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ICanWALK© in the News

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Media

News Articles

  • Optimizing well-being through innovation: introducing the MOVE Improve App. Dr. Barrie Strafford Centre for Learning Innovation & Quality. April 1, 2025.
  • Symington S. Giving Day enables UCalgary student researchers to get people moving: Community support propels mobility innovations in the past year.  UCalgary News. April 9, 2024.
  • MacGregor J. UCalgary faculty integral to Grade 11 students’ research experience. UCalgary News. August 29, 2023. 
  • MacGillivary K. Interactive app helps prevent injury from incorrect use of walking aids.  UCalgary News. January 4, 2022.

Podcasts

  •  Impact Now: Smartphone App Provides Proper Use Training for Walking Aids.

Public Engagement Sessions

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Public Presentations

Public Talks

  • Bibi N, Tanweer M, O’Brien M, Katz L, Best K, Manocha RHK. A novel mobile application is a feasible tool to teach nursing students about walking aids. 2023 Celebration of Achievement for Undergraduate Research (University of Calgary), Calgary, Alberta, October 2, 2023.
  • Ma-Phan A, O’Brien M, Manocha RHK. Development of teaching modules for navigating stairs with walking aids. École secondaire Notre Dame, Red Deer, Alberta, February 5, 2024.
  • O’Brien M, Bibi N, Tanweer M, Manocha RHK. About the Improving Canadians’ Walking Aids Skills, Learning, and Knowledge© (ICanWALK©) App. McCaig Institute Community Engagement Session, Calgary, Alberta, June 9, 2023. 
  • O’Brien M, Manocha RHK. Introducing ICanWALK©: A novel app-based walking aid skills training program. Hope for Hypermobility: Patient Research Education Day, Calgary, Alberta, April 29, 2023. 
  • Manocha RHK. First aid for gait aids: how to use walking aids safely. Wood Forum on Sport Injury Prevention, Calgary, Alberta, November 6, 2021.

The People

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Trainees and Staff

Graduate Students

  • Maureen O'Brien, BASc, MSc Medical Science (Specialization: Joint Injury and Arthritis)

Research Staff

  • Joanie Bédard, pht, MSc, Research Coordinator
  • Amanda Rande, BSc, Research Assistant
  • Jasmeet Sekhon, BKin, Research Assistant
  • Jena Shank, MSc, Research Assistant

Professional Students

  • Uriel Perez, Medical Student (Research Elective)

Undergraduate Students

  • Nadia Bibi, Undergraduate Nursing Student (Program for Undergraduate Research Experience)
  • Jaya Burns, Undergraduate Kinesiology Practicum Student
  • Darlene Chhomm, Undergraduate Kinesiology Practicum Student
  • Priscilla Chua, Undergraduate Kinesiology/Business Student (Practicum, Employee)
  • Lisa Huynh, Undergraduate Kinesiology Practicum Student
  • Evan Knox, Undergraduate Summer Student (Queen's University)
  • Kalaina Kozak, Undergraduate Kinesiology Practicum Student
  • Rahim Lakhani, Undergraduate Kinesiology Student (Practicum, Employee)
  • Niki Mehri, Undergraduate Kinesiology Practicum Student
  • Mahrukh Tanweer, Undergraduate Kinesiology Student (McCaig Institute for Bone & Joint Health Studentship, Honors Thesis)
  • Elbert Tom, Undergraduate Kinesiology Student (Practicum, Honors Thesis)
  • Kurt Wilde, Undergraduate Kinesiology Practicum Student

High School Students

  • Anson Ma-Phan (Alberta Innovates High School Youth Research Program)
  • Eva Wang, High School Student (Alberta Innovates High School Youth Research Program)

