- Overview
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Dr. Allison Ezzat’s current research applies implementation science methodologies to advance the primary prevention of knee injuries in adolescents in real-world settings. She has a focus on reducing gender disparity for girls/women in injury risk and decreasing the long-term injury burden (e.g. knee osteoarthritis).
- Publications
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Patient and clinician perspectives of online-delivered exercise programmes for chronic musculoskeletal conditions: protocol for a mixed-methods systematic review.
HRB Open Research
Avantika Bhardwaj and Caoimhe Barry Walsh and Allison Ezzat and Cliona O'Riordan and Norelee Kennedy and Clodagh M. Toomey
DOI: 10.12688/hrbopenres.13551.3
07/2024‘Making a connection’: a qualitative study of experiences from a cancer telerehabilitation program
Supportive Care in Cancer
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-024-08803-w
2024Patient and clinician perspectives of online-delivered exercise programmes for chronic musculoskeletal conditions: a mixed-methods systematic review
Disability and Rehabilitation
DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2023.2224085
2024Co-development and evaluation of the Musculoskeletal Telehealth Toolkit for physiotherapists
Musculoskeletal Care
DOI: 10.1002/msc.1840
2024Co-design of the web-based ‘My Knee’ education and self-management toolkit for people with knee osteoarthritis
Digital Health
DOI: 10.1177/20552076231163810
2023Let's talk about sex (and gender) after ACL injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis of self-reported activity and knee-related outcomes
British Journal of Sports Medicine
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2022-106099
2023Implementation of the Good Life with osteoArthritis in Denmark (GLA:D®) program via telehealth in Australia: A mixed-methods program evaluation
Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
DOI: 10.1177/1357633X231167620
2023Canadian Physiotherapists Integrate Virtual Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Physiotherapy Canada
DOI: 10.3138/ptc-2022-0092
2023Knowledge, confidence and learning needs of physiotherapists treating persistent knee pain in Australia and Canada: a mixed-methods study
Physiotherapy Theory and Practice
Christian J. Barton and Allison M. Ezzat and Emily C. Bell and Michael Skovdal Rathleff and Joanne L. Kemp and Kay M. Crossley
DOI: 10.1080/09593985.2021.1906805
12/2022Patient and clinician perspectives of online-delivered exercise programmes for chronic musculoskeletal conditions: protocol for a systematic review.
HRB Open Research
Avantika Bhardwaj and Caoimhe Barry Walsh and Allison Ezzat and Cliona O'Riordan and Norelee Kennedy and Clodagh M. Toomey
DOI: 10.12688/hrbopenres.13551.1
05/2022Control of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Annals of the American Thoracic Society
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202104-463OC
2022Strategies to prevent and manage running-related knee injuries: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials
British Journal of Sports Medicine
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2022-105553
2022“Much better than I thought it was going to be”: Telehealth delivered group-based education and exercise was perceived as acceptable among people with knee osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocarto.2022.100271
2022New or Recurrent Knee Injury, Physical Activity, and Osteoarthritis Beliefs in a Cohort of Female Athletes 2 to 3 Years After ACL Reconstruction and Matched Healthy Peers
Sports Health
DOI: 10.1177/19417381221091791
2022“It's second best”: A mixed-methods evaluation of the experiences and attitudes of people with musculoskeletal pain towards physiotherapist delivered telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic
Musculoskeletal Science and Practice
DOI: 10.1016/j.msksp.2021.102500
2022OPTIKNEE 2022: Consensus recommendations to optimise knee health after traumatic knee injury to prevent osteoarthritis
British Journal of Sports Medicine
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2022-106299
2022Long-term quality of life, work limitation, physical activity, economic cost and disease burden following ACL and meniscal injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis for the OPTIKNEE consensus
British Journal of Sports Medicine
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2022-105626
2022Knee Osteoarthritis Education Interventions in Published Trials Are Typically Unclear, Not Comprehensive Enough, and Lack Robust Development: Ancillary Analysis of a Systematic Review
Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2022.10771
2022The English Knee Self-Efficacy Scale is a valid and reliable measure for knee-specific self-efficacy in individuals with a sport-related knee injury in the past 5 years
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-020-05974-x
2021Effect of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture on Physical Activity, Sports Participation, Patient-Reported Health Outcomes, and Physical Function in Young Female Athletes
American Journal of Sports Medicine
DOI: 10.1177/03635465211002530
2021Identifying heart failure in patients with chronic obstructive lung disease through the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network in British Columbia: a case derivation study
CMAJ open
DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20200183
2021Physical activity and other health-related outcomes after knee injury in youth and young adults (PhD Academy Award)
British Journal of Sports Medicine
Allison M Ezzat
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2020-102286
11/2020A team-based approach in primary care can alleviate the burden created by the COVID-19 surgical backlog for people with hip and knee osteoarthritis
CMAJ
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.76844
2020Effects of tailored advice on injury prevention knowledge and behaviours in runners: Secondary analysis from a randomised controlled trial
Physical Therapy in Sport
DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2019.04.003
2019Accuracy of Fitbit Devices: Systematic Review and Narrative Syntheses of Quantitative Data
JMIR mHealth and uHealth
Lynne M Feehan and Jasmina Geldman and Eric C Sayre and Chance Park and Allison M Ezzat and Ju Young Yoo and Clayon B Hamilton and Linda C Li
DOI: 10.2196/10527
08/2018Accuracy of Fitbit devices: a systematic review and narrative syntheses of quantitative data (Preprint)
Lynne M Feehan and Jasmina Geldman and Eric C Sayre and Chance Park and Allison M Ezzat and Ju Young Yoo and Clayon B Hamilton and Linda C Li
