Kimberly Miller

BScPT, MSc, PhD

Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
Senior Leader, Clinical Education and Special Projects, Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children

My work investigates how we can support putting more of what we know from evidence, practice-based and lived experiences into what we do in making healthcare decisions as patients, families/carers, healthcare providers and decision-makers.

Academic Affiliations

  • Adjunct Professor, , , Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, , Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Research Theme: Evidence to Innovation
  • Research Group(s): Clinical Practice, Outcomes and Innovation; Implementing Knowledge for Equity and System Change

Contact Information

Location

4500 Oak St., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6H 3N1

Effects of dual-task interference on dexterity performance in people with mild to moderately severe Parkinsons disease: An observational analysis

Journal of Hand Therapy

Elizabeth Proud, Meg E. Morris, Belinda Bilney, Kimberly J. Miller, Maarten J. Nijkrake, Marten M. Munneke, Jennifer L. McGinley, Effects of dual-task interference on dexterity performance in people with mild to moderately severe Parkinsons disease: An observational analysis, Journal of Hand Therapy, 2024, ISSN 0894-1130, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jht.2024.04.002.

06 / 2024

Effect of digital monitoring and counselling on self-management ability in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a randomised controlled trial

Rheumatology

Linda Li and Hui Xie and Lynne M Feehan and Chris Shaw and Na Lu and Smruthi Ramachandran and Ellen Wang and Stephanie Therrien and Julia Mucha and Alison M Hoens and Kelly English and Eileen Davidson and Teresa Liu-Ambrose and Catherine Backman and John M Esdaile and Kimberly J Miller and Diane Lacaille

DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kead709

12 / 2023

Effects of Upper Limb Exercise or Training on Hand Dexterity and Function in People With Parkinson Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Elizabeth Proud and Kimberly J. Miller and Meg E. Morris and Jennifer L. McGinley and Jannette M. Blennerhassett

DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2023.11.009

11 / 2023

Training Intervention and Program of Support for Fostering the Adoption of Family-Centered Telehealth in Pediatric Rehabilitation: Protocol for a Multimethod, Prospective, Hybrid Type 3 Implementation-Effectiveness Study

JMIR Research Protocols

Karen Hurtubise and Isabelle Gaboury and Jade Berbari and Marie-Claude Battista and Tibor Schuster and Michelle Phoenix and Peter Rosenbaum and Olaf Kraus de Camargo and Lovo and Lovo Grona and Lesley Pritchard-Wiart and Jill G. Zwicker and Audre Jeanne Beaudoin and Mlanie Morin and Thomas Poder and Marie-Pierre Gagnon and Genevive Roch and Danielle Levac and Michel Tousignant and Heather Colquhoun and Kimberly Miller and Jennifer Churchill and Paula Robeson and Andra Ruegg and Martine Nault and Chantal Camden

DOI: 10.2196/40218

10 / 2022

Pilot of a Training Format for Clinicians' Continuing Professional Development: Open House With Rotating Short Segments

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Iva W. Cheung and Vanessa R. Bland and Elisa Castro-Noriega and Diego S. Silva and Kimberly J. Miller and Erin E. Michalak and Charles H. Goldsmith

DOI: 10.1097/ceh.0000000000000366

A qualitative study of clinicians' perspectives on independent rights advice for involuntary psychiatric patients in British Columbia, Canada.

PloS one

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247268 PubMed: 33735273

03 / 2021

Construct validity of the 9-Hole Peg Test and Purdue Pegboard Test in people with mild to moderately severe Parkinson's disease

Physiotherapy (United Kingdom)

Proud, E.L. and Miller, K.J. and Bilney, B. and Morris, M.E. and McGinley, J.L.

DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2019.12.002

Examining Coronary Revascularization Practice Patterns for Diabetics: Perceived Barriers, Facilitators, and Implications for Knowledge Translation

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Miller, K.J. and Park, J.E. and Ramanathan, K. and Abel, J. and Zhao, Y. and Mamdani, A. and Pak, M. and Fung, A. and Gao, M. and Humphries, K.H.

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2019.11.026

Hand dexterity assessment in Parkinsons disease: construct validity of the 9-Hole peg test for the more affected hand

Disability and Rehabilitation

Proud, E. and Morris, M.E. and Bilney, B. and Miller, K.J. and Nijkrake, M.J. and Munneke, M. and McGinley, J.L.

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2020.1754474

Effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation combined with robot-assisted training on wrist muscle activation post-stroke

Clinical Neurophysiology

Miller, K.J. and Gallina, A. and Neva, J.L. and Ivanova, T.D. and Snow, N.J. and Ledwell, N.M. and Xiao, Z.G. and Menon, C. and Boyd, L.A. and Garland, S.J.

DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2019.04.712

Implementation in rehabilitation: a roadmap for practitioners and researchers

Disability and Rehabilitation

Morris, J.H. and Bernhardsson, S. and Bird, M.-L. and Connell, L. and Lynch, E. and Jarvis, K. and Kayes, N.M. and Miller, K. and Mudge, S. and Fisher, R.

