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Use of commercial gaming console WII for rehabilitation of hand impairments in young adults with Cerebral Palsy
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The purpose of this study examined the feasibility of using a low-cost, commercially available gaming platform, the Wii® on improving the hand dexterity impairments in young adults with cerebral palsy. The study included 5 young adults with spastic cerebral palsy with a score of 1-3 on the GMFCS scale and a score of 1-2 on the MACS scale. The participants underwent an 8-week training intervention using the Wii™ for approximately 30 min/day 2 times a week. Training was performed using the Wii™ sports games software, including boxing, tennis, bowling, and archery. Three outcomes measures for hand impairments were used and tested during the study: such as the Hand dynamometer for the grip strength, Purdue peg board for the fine finger dexterity and the Box and Block test for the manual gross dexterity pre-and post- intervention as well as the family-reported activities of daily living before and after the interventions. A student’s t-test was used to analyse the pre- and the post-test results. The feasibility of using the virtual reality (Wii™) in the rehabilitation settings for young adults with CP showed positive outcomes in improving their hand impairments and manual ability. Additional hypotheses were proposed from the study for additional research
Choral performance of Brahms German Requiem with the North Shore Camerata Chamber Choir, directed by Jenny Firth and Saint Peters Cathedral Choir, Hamilton directed by Rachel Griffiths-Hughes.
No full textPerforming as a member of the combined Camerata and Saint Peters Cathedral Choirs provided excellent opportunities for the in-depth exploration of the composition and orchestration techniques employed by Brahms, one of the great composers of choral music. It also provide excellent opportunities to work with the excellent soloists Elizabeth Mandeno and James Harrison along with accompanists Jenny Gibbs and Peter Watts
THEN - Music from the musicals 1925 - 1975
No full textAccompanist and Arranger for Gwen Lyon performance at Waikato Diocesan School Chapel
Gwen is an opera singer and is joined for an evening of song, by Julia Booth, Nathan Reilly, Nick Wilkinson, Kyle Chuen and Scot Hall
Accompanied by the incomparable David Sidwell, Gwen and guests will be singing from musical theatre canon of 1925 through to 1975
Let them take you on a journey through the best pieces Broadway has to offer
A downunder diva
No full textMusical Director, Arranger & Pianist for Ali Harper's Cabaret show 'A Downunder Diva' at Don't Tell Mama's Cabaret, Broadway, New York Cit
Boon Street Art Festival: Member of organising and curatorial group
No full textBoon Street Art Festival is an annual public event hosted over 3 days where invited artists, regional, national and international gather to produce public murals on walls in Hamilton city
Indeliable exhibition: Yellow river boat (2018): Trap (2018)
Get PDFThis exhibition is one of two that make up a cultural and artistic exchange project with Xi'an Art Museum, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, China; Waikato Museum, Hamilton, NZ; and Wintec researchers (Hamilton, NZ). Themes of exchange, community, identity and location were explored by the various practitioners involved in the project.
These two sculptural works examine cultural practices of food gathering in relationship to community
Stakeholder accountability of a non-profit organisation subsidiary
No full textNon-profit organisations, complementary to governments' service, have developed in education, health, religious, charitable, scientific, and human services in thousands of communities. Limited literature exists of the accountability nexus between various stakeholders in the non-profit organisation. Even less is known about accountability of non-profit organisation subsidiaries. This project identifies what accountability occurs in non-profit organisations using a case study with a goal to seek improvement where accountability is lacking. The case study is a subsidiary of a national non-profit organisation. The results are based on responses to a questionnaire for stakeholders of an opportunity shop. The respondents are asked how they know about the store, the existing communication channels, and frequency of communication between the non-profit organisation and the stakeholders, the satisfaction of the stakeholders, and the stakeholders' expectation on the interaction. The response rate is 60% with a total 52 responses. The results show that the stakeholders of non-profit organisations are different from the stakeholders of profit organisations as the stakeholders are not discrete groups. This study also provides another example showing the potential approach of the ethical branch of stakeholder theory, and the views on the subsidiary organisation
Kauri poster series III: Te Rongo Aniwaniwa / A dissonant harmony exhibition
No full textPoster published and exhibited for The Kauri Project Poster Series III.
The Kauri Project is an ongoing initiative to use art as a language for rising awareness and promoting understanding of kauri dieback disease and the scientific, cultural social and economic contexts that inform kauri's current situation.
Poster Title:
Papatuanuku and Ranging reaching for a new embrace, 201
Sonic cocktails: HGAF 2018
No full textIn this updated version of the Sonic Cocktails the format has been adapted and substantially extended from it's original research presentation event.
Sonic Cocktails explores new ways of experiencing music and flavour – through the expert matching of taste and sound, you will have a truly multi-sensory experience. This project is part of ongoing explorations and collaborations where an immersive experience is crafted for the audience, allowing new sonic artworks to be further activated by connecting to other stimulus receptors.
This is a unique experience for the festival where the audience becomes part of the artwork. Dr. Jeremy Mayall (music) and Alexander Williams (flavour) have been exploring the concept that none of our senses work in isolation - they are deeply interconnected and influential on one another