Schedule – November 4

Friday, November 4, 2022
6:30 – 7:15 am ADT
UNB Currie Centre
Walk time from convention centre:

• 25 mins

Price / Details:

• Free

Friday, November 4, 2022
8:00 – 10:00 am ADT
Foyer

Friday, November 4, 2022
9:00 – 10:15 am ADT
Point Sainte-Anne A+B

Despite a plethora of evidence on the benefits of physical activity, one of the biggest challenges facing population health is the translation of evidence into community programming. Addressing this knowledge to practice gap may be a particularly effective strategy to support physical activity for clinical sub-populations facing increased barriers to physical activity.

 

Using the career and work of Dr. Audrey Hicks, I will present a case study of knowledge translation of exercise science research for people with spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis. This research spans exercise trails on the benefits of physical activity, the development and evaluation of population specific guidelines, to the creation and ongoing sustainability of specialized community programs.

 

Speakers:

• Chair: Chelsea Pelletier – Wheeling from the lab to community: exercise science knowledge translation for people with physical disabilities

Friday, November 4, 2022
10:30 am – 12:00 pm ADT
Point Sainte-Anne D

The purpose of this symposium is to present the latest results on children and youth’s physical activity levels in Canada as summarized in the 2022 ParticipACTION Report Card. This year’s addition is set to be released on October 4, 2022 and will highlight the apparent discrepancies among children and youth activity levels from various equity-deserving groups (e.g., Indigenous children, children with disabilities, racialized children, newcomer children, girls). The most up-to-date evidence on children and youth’s movement behaviours, active transportation, sport participation, physical education, physical literacy, physical fitness, and the influence of various settings and government will be presented and discussed.

Speakers:

• Chair: Leigh Vanderloo – Introduction to symposium and ParticipACTION Report Card
• Christine Cameron – Examination of equity, diversity, and inclusion on children and youth’s physical activity (applying an EDI lens to the Report Card)
• Mark Tremblay – Exploration of how Canada compares globally (presenting the Global Matrix 4.0 results)
• Nicholas Kuzik – Presentation of the 2022 Report Card results

Friday, November 4, 2022
10:30 am – 12:00 pm ADT
Point Sainte-Anne A
Female athletes, coaches and scientists have long wondered if menstrual cycle phase and/or hormonal contraceptive use might impact athletic performance, through alterations in body temperature regulation, energy/fuel sources or cardiovascular or respiratory parameters. Following puberty, females are at greater risk of developing asthma than males. There is a documented link between female sex steroids and airway function, referred to as peri-menstrual asthma, premenstrual asthma (PMA), or menstrual-linked asthma (MLA). This is defined as cyclical deterioration of asthma during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle and/or during the first days of menstruation. MLA has been identified as a more burdensome and severe asthma phenotype, independent of the presence or absence of allergies. Studies in Western industrialized countries suggest an overall prevalence between 30-40%. The effect(s) of hormonal fluctuations – both endogenous (over the course of an ovulatory menstrual cycle) and exogenous (in hormonal contraceptives) in asthma may involve several mechanisms. The multifactorial etiology has important implications for screening, as well as for management and pharmacotherapy. Perimenstrual asthma is thus both a gynecological and pulmonological clinical problem. Unfortunately, research on this entity is limited. This workshop will review what is currently known about MLA and explore strategies for detection, monitoring and management. We will provide an update on this topic with the latest clinical and research information.

Speakers:

• Chair: Constance Lebrun – Introduction: Can reproductive hormones affect performance?
• Constance Lebrun – Menstrual-linked asthma (MLA) – fact or fiction?
• Constance Lebrun – “Screening and preventative interventions” and “Directions for future research” (with Patricia Doyle-Baker)
• Patricia Doyle-Baker – Understanding variability in menstrual cycle length

