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Susan Hunter

ResearcherWestern University

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Susan Hunter

Researcher

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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12 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 SSHRC), most recently in 2021.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2019.

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Research

accessibility lower limb amputees quality of life barriers and facilitators

Latest papers

Fall risk stratification in older adults: low and not-at-risk status still associated with falls and injuries.
Age and ageing · 2025
Bilateral Prefrontal Cortex Activation During Sensorimotor Tasks in People with Subacute Stroke - An Exploratory Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study.
NeuroRehabilitation · 2025
Resident-, family-, and staff-identified goals for rehabilitation of long-term care residents with dementia: a qualitative study.
BMC geriatrics · 2024

All 16 publications

Latest funding

Barriers and Facilitators to Community Accessibility in People with Lower Limb Loss
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$24,000
The exploration of dual-task gait testing as a clinical tool to inform rehabilitation in lower-limb amputees
CIHR · 2019 · Supervisor
Gait as a clinical marker to predict progression to dementia syndromes in MCI
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
$967,725

All 3 grants and awards

16 publications.

Fall risk stratification in older adults: low and not-at-risk status still associated with falls and injuries.

Montero-Odasso M, Pieruccini-Faria F, Son S, Carvalho de Abreu DC, Hunter S, Liu JQ, Moore M, Hezam A, van der Velde N, Masud T, Ryg J, Petrovic M, Speechley M

Age and ageing2025

DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afaf064 PMID: 40139220

Bilateral Prefrontal Cortex Activation During Sensorimotor Tasks in People with Subacute Stroke - An Exploratory Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study.

Luan S, Fitzgibbin-Colllins LK, Kohli S, Durand N, Hunter S, Fleet JL, Viana R, Teasell R, Peters S

NeuroRehabilitation2025

DOI: 10.1177/10538135251370599 PMID: 40853500

Resident-, family-, and staff-identified goals for rehabilitation of long-term care residents with dementia: a qualitative study.

Ripley S, Alizadehsaravi N, Affoo R, Hunter S, Middleton LE, Moody E, Weeks LE, McArthur C

BMC geriatrics2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12877-024-04674-2 PMID: 38287257

'Changing the Focus': Co-Design of a Novel Approach for Engaging People with Dementia in Physical Activity.

Meyer C, Lee DA, Callisaya M, Taylor ME, Lawler K, Levinger P, Hunter S, Mackey DC, Burton E, Brusco N, Haines T, Ekegren CL, Crabtree A, Hill KD

Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy)2024

DOI: 10.3390/nursrep15010002 PMID: 39852624

Changing the focus: Facilitating engagement in physical activity for people living with mild dementia in a local community-Protocol for a pre-post mixed methods feasibility study.

Lee DA, Callisaya M, Meyer C, Taylor ME, Lawler K, Levinger P, Hunter S, Mackey D, Burton E, Brusco N, Haines TP, Ekegren C, Crabtree A, Licciardi L, Hill KD

PloS one2024

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0307018 PMID: 39269955

Effectiveness of physical rehabilitation for physical functioning and quality of life in long-term care residents with dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

McArthur C, Alizadehsaravi N, Affoo R, Cooke K, Douglas N, Earl M, Flynn T, Ghanouni P, Hunter S, Kalu M, Middleton L, Moody E, Smith C, Verlinden L, Weeks L

JBI evidence synthesis2024

DOI: 10.11124/jbies-23-00431 PMID: 38915237

Physiotherapy students' experiences of working with people with dementia during their clinical placements: a qualitative study.

Hunter S, Callisaya M, Lawler K

Physiotherapy theory and practice2023First author

DOI: 10.1080/09593985.2022.2028324 PMID: 35042447

Translation, reliability, and validation of the Dutch Safe Use of Mobility Aid Checklist (SUMAC-NL) for walker use in people living with dementia.

Kroesen J, Hobbelen H, Hunter S, Bruinsma H, Drenth H

F1000Research2023

DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.132762.3 PMID: 40704104

What matters to program partners when implementing a community-based exercise program for people post-stroke? A theory-based qualitative study and cost analysis.

Aravind G, Bashir K, Cameron JI, Bayley MT, Teasell RW, Howe JA, Tee A, Jaglal SB, Hunter S, Salbach NM

Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences2023

DOI: 10.3389/fresc.2023.1064206 PMID: 37645234

The Potential for Effect of a Six-Week Training Program for Gait Aid Use in Older People with Dementia with Unsteadiness of Gait: A Pilot Study.

Lee DA, Burton E, Meyer C, Haines TP, Hunter S, Dawes H, Suttanon P, Fullarton S, Connelly F, Stout JC, Hill KD

Journal of clinical medicine2023

DOI: 10.3390/jcm12041574 PMID: 36836110

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Susan Hunter

Research

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Fall risk stratification in older adults: low and not-at-risk status still associated with falls and injuries.

Bilateral Prefrontal Cortex Activation During Sensorimotor Tasks in People with Subacute Stroke - An Exploratory Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study.

Resident-, family-, and staff-identified goals for rehabilitation of long-term care residents with dementia: a qualitative study.

'Changing the Focus': Co-Design of a Novel Approach for Engaging People with Dementia in Physical Activity.

Changing the focus: Facilitating engagement in physical activity for people living with mild dementia in a local community-Protocol for a pre-post mixed methods feasibility study.

Effectiveness of physical rehabilitation for physical functioning and quality of life in long-term care residents with dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Physiotherapy students' experiences of working with people with dementia during their clinical placements: a qualitative study.

Translation, reliability, and validation of the Dutch Safe Use of Mobility Aid Checklist (SUMAC-NL) for walker use in people living with dementia.

What matters to program partners when implementing a community-based exercise program for people post-stroke? A theory-based qualitative study and cost analysis.

The Potential for Effect of a Six-Week Training Program for Gait Aid Use in Older People with Dementia with Unsteadiness of Gait: A Pilot Study.

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

The exploration of dual-task gait testing as a clinical tool to inform rehabilitation in lower-limb amputees

Gait as a clinical marker to predict progression to dementia syndromes in MCI

Frequent collaborators

Rebecca Affoo

Elaine Moody

Caitlin McArthur

Parisa Ghanouni

Dianne Bryant

Manuel Montero Odasso

Laura Middleton

Lori Weeks

Veronique Boscart

Robert Teasell

Dawn Mackey

Mark Speechley

Andrew Costa

John Pefanis

Linda Verlinden

Tejal Patel

James Milligan

Joseph Lee

Sue Peters

Michael Kalu