{"id":12493,"date":"2021-08-03T15:06:06","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T19:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crir.ca\/?page_id=12493"},"modified":"2021-08-24T16:52:44","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T20:52:44","slug":"cardiorespiratory-assessment-and-training-research-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crir.ca\/en\/research\/laboratories\/laboratories\/cardiorespiratory-assessment-and-training-research-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiorespiratory Assessment and Training Research Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Description<\/h2>\n<p>Dr Spahija&#8217;s research interests are in the areas of respiratory and exercise physiology, respiratory muscle function, mechanical ventilation and pulmonary rehabilitation. Her research program focuses both on the acute and chronic care phases of rehabilitation with the aim of develping evaluative measures and treatment\u00a0strategies for the improvement of respiratory and physical function, exercise capacity and quality of life in individuals who\u00a0have chronic obstructive\u00a0pulmonary disease (COPD)\u00a0or\u00a0who have\u00a0suffered a stroke\u00a0or spinal cord injury. \u00a0The three main themes of her research are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Exploration of new ventilator strategies on respiratory muscle activity, patient-ventilator coordination and immune function in COPD and spinal cord injury<\/li>\n<li>Understanding of the mechanisms underlying exercise limitation and the effects of breathing techniques, exercise strategies and adjunct therapies such as mechanical ventilation for improving the effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation<\/li>\n<li>Investigation of respiratory muscle dysfunction, respiratory muscle training and the interactions between breathing, balance, posture and locomotion in stroke patients.Respiratory physiology; health\u00a0related quality of life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Axis and research theme<\/h2>\n<p><strong>AXIS 1 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Sensory, Motor and Cognitive Functions and Activities<br \/>\n<strong>THEME 1 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Functional Mechanisms<\/p>\n<h2>Research Team<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/crir.ca\/en\/member\/jadranka-spahija-pht-ph-d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jadranka Spahija, pht., Ph.D.<\/a><\/h3>\n<h2>Contact information<\/h2>\n<p><strong>C<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:jadranka.spahija@mcgill.ca\"><strong>jadranka.spahija@mcgill.ca<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cardiorespiratory Assessment and Training Research Lab<br \/>\n<\/strong>CRIR\u2013Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital<br \/>\nCISSS de Laval<br \/>\n3205, Alton-Goldbloom Place<br \/>\nLaval QC H7V 1R2<br \/>\n<strong>P<\/strong>\u00a0450 688-9550 (3834)<\/p>\n<p><strong>School of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>3630 Sir-William-Osler Drive<br \/>\nMontreal QC H3G 1Y5<br \/>\n<strong>P\u00a0<\/strong>514-398-4922<br \/>\n<strong>P<\/strong>\u00a0514-338-2222\u00a0Ext. 3654<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Description Dr Spahija&#8217;s research interests are in the areas of respiratory and exercise physiology, respiratory muscle function, mechanical ventilation and pulmonary rehabilitation. Her research program focuses both on the acute and chronic care phases of rehabilitation with the aim of&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/crir.ca\/en\/research\/laboratories\/laboratories\/cardiorespiratory-assessment-and-training-research-lab\/\" class=\"read-more btn\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">about Cardiorespiratory Assessment and Training Research Lab<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"parent":3634,"menu_order":18,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12493","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crir.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crir.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crir.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crir.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crir.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12493"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/crir.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12800,"href":"https:\/\/crir.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12493\/revisions\/12800"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crir.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crir.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}