Friday, November 4, 2022
10:30 am – 12:00 pm ADT
Point Sainte-Anne B

As a recent recipient of the CSEP Cafarelli Mentorship award the purpose of this symposium is to highlight the accomplishments of recent PhD trainees in Canadian CSEP-connected labs to keep them connected to CSEP (for future stability and growth) as they branch out to new labs, and for current trainees and members to appreciate the breadth and depth of high-calibre research undertaken by these top level trainees. This will further promote CSEP as a major scientific and professional organization in Canada and beyond, and will provide an important forum and exposure for recent trainees embarking on new pathways. I have selected an important topic not frequently given a great deal of coverage at CSEP but as proposed should have broad appeal. Muscle contractile function (both cardiac and skeletal) with features of cortico-motor and spinal level control in animal, human and disease models. Each speaker is well published and will complete their PhD in 2020 and have secured impressive PDF positions. Kevin Boldt (a Vanier scholar) will explore and highlight the special contractile features of cardiac muscle fibres in contrast to skeletal muscle in an animal model. His work and techniques in Walter Herzog’s lab are unique in the world. Alexandra Yacyshyn (NSERC scholar) studies spinal motoneuron excitability uniquely using TMS to investigate human neuromuscular function and sex differences in the context of human exercise. Her lab group (Chris McNeil) are North American experts in this area. Kevin Gilmore (NSERC Bell CGS-D scholar) studies the effect of a peripheral nerve disease (CIDP) in humans on muscle function at the spinal motor unit level using two unique electrophysiological techniques with a focus on muscle adapation due to an understudied nerve disease model. His lab (Charles Rice) is very well-known for linking neural and muscle properties to explore functional/contractile outcomes. The group covers unique but complementary models and techniques providing a comprehensive overview with specialized depth and highlighting the value of models and techniques of study in the field of muscle function. As symposium Chair I may have a short presentation to represent the senior level diversity but would like to provide much of the time for these 3 trainees.

Speakers:

• Chair: Charles L. Rice
• Kevin Boldt
• Kevin Gilmore
• Sarah Kraeutner

Friday, November 4, 2022
12:00 – 1:15 pm ADT
Point Sainte-Anne A+B

Resilience in Research: Overcoming Obstacles, Balancing Opportunities, and Tackling Imposter Syndrome

Speakers:

• Chair: Brad Currier
• Chair: Jennifer Williams
• Alexandra Coates
• Geneviève Lalonde
• Keely Shaw

Friday, November 4, 2022
12:00 pm ADT
UNB Campus (meet at convention centre lobby)

• 22 minute walk from the convention centre
• Free to attend
• Ends at the student union building (can grab a bite to eat here)

Friday, November 4, 2022
1:30 – 3:00 pm ADT
Point Sainte-Anne A

Numerous studies demonstrating the benefits of exercise interventions have been performed in elderly with chronic disease in the community or research settings. Nevertheless, because half of the hospitalized population is over 65 years of age and the percentage of older adults living in long-term care facilities is increasing, studies investigating the feasibility of exercise interventions in hospital and outpatient service settings, or long-term facilities are growing. Knowing that older adults in these settings are at higher risk of functional decline, and thus loss of independence, the benefits of exercise interventions and the role of exercise specialists should get more attention. The objective of this symposium is to demonstrate the feasibility, the relevance, but also the challenges in implementing different exercise interventions in outpatient services, hospital settings and long-term care facilities. Furthermore, special considerations regarding the implementation of such non-pharmacological treatments and their effects on functional capacity, risk of falls, metabolic health, cognition and clinical outcomes such as depressive symptoms and quality of life will be discussed. Examples from successful interventions in older adults with chronic conditions will be presented.

Speakers:

• Éléonore Riesco – Exercise as a non-pharmacological treatment of chronic conditions : effect on metabolic health and medical outcomes in chronic diseases
• Éléonore Riesco – From research lab to bedside: Application of physical activity for inpatient frail older adults
• Isabelle Dionne – Decline in functional capacity during hospitalisation and consequences: the impact of exercise programs
• Mathieu Maltais – Effect of exercise in people with dementia living in long-term care facilities on the risk of falls, mortality and hospitalisation

Panel Diversity Statement:

Dr. Isabelle Dionne is an exercise physiologist who co-hold the Research Chair for healthy aging. She has led several studies in aging and exercise sciences. She is currently leading the SAFE study which aims at understanding how immobilization can be counteracted by exercise.