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2019.1587013

Effectiveness of an online self-management tool, OPERAS (an On-demand Program to EmpoweR Active Self-management), for people with rheumatoid arthritis: A research protocol

Trials

Tam, J. and Lacaille, D. and Liu-Ambrose, T. and Shaw, C. and Xie, H. and Backman, C.L. and Esdaile, J.M. and Miller, K. and Petrella, R. and Li, L.C.

DOI: 10.1186/s13063-019-3851-0

Measuring hand dexterity in people with Parkinsons disease: Reliability of pegboard tests

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Proud, E.L. and Bilney, B. and Miller, K.J. and Morris, M.E. and McGinley, J.L.

DOI: 10.5014/ajot.2019.031112

Do Performance Measures of Strength, Balance, and Mobility Predict Quality of Life and Community Reintegration After Stroke?

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Cohen, J.W. and Ivanova, T.D. and Brouwer, B. and Miller, K.J. and Bryant, D. and Garland, S.J.

DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2017.12.007

Motor Planning for Loading during Gait in Subacute Stroke

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Peters, S. and Garland, S.J. and Miller, K.J. and Cochrane, C.K. and Ivanova, T.D. and Hunt, M.A.

DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2015.11.003

Use of rasch analysis to evaluate and refine the community balance and mobility scale for use in ambulatory community-dwelling adults following stroke

Physical Therapy

Miller, K.J. and Pollock, C.L. and Brouwer, B. and Garland, S.J.

DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20150423

Therapists Perceptions of Social Media and Video Game Technologies in Upper Limb Rehabilitation

JMIR Serious Games

Sandy K Tatla and Navid Shirzad and Keith R Lohse and Naznin Virji-Babul and Alison M Hoens and Liisa Holsti and Linda C Li and Kimberly J Miller and Melanie Y Lam and HF Machiel Van der Loos

DOI: 10.2196/games.3401

03 / 2015

Perceptions of Technology and Its Use for Therapeutic Application for Individuals With Hemiparesis: Findings From Adult and Pediatric Focus Groups

JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies

Melanie Y Lam and Sandy K Tatla and Keith R Lohse and Navid Shirzad and Alison M Hoens and Kimberly J Miller and Liisa Holsti and Naznin Virji-Babul and HF Machiel Van der Loos

DOI: 10.2196/rehab.3484

02 / 2015

Perceptions of technology and its use for therapeutic application for individuals with hemiparesis: Findings from adult and paediatric focus groups.

JMIR Rehabil Assist Technol

DOI: doi: 10.2196/rehab.3484

02 / 2015

Evaluation of measures of upper limb functioning and disability in people with parkinson disease: A systematic review

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Proud, E.L. and Miller, K.J. and Bilney, B. and Balachandran, S. and McGinley, J.L. and Morris, M.E.

DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.09.016

Quantifying individual components of the timed up and go using the kinect in people living with stroke

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Vernon, S. and Paterson, K. and Bower, K. and McGinley, J. and Miller, K. and Pua, Y.-H. and Clark, R.A.

DOI: 10.1177/1545968314529475

Replacing stressful challenges with positive coping strategies: a resilience program for clinical placement learning

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Delany, C. and Miller, K.J. and El-Ansary, D. and Remedios, L. and Hosseini, A. and McLeod, S.

DOI: 10.1007/s10459-015-9603-3

Instrumenting gait assessment using the Kinect in people living with stroke: reliability and association with balance tests

Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation

Clark, R.A. and Vernon, S. and Mentiplay, B.F. and Miller, K.J. and McGinley, J.L. and Pua, Y.H. and Paterson, K. and Bower, K.J.

DOI: 10.1186/s12984-015-0006-8

Smart technologies to enhance social connectedness in older people who live at home

Australas J Ageing

DOI: doi: 10.1111/ajag.12154

03 / 2014

Clinical feasibility of the Nintendo Wii for balance training post-stroke: A phase II randomized controlled trial in an inpatient setting

Clinical Rehabilitation

Bower, K.J. and Clark, R.A. and McGinley, J.L. and Martin, C.L. and Miller, K.J.

DOI: 10.1177/0269215514527597

Instrumented static and dynamic balance assessment after stroke using Wii Balance Boards: Reliability and association with clinical tests

PLoS ONE

Bower, K.J. and McGinley, J.L. and Miller, K.J. and Clark, R.A.

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115282

Effectiveness and feasibility of virtual reality and gaming system use at home by older adults for enabling physical activity to improve health-related domains: A systematic review

Age and Ageing

Miller, K.J. and Adair, B.S. and Pearce, A.J. and Said, C.M. and Ozanne, E. and Morris, M.M.

DOI: 10.1093/ageing/aft194

Protocol for a randomized controlled clinical trial investigating the effectiveness of Fast muscle Activation and Stepping Training (FAST) for improving balance and mobility in sub-acute stroke

BMC Neurology

Miller, K.J. and Hunt, M.A. and Pollock, C.L. and Bryant, D. and Garland, S.J.

