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Steven Dilkas

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Assistant ProfessorDepartment of MedicineUniversity of Toronto

Steven Dilkas

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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12 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.

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Research

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Latest papers

An environmental scan of limb loss rehabilitation centers across Canada.
Prosthetics and orthotics international · 2025
A behaviour change intervention promoting physical activity following dysvascular amputation: Protocol for a pilot study.
PloS one · 2025
Perceptions of physical activity among individuals with limb loss: A qualitative study.
Prosthetics and orthotics international · 2024

All 15 publications

Latest funding

Planning a National Limb Loss Registry
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$20,000
A Behaviour Change Intervention Promoting Physical Activity Following Dysvascular Amputation: A Pilot Study
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$336,600
Barriers and Facilitators to Community Accessibility in People with Lower Limb Loss
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$24,000

All 5 grants and awards

15 publications.

An environmental scan of limb loss rehabilitation centers across Canada.

Hitzig SL, Zidarov D, MacKay C, Dilkas S, Alshehri F, Russell R, Rios J, O'Connell C, Hebert JS, Underwood HA, King S, Zucker-Levin A, Habra N, Andrysek J, Viana R, Payne MW, Hunter SW, Dudek NL, Best KL, Mercier C, Noonan VK, Katz J, Pousett BM, Walker J, Miller WC, Mayo AL

Prosthetics and orthotics international2025

DOI: 10.1097/pxr.0000000000000405 PMID: 39503467

A behaviour change intervention promoting physical activity following dysvascular amputation: Protocol for a pilot study.

MacKay C, Zidarov D, Chan B, Dilkas S, Hitzig SL, Marinho-Buzelli AR, Mayo AL, Payne MW, Schneeberg A, de Zepetnek JOT, Wolfe D, Zariffa J, Zucker-Levin A, Jaglal S, Pousett B, Underwood H, Miller WC

PloS one2025Open Access

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0326761 PMID: 40638625

Perceptions of physical activity among individuals with limb loss: A qualitative study.

MacKay C, Hitzig SL, Mayo AL, Devlin M, Dilkas S, Marinho-Buzelli A, Lee L

Prosthetics and orthotics international20245 citations

DOI: 10.1097/pxr.0000000000000313 PMID: 39652669

User perspectives of digital manufacturing for lower-limb prosthetic sockets.

Phillips C, Li L, Miguel M, Eshraghi A, Heim W, Dilkas S, Devlin M, Wasilewski M, Verweel L, MacKay C

Prosthetics and orthotics international20243 citations

DOI: 10.1097/pxr.0000000000000259 PMID: 37639567

Patterns of inpatient acute care and emergency department utilization within one year post-initial amputation among individuals with dysvascular major lower extremity amputation in Ontario, Canada: A population-based retrospective cohort study.

Guilcher SJT, Mayo AL, Swayze S, de Mestral C, Viana R, Payne MW, Dilkas S, Devlin M, MacKay C, Kayssi A, Hitzig SL

PloS one20243 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0305381 PMID: 38990832

Spectrum and patterns of shoulder pathology on MRI in symptomatic elite wheelchair basketball athletes.

Preville-Gendreau A, Naraghi A, Dilkas S, Coros K, Moktassi A, Griffin A, White LM

Skeletal radiology2024

DOI: 10.1007/s00256-024-04593-8 PMID: 38267761

Health utility in community-dwelling adults with dysvascular lower limb loss.

Hitzig SL, Rios J, Devlin M, Guilcher SJT, MacKay C, Dilkas S, Payne MW, Viana R, Kayssi A, Cimino SR, Mayo AL

Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation20233 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s11136-023-03357-6 PMID: 36757573

A qualitative study exploring individuals' experiences living with dysvascular lower limb amputation.

MacKay C, Cimino SR, Guilcher SJT, Mayo AL, Devlin M, Dilkas S, Payne MW, Viana R, Hitzig SL

Disability and rehabilitation202244 citations

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2020.1803999 PMID: 32795222

Understanding transitions in care for people with major lower limb amputations from inpatient rehabilitation to home: a descriptive qualitative study.

Radenovic M, Aguilar K, Wyrough AB, Johnson CL, Luong S, Everall AC, Hitzig SL, Dilkas S, MacKay C, Guilcher SJT

Disability and rehabilitation202224 citations

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2021.1882009 PMID: 33599174

Developing a research agenda on exercise and physical activity for people with limb loss in Canada

MacKay C, Lee L, Best K, Campbell J, Cimino SR, Cowley H, Delvin M, Dilkas S, Landry M, Marzolini S

Disability and Rehabilitation202211 citations

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2021.2003877

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Steven Dilkas

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

An environmental scan of limb loss rehabilitation centers across Canada.

A behaviour change intervention promoting physical activity following dysvascular amputation: Protocol for a pilot study.

Perceptions of physical activity among individuals with limb loss: A qualitative study.

User perspectives of digital manufacturing for lower-limb prosthetic sockets.

Patterns of inpatient acute care and emergency department utilization within one year post-initial amputation among individuals with dysvascular major lower extremity amputation in Ontario, Canada: A population-based retrospective cohort study.

Spectrum and patterns of shoulder pathology on MRI in symptomatic elite wheelchair basketball athletes.

Health utility in community-dwelling adults with dysvascular lower limb loss.

A qualitative study exploring individuals' experiences living with dysvascular lower limb amputation.

Understanding transitions in care for people with major lower limb amputations from inpatient rehabilitation to home: a descriptive qualitative study.

Developing a research agenda on exercise and physical activity for people with limb loss in Canada

Planning a National Limb Loss Registry

A Behaviour Change Intervention Promoting Physical Activity Following Dysvascular Amputation: A Pilot Study

Barriers and Facilitators to Community Accessibility in People with Lower Limb Loss

Developing a Research Agenda on Exercise and Physical Activity for People with Lower Limb Amputations

Building Capacity in Amputation Research

Frequent collaborators

Crystal Mackay

Crystal MacKay

Sander Hitzig

Amanda Mayo

Mike Payne

Sara Guilcher

Audrey Zucker-Levin

Diana Zidarov

Ahmed Kayssi

William Miller

Andresa Marinho Buzelli

Krista Best

Julia Totosy de Zepetnek

Sheena King

Charles De Mestral

Aiden Moktassi

Natalie Habra

Caroline Mercier

Claude Mercier

Maxime Robert

Susan Hunter

Ada Tang

Kimberly Coros

Catherine Mercier

Susan Jaglal