DOI: 10.2196/preprints.10527
04/2018A qualitative investigation of the attitudes and beliefs about physical activity and post-traumatic osteoarthritis in young adults 3–10¿years after an intra-articular knee injury
Physical Therapy in Sport
DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2018.05.001
2018Knee confidence in youth and young adults at risk of post-traumatic osteoarthritis 3–10 years following intra-articular knee injury
Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2017.11.012
2018A cross-sectional evaluation examining the use of the Achilles tendinopathy toolkit by physiotherapists in British Columbia, Canada
Disability and Rehabilitation
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2016.1160447
2017The Association Between Body Composition and Sport Injury in Canadian Adolescents
Physiotherapy Canada
06/2016Association between body composition and sport injury in Canadian adolescents
Physiotherapy Canada
DOI: 10.3138/ptc.2015-59
2016The effects of interventions to increase exercise adherence in people with arthritis: A systematic review
Musculoskeletal Care
DOI: 10.1002/msc.1084
2015'Do As We Say, Not as We Do:' A cross-sectional survey of injuries in injury prevention professionals
Injury Prevention
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2013-040913
2014Occupational physical loading tasks and knee osteoarthritis: A review of the evidence
Physiotherapy Canada
DOI: 10.3138/ptc.2012-45BC
2014Association between cumulative joint loading from occupational activities and knee osteoarthritis
Arthritis Care and Research
DOI: 10.1002/acr.22033
2013Reliability of hip examination tests for femoroacetabular impingement
Arthritis Care and Research
DOI: 10.1002/acr.22036
2013Are joint injury, sport activity, physical activity, obesity, or occupational activities predictors for osteoarthritis? A systematic review
Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2013.4796
2013Building passion develops meaningful mentoring relationships among Canadian physiotherapists
Physiotherapy Canada
DOI: 10.3138/ptc.2011-07
2012Are Joint Injury, Obesity, Physical Activity, Sport and Occupational Risk Factors for Osteoarthritis? A Systematic Review of the Literature.
Cumulative Occupational Physical Load as a Risk Factor for Knee Osteoarthritis.
Effects of interventions that aim to increase exercise adherence in people with arthritis: a best evidence synthesis.
Reliability of hip examination tests for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI)
Arthritis Care and ResearchReliability of hip examination tests for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI).
The effectiveness of interventions to increase exercise adherence in people with arthritis: A systematic review
Musculoskeletal CareCumulative Loading as a Risk Factor for Knee Osteoarthritis.
Arthritis Care and ResearchEffects of Interventions that Aim to Increase Exercise Adherence in People with Arthritis.
The Canadian Injury Prevention Trainee Network: Building Capacity for the Future of Injury Prevention Research.
‘Do as we say not as we do’ Injuries in Injury Prevention Professionals.
Injury PreventionAre joint injury, obesity, physical activity, sport and occupation risk factors for osteoarthritis? A systematic review.
Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical TherapyMeasuring Occupational Physical Load to the Knee: An Agreement Analysis.
“It’s Part of Who I Am Now:” The Impact of Knee Joint Injury on Young Adults’ Perspectives of Physical Activity and Osteoarthritis.
A cross sectional evaluation examining the use of the Achilles tendinopathy toolkit by physiotherapists in British Columbia, Canada.
Disability and RehabilitationBuilding passion develops meaningful mentorship relationships for Canadian physiotherapists.
Physiotherapy CanadaCumulative occupational physical load as risk factor for knee osteoarthritis.
Engaging Physiotherapists in Effective Knowledge Translation – Treating Tendiopathy Effectively.
Occupational physical loading tasks and knee osteoarthritis: A review of the evidence.
Physiotherapy CanadaThe Canadian Injury Prevention Curriculum: using an integrated knowledge translation approach
Weighty Problems: Sport injuries in overweight or obese adolescents.
Is Knowledge Power? Injuries in Injury Prevention Professionals.
A knowledge translation initiative to enhance evidence-informed clinical management of Achilles tendinopahty: The purpose, process, and outcomes of the BC Tendinopathy Toolkit.
Are overweight or obese Canadian Adolescents at Increased Risk of Sport Injury?
Knee confidence in youth and young adults at risk of post-traumatic osteoarthritis 2-10 years following intra-articular knee injury.
- Research
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Co-design and evaluation of an injury prevention program and implementation plan in girls community soccer
Sport has innumerable physical and mental health benefits; however, it is the leading cause of injury in Canadian youth. Soccer is the highest participation sport among girls in British Columbia, yet serious injuries affect 1 in 20 girls annually impacting quality of life and physical activity. For example, 50% of those who sustain a knee injury will develop osteoarthritis, a painful and disabling joint disease, within two decades. Strong evidence proports that injury prevention programs can prevent two-thirds of injuries, yet a research-to-practice gap persists with poor sustainability of generic injury prevention programs designed without comprehensive implementation strategies or end-user engagement. Using a participatory design approach with integrated stakeholder engagement, this project will implement and evaluate a theory-informed, evidence-based, context-specific injury prevention program with a co-designed sustainability strategy in girls community soccer. Using mixed-methods we will: 1) synthesize research evidence and key learnings from global experts; 2) understand end-user needs and context; 3) co-design an implementation and sustainability plan with community stakeholders; 4) evaluate feasibility and conduct a process evaluation.
Torin Halvorson and Hebah Hussaina awarded Vanier scholarships for immunotherapy and mental health research
BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) is proud to announce that two of its outstanding research trainees, Torin Halvorson, an MD/PhD student working with the Levings research team, and Hebah Hussaina, a graduate research assistant in the Brussoni Lab, have been awarded the prestigious 2024 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship.