DOI: 10.1186/s12883-014-0187-y

Upper limb assessment in people with Parkinsons disease: is it a priority for therapists and how is it measured?

DOI: 10.3138/ptc.2012-24

04 / 2013

Feasibility and Efficacy of the Nintendo Wii Gaming System to Improve Balance Performance Post-Stroke: Protocol of a Phase II Randomized Controlled Trial in an Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting

Games for Health Journal

Bower, K.J. and Clark, R.A. and McGinley, J.L. and Martin, C.L. and Miller, K.J.

DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2012.0069

Smart-Home Technologies to Assist Older People to Live Well at Home

Journal of Aging Science

Arooke Adair Kimberly Miller

DOI: 10.4172/2329-8847.1000101

Postural control and fear of falling assessment in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A systematic review of instruments, international classification of functioning, disability and health linkage, and measurement properties

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Oliveira, C.C. and Lee, A. and Granger, C.L. and Miller, K.J. and Irving, L.B. and Denehy, L.

DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2013.04.012

Robotics to enable older adults to remain living at home

Journal of Aging Research

Pearce, A.J. and Adair, B. and Miller, K. and Ozanne, E. and Said, C. and Santamaria, N. and Morris, M.E.

DOI: 10.1155/2012/538169

Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the upper limb subscales of the motor assessment scale using a Rasch analysis model

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Miller, K.J. and Slade, A.L. and Pallant, J.F. and Galea, M.P.

DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0519

The AsTex : CCClinimetric properties of a new tool for evaluating hand sensation following stroke

Clinical Rehabilitation

Miller, K.J. and Phillips, B.A. and Martin, C.L. and Wheat, H.E. and Goodwin, A.W. and Galea, M.P.

DOI: 10.1177/0269215509342331

Goal-directed training: Linking theories of treatment to clinical practice for improved functional activities in daily life

Clinical Rehabilitation

Mastos, M. and Miller, K. and Elliasson, A.C. and Imms, C.

DOI: 10.1177/0269215506073494

Effects of augmented exercise therapy time after stroke: A meta-analysis

Stroke

Kwakkel, G. and Van Peppen, R. and Wagenaar, R.C. and Dauphinee, S.W. and Richards, C. and Ashburn, A. and Miller, K. and Lincoln, N. and Partridge, C. and Wellwood, I. and Langhorne, P.

DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000143153.76460.7d

Recovery of Standing Balance and Functional Mobility after Stroke

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Garland, S.J. and Willems, D.A. and Ivanova, T.D. and Miller, K.J.

DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2003.03.002

Trunk Postural Reactions in Children with and Without Cerebral Palsy During Therapeutic Horseback Riding

Pediatric Physical Therapy

10 / 1998

Motor unit recruitment and discharge behavior in movements and isometric contractions

Muscle and Nerve

Ivanova, T. and Garland, S.J. and Miller, K.J.

DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199707)20:7u0026lt;867::AID-MUS11u0026gt;3.0.CO;2-P

Motor-unit behavior in humans during fatiguing arm movements

Journal of Neurophysiology

Miller, K.J. and Garland, S.J. and Ivanova, T. and Ohtsuki, T.

DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.4.1629

Motor unit activity during human single joint movements

Journal of Neurophysiology

Garland, S.J. and Cooke, J.D. and Miller, K.J. and Ohtsuki, T. and Ivanova, T.

DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.3.1982

Motor unit behaviour during human muscle fatigue

Canadian Journal of Rehabilitation

Garland, S.J. and Enoka, R.M. and Miller, K.J.

Knowledge Translation

Knowledge translation in health care, applying education and knowledge translation theory and practice in designing strategies to close the ‘know-do’ gap. My work includes:
• The co-design of education strategies and knowledge tools/products with knowledge users
• Investigating barriers and enablers to evidence-informed practice to inform strategies to encourage use of evidence in practice
• Application of technologies to support physical and therapeutic activity
• Processes of care and support for shared decision-making between healthcare professionals and patients

Grants

L LI, D LACAILLE, L FEEHAN, T LUI-AMBROSE, C SHAW, C BACKMAN, K MILLER, R PETRELLA. Empowering active self-management of arthritis

Raising the bar with OPERAS (an On-demand Program to EmpoweR Active Self-management). The Arthritis Society Strategic Operating Grant. (2016).

KJ MILLER, K RAMANATHAN, J ABEL, K HUMPHRIES, P AIKEN RAMSAY. Informing coronary revascularization decisions in diabetic patients

Moving knowledge to action. Knowledge to Action Grant - Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (2015).

KJ MILLER, V BLAND, I CHEUNG. Improving Mental Health Act rights advice communications and practices. MSFHR Reach Award (2017).

L LI, D LACAILLE, C BACKMAN, JM ESDAILE, LM FEEHAN, H XIE, K MILLER, C SHAW. Patient Partners C KOEHN, K ENGLISH, Technology Partner TACTICA INTERACTIVE. An app-based intervention to empower self-management for people with rheumatoid arthritis. CIHR Catalyst (2017).

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