• ENHANCING KINEMATIC SHOULDER FUNCTION EVALUATION THROUGH A VALID, SIMPLE AND CLINICALLY APPLICABLE SCORE 

  Pichonnaz, Claude (Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, 2019)

  Introduction Controversies surrounding Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) and the cumbersome-nature of movement analysis-based (MAB) methods for shoulder function evaluation make the exploration of alternatives ...

• QUANTILE REGRESSION AS A METHODOLOGY FOR UNDERPINNING PROPORTIONATE UNIVERSALISM 

  Rush, Robert (Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, 2019)

  In the social sciences, and beyond, we are often interested in the impact of factors on some outcome. These research questions of interest are traditionally addressed with linear regression, which informs on those factors ...

• FRAILTY, CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION AND RISK OF FALLING AMONGST PATIENTS WITH STAGE 5 CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE ON HAEMODIALYSIS 

  Zanotto, Tobia (Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, 2019)

  This PhD thesis explores the risk of falling of stage 5 chronic kidney disease (CKD-5) patients receiving haemodialysis (HD) therapy. Previous research has suggested that multiple risk factors such as older age, comorbidities, ...

• MEASURING PRE-SPEECH ARTICULATION 

  Palo, Pertti (Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, 2019)

  Abstract: What do speakers do when they start to talk? This thesis concentrates on the articulatory aspects of this problem, and offers methodological and experimental results on tongue movement, captured using Ultrasound ...

• THE AUDITORY BRAINSTEM RESPONSE IN HEALTHY ADULTS AND ADULTS WITH ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE SYNDROME 

  Johnson, Christine (Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, 2018)

  The Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) assesses brainstem function. This thesis explores the click and speech ABR in both healthy adults and adults with alcohol dependence syndrome (ADS). Experiment One undertook ...

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