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Chester Ho

ResearcherPhysical Medicine and RehabilitationUniversity of Alberta

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Chester Ho

Researcher

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Health Sciences

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
44 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 9 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Rehabilitation Spinal Cord Injury Brain Injury Co-Design Outcome Measures Patient-Centred Care Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Stroke

Latest papers

Operationalizing an early time-to-decompression best practice & monitoring approach in a provincial health system
Spinal Cord · 2026
Evaluating medical and rehabilitation programs for long COVID: utilization, health outcomes, and healthcare costs.
The American journal of the medical sciences · 2026
Response to the letter to the editor: comment on effectiveness and economic impact of medical and rehabilitation interventions in long COVID care.
The American journal of the medical sciences · 2026

All 68 publications

Latest funding

ARC: Active Recovery across the surgical Continuum: A pilot feasibility randomized controlled trial of digital prehabilitation versus extended perioperative support
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$436,050
Advancing Learning in Neurorehabilitation (ALIGN): Co-design, implementation and evaluation of a patient-centred measurement framework within a provincial learning health system.
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$596,701
Addressing Health Inequities in Non-Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: Enhancing Case-Finding Strategy to Quantify Burden and Guide Equitable Service Planning
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$108,500

All 8 grants and awards

68 publications.

Operationalizing an early time-to-decompression best practice & monitoring approach in a provincial health system

Manhas KP, Grant M, Amlani S, Mann B, Nataraj A, Kindrachuk M, Orr W, Madzimure T, Fonstad P, Banda N

Spinal Cord2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41393-026-01249-3

Evaluating medical and rehabilitation programs for long COVID: utilization, health outcomes, and healthcare costs.

Zahiriharsini A, Rostami M, Hurd C, Vakilian F, Brar G, Wang T, Mullie T, Basiuk S, Mann B, Castilho CD, Smith M, Lam G, Ho C, Manhas KP

The American journal of the medical sciences2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.amjms.2025.12.780 PMID: 41412286

Response to the letter to the editor: comment on effectiveness and economic impact of medical and rehabilitation interventions in long COVID care.

Zahiriharsini A, Ho C, Manhas KP

The American journal of the medical sciences2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.amjms.2026.08.014 PMID: 42648354

Retrospective evaluation of the clinical effectiveness of an innovative catalytic wound care technology.

Bradford A, de Grood J, Ambler K, Noudeh ND, Wickson P, Ho C

Wounds : a compendium of clinical research and practice2026Senior author

DOI: 10.25270/wnds/25123 PMID: 42641007

Rehabilitation providers' experiences with long COVID care in Canada: a qualitative study.

Leighton J, Heldmann I, Van de Ven K, Reis L, Vijayakumar A, Simpson R, Nelson M, Sheppard C, Robinson LL, Steinberg R, Nguyen M, Bayley M, Daneman N, Levy C, Ho C, Goulding S, Hitzig SL, Wasilewski MB

Disability and rehabilitation2026

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2025.2583734 PMID: 41332203

Canadian Spine Society

Chan V, Gausper A, Liu A, Andras LM, Illingworth KD, Skaggs DL, Imbeault R, Dufresne J, Parent S, Deschênes S

Canadian Journal of Surgery2025

DOI: 10.1503/cjs.020125

Urinary tract infections and urinary bladder health experiences of persons with spinal cord injury in a Canadian province: A mixed methods study showcasing infection prevention as health inequity case.

Brady J, Loyola-Sanchez A, Crochetiere S, MacIsaac R, Kulik E, Okuma Y, Cwiklewich M, Mouneimne M, McFaul T, Bhatia Z, Parmar R, Ho C, Kainth H, Knox J, Charbonneau R

The journal of spinal cord medicine2025

DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2023.2287253 PMID: 38232152

Development of a functional electrical stimulation cycling toolkit for spinal cord injury rehabilitation in acute care hospitals: A participatory action approach.

Jervis-Rademeyer H, Gautam S, Cornell S, Khan J, Wilanowski D, Musselman KE, Noonan VK, Wolfe DL, Baldini R, Kennedy S, Ho C

PloS one2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0316296 PMID: 39928663

An Evaluation of International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI) Performance Within the Canadian SCI Network.

Hong HA, Parsons J, Xu J, Walden K, Fallah N, Cheng CL, Attabib N, Christie SD, Craven BC, Fehlings MG, Fourney DR, Ho C, Julien L, Kwon BK, Linassi GA, Loyola-Sanchez A, Moganathas S, Paquet J, Sreenivasan V, Mac-Thiong JM, Townson A, Tsai EC, Urquhart J, Whelan A, Noonan VK, ISNCSCI Working Group

Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation2025

DOI: 10.46292/sci25-00011 PMID: 40873963

Monitoring wheelchair propulsion patterns: feasibility and validity of using wearable sensors.

Fathian R, Khandan A, Rahmanifar N, Ho C, Rouhani H

Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12984-025-01823-5 PMID: 41372960

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Chester Ho

Research

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Operationalizing an early time-to-decompression best practice & monitoring approach in a provincial health system

Evaluating medical and rehabilitation programs for long COVID: utilization, health outcomes, and healthcare costs.

Response to the letter to the editor: comment on effectiveness and economic impact of medical and rehabilitation interventions in long COVID care.

Retrospective evaluation of the clinical effectiveness of an innovative catalytic wound care technology.

Rehabilitation providers' experiences with long COVID care in Canada: a qualitative study.

Canadian Spine Society

Urinary tract infections and urinary bladder health experiences of persons with spinal cord injury in a Canadian province: A mixed methods study showcasing infection prevention as health inequity case.

Development of a functional electrical stimulation cycling toolkit for spinal cord injury rehabilitation in acute care hospitals: A participatory action approach.

An Evaluation of International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI) Performance Within the Canadian SCI Network.

Monitoring wheelchair propulsion patterns: feasibility and validity of using wearable sensors.

ARC: Active Recovery across the surgical Continuum: A pilot feasibility randomized controlled trial of digital prehabilitation versus extended perioperative support

Advancing Learning in Neurorehabilitation (ALIGN): Co-design, implementation and evaluation of a patient-centred measurement framework within a provincial learning health system.

Addressing Health Inequities in Non-Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: Enhancing Case-Finding Strategy to Quantify Burden and Guide Equitable Service Planning

Community of Neurorehabilitation Networks for Engaged Care and Transformation (CONNECT) Alberta to improve the quality and equitable access of neurorehabilitation care and research

Co-designing a Smartwear Revolution: Augmenting Mobility, Independence, and Ability through Transformative Clothing Technology

Implementing the Provincial Post COVID-19 Rehabilitation Framework for Screening & Transitions in Alberta: A Pragmatic Evaluation

Patterned Activation of the Arms and Legs to Improve Walking after Neural Injuries

CONnecting and Coordinating an Enhanced Network for TRansitions In Care (CONCENTRIC): A New Model for Spinal Cord Injury Care in Alberta

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Rebecca Charbonneau

Sean Dukelow

Petra O'Connell

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Balraj Mann

Jeffrey Bakal

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