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Cunningham, Devin P.,Middleton, John R.,Mann, F.A. The Korean Society of Veterinary Science 2020 大韓獸醫學會誌 Vol.60 No.2
The goal of this study was to determine if there was a difference in leak pressure between esophageal-esophageal anastomosis and esophageal-jejunal anastomosis when using cadaveric porcine tissue. Leak pressures were recorded for esophageal-esophageal anastomosis (Group 1 [control group], n = 7), cranial esophageal-jejunal anastomosis (Group 2, n = 7), and jejunal-caudal esophageal anastomosis (Group 3, n = 6). Each anastomosis was performed using polydioxanone sutures in a simple interrupted pattern. Results were analyzed using one-way analysis of variance. Mean ± SD of the leak pressures for groups 1, 2, and 3 were 46.1 ± 15.9, 36.5 ± 13.6, and 50.9 ± 11.1 mmHg, respectively (p = 0.18). When the results from groups 2 and 3 were combined and compared to that for Group 1, the mean ± SD leak pressures were 46.1± 15.9 and 43.1± 14.2 mmHg, respectively (p = 0.67). These results provide preliminary evidence that the jejunum may be a suitable option for use in esophageal replacement surgery; however, future studies of in vivo factors influencing the integrity of esophageal-jejunal anastomoses, including histologic evaluation of esophageal-jejunal anastomosis healing, are needed.
Assessment of Bradykinesia, Akinesia and Rigidity Using a Home-based Assessment Tool
L. Cunningham,C. Nugent,G. Moore,D. Finlay,D. Craig 동국대학교 정보융합기술원 2009 International Journal of Assistive Robotics and Sy Vol.10 No.4
An increase in the prevalence of age related diseases such as Parkinson's Disease (PD) and the increasingly aging population has created a need for appropriate health and social care services for the elderly and disabled. PD requires close monitoring and regular assessment. In order to be assessed and monitored, people are usually required to attend a clinic or hospital. In this study a home-based assessment tool, which collects information on people’s hand and finger movements, has been developed and evaluated. The tool collects data on the time taken to make a series of movements, the speed at which the movements are made and the path that is taken for each movement. Through the use of this tool movement difficulties such as bradykinesia, akinesia and rigidity could be identified within the home environment. Such an approach has the potential to decrease the number of clinic/hospital visits a person with PD requires. It could also assist with making the current, somewhat subjective, methods of PD assessment become more objective. If used over a long period of time, for example, daily or weekly, it could help identify how effective or otherwise a person's medication is. This would be achieved by the tool collecting data on a regular basis in order to establish what is considered to be ‘normal’ results for that particular person. So for example, a pattern may emerge over a few months that each time a particular participant is ‘off’ they take the same or similar length of time to use the tool. It could be suggested that the length of time the participant took to use the tool when ‘off’ during those months was their ‘normal’ result for their ‘off’ state. If, after a period of time, the results collected seemed ‘abnormal’ for that person it could indicate that a visit to the clinician is needed to identify if the medication needs changed. The developed tool was evaluated by twenty participants. Half of the participants had been diagnosed with PD and the other half were a control group without the disease. Within each group there were a mix of participants who were computer literate and those who had no experience of using computers. Results following evaluation of the tool indicated that the control group were able to conduct assessments using the tool in a time that was significantly shorter than that taken by the PD group (p = 0.034). This in turn suggests that such tools have the ability to assist with enabling more objective assessment of PD.
Baseball 4 All: Providing Inclusive Spaces for Persons with Disabilities
George B. Cunningham,Stacy Warner 글로벌지식마케팅경영학회 2019 Journal of Global Sport Management Vol.4 No.4
The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that influenced participation in a community program designed to enhance leisure participation among children and young adults with disabilities. The authors grounded their work in a sport development framework and recent work on inclusive and socially just leisure. Participants in the qualitative study included seven coaches from a baseball league designed to deliver sport opportunities for persons with both physical and intellectual disabilities. Results showed that Inclusiveness and Joy were fundamental at the recruitment stage. Organization Failure, which was the dominant theme throughout the data set, emerged at what should have been the retention stage. The authors discuss implications for providing inclusive leisure spaces for persons with disabilities.
A Site to Resist and Persist: Diversity, Social Justice, and the Unique Nature of Sport
George B. Cunningham,Marlene A. Dixon,John N. Singer,Kristi F. Oshiro,Na Young Ahn,Anthony Weems 글로벌지식마케팅경영학회 2021 Journal of Global Sport Management Vol.6 No.1
Scholarly debate on the unique characteristics of sport management continues, with much of the dialogue focusing on the sport product, the relationship between sport and external stakeholders (e.g. fans, government, leagues), as well as the unique role that fans and win- ning play in the delivery of sport. In offering a new lens from which to approach the academic argument, the authors suggest that sport is unique because it serves as a site for coaches and athletes to resist and persist through their activist efforts. To support this pos- ition, they (a) articulate the significance of sport in society for fans and non-fans, alike; (b) demonstrate how, because of the relevance of sport in society, coaches and athletes have taken on celebrity sta- tus, and as a result, are likely to engage in activism and resistance; and (c) propose these activities then result in societal change. Noting the importance of moderators, the authors also suggest that coach and athlete demographics, their social justice orientation, and the context in which they operate are all likely to influence the rela- tionship between celebrity status and activism and resistance. The effectiveness of their message is likely to vary based on their cred- ibility and the involvement and demographics of the message receiver. The authors offer theoretical and practical implications.