The Research

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Research Impacts

Publications

  • O’Brien  M, Best KL, Barnabe C, Routhier F, Miller WC, Manocha RHK. Feasibility of an interactive video-based skills training program for learning and reviewing walking aid skills. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2025.
  • O’Brien M, Best K, Barnabe C, Miller WC, Routhier F, Manocha RHK. Qualitative assessment of a novel tool for teaching patients how to safely use walking aids. J Int Soc Phys Rehab Med 2025;8:350-351. doi:10.1097/ph9.0000000000000063
  • O'Brien M. The Feasibility and Usability of a Novel Tool for Learning and Reviewing Walking Aid Skills: A Multi-Method Study. University of Calgary Thesis Repository, July 26, 2024.
  • ICanWALK© Research. Aging Insights, June 3, 2024. Brenda Strafford Centre on Aging. Calgary, Alberta.
  • O’Brien M, Tanweer M, Bibi N, Katz L, Best KL, Miller WC, Routhier F, Barnabe C, Manocha RHK. A novel mobile application improves balance confidence in walking aid users. Canadian Association on Gerontology 2023.
  • Manocha RHK, O’Brien M. Fitting and walking with gait aids: Introducing ICanWALK©, a novel interactive mobile application for patients, caregivers, clinicians, and trainees. Canadian Association on Gerontology 2023.
  • Alberta Innovates/University of Calgary 2023 Reflections Booklet.
  • Bibi N, Manocha RHK. A novel mobile application is a feasible tool to teach nursing students about walking aids Program for Undergraduate Research Experience Abstract Booklet 2023;8-9.
  • O’Brien M, Christison M, Best K, Miller WC, Routhier F, Katz L, Barnabe C, Manocha RHK. The effect of a novel, mobile device-based app for walking aid skills training on functional balance, mobility, and balance confidence. AGE-WELL EPIC Conference 2023.
  • Research highlight: Interactive app helps prevent injury from incorrect use of walking aids. McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health Promotional Brochure. January 2023, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  • Interactive app helps prevent injury from incorrect use of walking aids. Research in Motion 2021-2022. McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health. January 2022, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Conference Podium Presentations

