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Alison K. Macpherson

Professor, York University
Verified email at yorku.ca
Cited by 7304

The decline in active school transportation (AST): A systematic review of the factors related to AST and changes in school transport over time in North America

L Rothman, AK Macpherson, T Ross, RN Buliung - Preventive medicine, 2018 - Elsevier
Active travel to school has declined during the last 50 years in North America. During the
last decade, the children's active school transportation (AST) literature has grown. This …

Annual and seasonal trends in ambulatory visits for pediatric concussion in Ontario between 2003 and 2013

…, EI Benchimol, A Guttmann, AK Macpherson - The Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective To investigate annual and seasonal trends in physician office and emergency
department (ED) visit rates for pediatric concussion in Ontario between 2003 and 2013. Study …

Correlates of postoperative pain and intravenous patient-controlled analgesia use in younger and older surgical patients

L Gagliese, LR Gauthier, AK Macpherson… - Pain …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Objective. Age-related patterns in postoperative pain are unclear with reports of no age
differences and less pain with age. The objective of this study was to identify correlates of pain …

Policy change eliminating body checking in non-elite ice hockey leads to a threefold reduction in injury and concussion risk in 11-and 12-year-old players

AM Black, AK Macpherson, BE Hagel… - British journal of sports …, 2016 - bjsm.bmj.com
Background In ice hockey, body checking is associated with an increased risk of injury. In
2011, provincial policy change disallowed body checking in non-elite Pee Wee (ages 11–12 …

Impact of mandatory helmet legislation on bicycle-related head injuries in children: a population-based study

AK Macpherson, TM To, C Macarthur, ML Chipman… - …, 2002 - publications.aap.org
Objective. Childhood bicycle-related head injuries can be prevented through the use of
helmets. Although helmet legislation has proved to be a successful strategy for the adoption of …

The epidemiology of concussions: number and nature of concussions and time to recovery among female and male Canadian varsity athletes 2008 to 2011

…, LE Sergio, AK Macpherson - Clinical journal of sport …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To provide incidence rates and days to symptom resolution and cognitive recovery
stratified by sex and sport at a Canadian institution. Study Design: A retrospective chart …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology of sports-related injuries in children and youth presenting to Canadian emergency departments from 2007–2010

…, SR McFaull, AK Macpherson - … , Therapy & Technology, 2013 - Springer
Background Although injuries related to sports and recreation represent a significant burden
to children and youth, few studies have examined the descriptive epidemiology of sports-…

Ten-year epidemiological study of pediatric burns in Canada

…, H Cleland, N Beben, AK Macpherson - Journal of burn care …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
The aim of this study was to report on the temporal trends, incidence rates, demographic,
and external-cause data for all burn injury related deaths and hospital admissions among …

[HTML][HTML] Cognitive-motor integration deficits in young adult athletes following concussion

…, M Dalecki, C Hughes, AK Macpherson… - BMC sports science …, 2015 - Springer
Background The ability to perform visually-guided motor tasks requires the transformation of
visual information into programmed motor outputs. When the guiding visual information …

[HTML][HTML] A population based study of drowning in Canada

T Clemens, H Tamim, M Rotondi, AK Macpherson - BMC public health, 2016 - Springer
Background Although water-related fatality rates have changed over time, the epidemiology
of drowning in Canada has not recently been examined. In spite of the evidence supporting …