The intent of this cluster is to direct and focus research efforts pertaining to healthy aging and mobility, particularly as this relates to movement, exercise, recreation, nutrition, and falls prevention.
Dr. John M. Barden, PhD, Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Health Studies, University of Regina.
Dr. Darren Candow, Kinesiology and Health Studies, University of Regina.
Dr. Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, Psychology, University of Regina.
Dr. Rebecca Genoe, Kinesiology and Health Studies, University of Regina.
Dr. Katherine McLeod, Kinesiology and Health Studies, University of Regina.
Christian Clermont
Chidinma Osinike
Candow, D.G., G.A. Zello, B. Ling, J.P. Farthing, P.D. Chilibeck, K. McLeod, J. Harris, S.J. Johnson. (2014). Comparison of creatine supplementation before versus after supervised resistance training in healthy older adults. Research in Sports Medicine, 22(1):61-74.
Kobsar, D., Olson, C., Paranjape, R., Hadjistavropoulos, T., & Barden, J. M. (2014). Evaluation of age-related differences in the stride-to-stride fluctuations, regularity and symmetry of gait using a waist-mounted tri-axial accelerometer. Gait & Posture,39, 553-557. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2013.09.008
Kobsar, D., Olson, C., Paranjape, R. & Barden, J.M. (2014). The validity of gait variability and fractal dynamics obtained from a single, body-fixed tri-axial accelerometer. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 30 (2), 343-347.
Hadjistavropoulos, T., Carleton, R.N., Delbaere, K., Barden, J., Z, Zwakhalen, S., Fitzgerald, B., Ghandehari, O.O., & Hadjistavropoulos, H. (2012). The relationship of fear of falling and balance confidence with balance and dual tasking performance. Psychology and Aging, 27, 1-13. doi: 10.1037/a0024054
McLeod K.M., Johnson S.J., Rasali, D., Verma, A. (2015). Discriminatory performance of the calcaneal quantitative ultrasound and Osteoporosis Self-Assessment Tool to select older women for dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. Journal of Clinical Densitometry, (in press).
For more information, contact cluster leader Dr. John Barden at John.Barden@uregina.ca
Congratulations to #URegina psychology professor @DrThomasHadjist, recipient of the 2025 @cagacg Contribution to Gerontology Award!
Presented on Saturday in Montreal, the award honours outstanding contributions to the field of aging. 👏 #gerontology #research #congrats
Congratulations to my student @HaileyReimer on her presentation on validating synthetic images for use in development of automated pain expression detection algorithms #AGEWELL2025 @Babak_Taati @UofRAgingCentre @UofRegina
My student, @hailey_reimer1 presenting collaborative work with @Babak_Taati ‘s group at the @cagacg conference. Focus is on using synthetic images to train pain monitoring computer vision algorithms @UofRAgingCentre @UofRegina
Are you curious about how you can make your communities more age-friendly and accessible?
Join Age-Friendly Regina (AFR) on October 22nd, 2025, to hear about how AFR is influencing others in the community and how you can get involved!
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Age-Friendly Regina is a local organization launched in 2018 as part of a WHO initiative. The AFR Steering Committee invites all those interested to its upcoming Stakeholder Gathering.
Date: Wed. Oct. 22, 2025
Time: 1:30-3:30pm
Location: Glen Elm Branch, 1601 Dewdney Ave. E.
