for stress-fracture development in South African male soldiers 
    Wood, Paola Silvia; Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst) (MedPharm Publications, 2015)
    BACKGROUND : Stress fractures are a common military training injury. Flexibility of muscles and joints may directly influence stress-fracture risk by way of altering the forces applied to bone. Hip external rotation and ...
  • Heart rate variability assessment of the effect of physical training on autonomic cardiac control 
    Grant, C.C. (Catharina Cornelia); Viljoen, Margaretha; Van Rensburg, Dina C.J.; Wood, Paola Silvia (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)
    BACKGROUND: The effect of exercise interventions on autonomic nervous system (ANS) control of the heart by heart rate variability (HRV) is often investigated in just one position. It was hypothesized that results of ...
  • High prevalence of non-communicable diseases risk factors in 36,074 South African financial sector employees : a cross-sectional study 
    Hene, Nceba; Wood, Paola Silvia; Schwellnus, Martin Peter; Jordaan, Esme; Laubscher, Ria (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2021-02)
    OBJECTIVE : To determine the prevalence of non-communicable disease (NCD) risk factors, total NCD risk category and 10-year risk for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in financial sector employees. METHODS : This descriptive ...
  • Influence of basic military training on visual skills 
    Du Toit, Peet J.; Wood, Paola Silvia; Henning, E.; Broodryk, T.; Fourie, Jacques; Grant, Rina; Nolte, Kim; Crafford, Dalene; Kleynhans, Michael; Terblanche, H.C.; Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst); Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina; Van Schoor, Albert-Neels; Fletcher, Lizelle; Ferreira, J. (2012-06-30)
    Studies have shown that visual skills can be subjected to exertion during exercise, thus implying that entrainment of vision is possible through interaction with the environment. It has been established that by simply ...
  • The influence of probiotic supplementation on selected athletic performance-related blood markers in men 
    Grobbelaar, C.W. (Craig); Grant, C.C. (Catharina Cornelia); Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina; Collins, Robert Matthew; Du Toit, Peet J.; Wood, Paola Silvia (Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2012-03)
    It has been speculated that probiotics can improve athletic performance. Significant increases in haemoglobin concentration and oxygen consumption have also been shown to follow the ingestion of lactic acid bacteria in ...
  • Initial assessment of well-being in South African armed services personnel 
    Du Toit, Peet J.; Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst); Govender, Catherine; Lawson, J.; Kleynhans, Michael; Grobbelaar, C.W. (Craig); Terblanche, H.C.; Wood, Paola Silvia; Grant, C.C. (Catharina Cornelia); Hay, L. (Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2012-03)
    As professionals in law enforcement and defence (armed services) function under high pressure, the maintenance of overall health should be emphasized and closely monitored in training facilities. The aim of this research ...
  • Korrelasie tussen kardio-stres en visuele vaardighede 
    Mthembu, N.; Terblanche, H.C.; Mahomed Ali, Faheema; Henning, E.; Kleynhans, Michael; Govender, Catherine; Grant, Rina; Wood, Paola Silvia; Du Toit, Peet J. (2012)
    Armed forces recruits were tested during a six month period of intense basic training. Data was collected at the start, after 12 weeks and 20 weeks. Means indicated significant decreases in cardio stress and increases ...