  • Tom E, Nindorera F, Miller WC, Best KL, Routhier F, Manocha RHK. Exploring the  effects of a novel walking aid skills app in walking aid users: a pilot randomized controlled trial. Faculty of Kinesiology Undergraduate Research Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, April 10, 2025.
  • Nindorera F, Manocha  RHK, Routhier F, Best KL. Exploring the influence of a novel application for evaluating and training walking aid skills in walking aid users. AGE-WELL Annual Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, October 23, 2024.
  • O’Brien M, Best KL, Barnabe C, Manocha RHK. Qualitative assessment of a novel tool for teaching patients how to safely use walking aids. International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Sydney, Australia, June 3, 2024.
  • O’Brien M, Best KL, Barnabe CA, Manocha RHK. Users find a novel tool useful in learning walking aid skills: A multi-method study. McCaig Institute Research Day, Calgary, Alberta, May 15, 2024.
  • Tanweer M, Bibi N, O’Brien M, Manocha RHK. A novel interactive video-based application increases comfort with and knowledge of walking aids in healthcare trainees. McCaig Institute Research Day, Calgary, Alberta, May 15, 2024.
  • O’Brien M, Barnabe C, Manocha RHK. Feasibility of an interactive video-based walking aid skills training program. Arthritis Research Canada Retreat, Vancouver, British Columbia, May 2, 2024.
  • O’Brien M, Manocha RHK. A novel mobile application improves balance confidence in walking aid users. Neurosciences, Rehabilitation & Vision Strategic Clinical Network Research Summit (Virtual), December 8, 2023.
  • Tanweer M, Bibi N, O’Brien M, Manocha RHK. Evaluation of the ICanWALK© app as a walking aid teaching tool for medical students. University of Calgary Undergraduate Research Symposium Video Competition, Calgary, Alberta, October 27, 2023.
  • O’Brien M, Bibi N, Tanweer M, Best KL, Manocha RHK. User experiences of a novel app-based walking aid skills training program. AGE-WELL (Aging Gracefully across Environments using Technology to Support Wellness, Engagement and Long Life) Annual Conference. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 26, 2023.
  • Manocha RHK. The need for a national walking aid skills training program. AGE-WELL (Aging Gracefully across Environments using Technology to Support Wellness, Engagement and Long Life) Annual Conference. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 26, 2023.
  • Tanweer M, Bibi N, O’Brien M, Katz L, Best K, Manocha RHK. A novel interactive video-based teaching app to increase walking aid knowledge in medical students. Hotchkiss Brain Institute Summer Student Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, August 23, 2023. 
  • Tanweer M, Bibi N, O’Brien M, Katz L, Manocha RHK. Usability of a novel interactive peer-to-peer video-based app for teaching medical students about walking aids. Canadian Organization for Undergraduate Health Research National Symposium [Virtual], August 20, 2023. 
  • Tanweer M, Bibi N, O’Brien M, Katz L, Manocha RHK. Usability of a novel interactive peer-to-peer video-based app for teaching medical students about walking aids. Canadian Organization for Undergraduate Health Research Calgary Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, August 16, 2023. 
  • Bibi N, Tanweer M, O’Brien M, Katz L, Manocha RHK. A novel interactive mobile application enhances nursing students’ walking aid knowledge. McCaig Institute Summer Student Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, August 16, 2023. 
  • O’Brien M, Best K, Miller WC, Routhier F, Katz L, Barnabe C, Manocha RHK. The effect of a novel, mobile device-based app for walking aid skills training on functional balance, mobility, and balance confidence. AGE-WELL EPIC Conference, Mobility & Transportation Session, May 30, 2023.
  • O’Brien M, Wilde K, Miller WC, Katz L, Barnabe C, Manocha RHK. The effect of a novel app-based walking aid skills training program on balance confidence, balance, and mobility. 8th Annual McCaig Institute Meeting on Musculoskeletal Diseases, Calgary, Alberta, May 12, 2023.
  • O’Brien M, Wilde K, Katz L, Barnabe C, Manocha RHK. The effect of a novel app-based walking aid skills training program on balance confidence, balance, and mobility. CSM Graduate Research Day, Calgary, Alberta, April 26, 2023.
  • O’Brien M, Barnabe C, Best KL, Miller WC, Routhier F, Manocha RHK. Evaluation of a novel app-based walking aid skills training program. Arthritis Research Canada Retreat, Vancouver, British Columbia, October 13, 2022.
  • Wang E, Shank J, Manocha RHK. Development of a walking aid skills training app. Alberta Innovates High School Youth Research Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, August 12, 2021.

Research Seminars

  • O’Brien M, Manocha RHK. Users find a novel app useful in learning and reviewing walking aid skills: a multi-method feasibility study. University of Calgary McCaig Institute for Bone & Joint Health Seminar Series. April 18, 2024.
  • O’Brien M, Manocha RHK. Feasibility and usability of a novel app-based walking aid skills training program. Division of Geriatric Medicine. Research Works-in-Progress Rounds. March 6, 2024.
  • O’Brien M, Manocha RHK. User experiences of a novel app-based walking aid skills training program. University of Calgary Hotchkiss Brain Institute Spinal Cord, Nerve Injury & Pain Seminar Series. November 21, 2023.

Continuing Medical Education

  • Manocha RHK, O’Brien M, Tanweer M. Introducing ICanWALK©: a novel tool for teaching clinicians, trainees, users, and caregivers how to safely use walking aids. Canadian Association of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Annual Scientific Meeting Workshops, Montebello, Québec, May 23, 2024. 
  • Manocha RHK. I’ve got enough on my plate. Why should I care about walking aids? University of Calgary Department of Clinical Neurosciences Grand Rounds, Calgary, Alberta, November 24, 2023.

Conference Poster Presentations

  • Nindorera F, Manocha RHK, Routhier F, Best KL. Exploring the influence of a novel application for evaluating and training walking aid skills in walking aid users. AGE-WELL Annual Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, October 23, 2024.
  • Tanweer M, Bibi N, O’Brien M, Katz L, Best K, Manocha RHK. A novel interactive video-based application increases comfort with and knowledge of walking aids in healthcare trainees. Hotchkiss Brain Institute Research Day, Calgary, Alberta, June 6, 2024.
  • O’Brien M, Best KL, Barnabe CA, Manocha RHK. Users find a novel tool useful in learning walking aid skills: A multi-method study. McCaig Institute Research Day, Calgary, Alberta, May 15, 2024.
  • Tanweer M, Bibi N, O’Brien M, Manocha RHK. A novel interactive video-based application increases comfort with and knowledge of walking aids in healthcare trainees. McCaig Institute Research Day, Calgary, Alberta, May 15, 2024.
  • Tanweer M, Bibi N, O’Brien M, Katz L, Best K, Manocha RHK. A novel interactive video-based application increases comfort with and knowledge of walking aids in healthcare trainees. Faculty of Kinesiology Undergraduate Research Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, April 5, 2024
  • Tanweer M, Bibi N, O’Brien M, Manocha RHK. Evaluation of the ICanWALK© app as a walking aid teaching tool for medical students. University of Calgary Undergraduate Research Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, November 23, 2023.
  • Manocha RHK, O’Brien M. Fitting and walking with gait aids: Introducing ICanWALK©, a novel interactive mobile application for patients, caregivers, clinicians, and trainees. 52nd Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting of the Canadian Association on Gerontology, Toronto, Ontario, October 27, 2023
  • O’Brien M, Tanweer M, Bibi N, Katz L, Best KL, Miller WC, Routhier F, Barnabe C, Manocha RHK. A novel mobile application improves balance confidence in walking aid users. 52nd Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting of the Canadian Association on Gerontology, Toronto, Ontario, October 27, 2023. 
  • Bibi N, Tanweer M, O’Brien M, Katz L, Best K, Manocha RHK. A novel mobile application is a feasible tool to teach nursing students about walking aids Hotchkiss Brain Institute Summer Student Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, August 23, 2023. 
  • Tanweer M, Bibi N, O’Brien M, Katz L, Best K, Manocha RHK. A novel interactive video-based teaching app enhances walking aid knowledge in medical students. Hotchkiss Brain Institute Summer Student Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, August 23, 2023. 
  • Tanweer M, Bibi N, O’Brien M, Katz L, Manocha RHK. Usability of a novel interactive peer-to-peer video-based app for teaching medical students about walking aids. Canadian Organization for Undergraduate Health Research National Symposium [Virtual], August 20, 2023. 
  • Tanweer M, Bibi N, O’Brien M, Katz L, Manocha RHK. Usability of a novel interactive peer-to-peer video-based app for teaching medical students about walking aids. McCaig Institute Summer Student Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, August 16, 2023. 
  • Ma-Phan A, O’Brien M, Manocha RHK. Development of teaching modules for navigating stairs with walking aids. Alberta Innovates High School Youth Research Poster Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, August 15, 2023. 
  • O’Brien M, Best K, Miller WC, Routhier F, Katz L, Barnabe C, Manocha RHK. The effect of a novel, mobile device-based app for walking aid skills training on functional balance, mobility, and balance confidence. Hotchkiss Brain Institute Research Day, Calgary, Alberta, May 25, 2023.
  • O’Brien M, Wilde K, Miller WC, Katz L, Barnabe C, Manocha RHK. The effect of a novel app-based walking aid skills training program on balance confidence, balance, and mobility. 8th Annual McCaig Institute Meeting on Musculoskeletal Diseases, Calgary, Alberta, May 12, 2023.
  • Wang E, Shank J, Manocha RHK. Development of a walking aid skills training app. Alberta Innovates High School Youth Research Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, August 12, 2021.

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