Dr. Mathieu Maltais is an exercise physiologist with expertise in aging, falls, and cognitive decline. He has published several scientific articles demonstrating how exercise can be used to reduce hospitalization and mortality in the context of dementia.

Friday, November 4, 2022
1:30 – 3:00 pm ADT
Point Sainte-Anne B

It is clear from non-human animal work that spinal motoneurones undergo endurance training (chronic) and locomotor (acute) related changes in their electrical properties and thus their ability to fire action potentials in response to synaptic input. The functional implications of these changes, however, are speculative. In humans, data suggests that similar chronic and acute changes in motoneurone excitability may occur, though the work is limited due to technical constraints. To examine the potential influence of chronic changes in human motoneurone excitability on the acute changes that occur during locomotor output, we must develop more sophisticated recording techniques or adapt our current methods. In this review, we briefly discuss chronic and acute changes in motoneurone excitability arising from non-human and human work. We then discuss the potential interaction effects of chronic and acute changes in motoneurone excitability and the potential impact on locomotor output. Finally, we discuss the use of high-density surface electromyogram recordings to examine human motor unit firing patterns and thus, indirectly, motoneurone excitability. Adapting this technology for use during locomotor outputs would allow us to gain a better understanding of the potential functional implications of endurance training induced changes in human motoneurone excitability on motor output.

Speakers:

• Chair: Kevin Power – State- and task-dependent changes in spinal motoneurone properties during locomotor output
• Duane Button – Endurance-exercise training induced adaptations in spinal motoneurones
• Gregory Pearcey – High-density surface EMG: application to locomotion

Panel Diversity Statement:

This symposium will be largely based on an invited review paper that Drs. Power and Button recently had accepted for publication. Dr. Pearcey, a postdoc at Northwestern University in Chicago will be added to discuss the relatively new but certainly important high-density surface EMG (HD sEMG) recording technique. We do not know of any colleagues that have used HD sEMG during dynamic motor output other than Dr. Pearcey.

Friday, November 4, 2022
1:30 – 3:00 pm ADT
Point Sainte-Anne D

Physical activity has been recognized as one of the most powerful medicine to manage and treat chronic diseases including, obesity, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes mellitus. There is no debate about whether physical activity should be used in the management of chronic diseases however, the optimal physical activity prescription to maximize health benefit remains of debate. The aim of this symposium is to highlight new data and advances in exercise and chronic diseases management with a particular focus on obesity and diabetes. All the speakers will address independent areas related to the management of chronic diseases through prescription of different type of physical activity. The considerable impact of a small amount of exercise on chronic diseases will be covered (Church). The impact of designing appropriate exercise program using the right order of exercise on Type 1 diabetes will be addressed (Yardley). Finally, potential predictors that should be considered in exercise prescription to better manage chronic diseases prevention (Sénéchal). The main objectives are to show evidences that little exercise has a tremendous impact for the management of chronic diseases and certain exercise parameters should be carefully considered to generate appropriate response in the management of chronic diseases. At the conclusion of the symposium, attendees would have gained insight into the most recent evidence on how exercise-induced improvement in a population living with chronic diseases.

Speakers:

• Chair: Martin Sénéchal – Predictors associated with a better chronic diseases management in a context of obesity and glucose metabolism
• Jane Yardley – Resistance exercise in the management of type 1 diabetes

Friday, November 4, 2022
3:15 – 4:45 pm ADT
Point Sainte-Anne A

Availability of data, advances in analytical approaches, and improvements in measurement methods have enabled our understanding of the specificity of physical activity behaviors to increase tremendously in recent years. This symposium will be an opportunity to learn about unique epidemiological studies that have contributed to improving our knowledge of the particularities of physical activity participation throughout the lifecourse. In particular, this symposium will be a time to : 1) hear about three unique cohort studies on physical activity that include over 20 survey cycles each; 2) learn about novel applications of advanced statistical approaches to address the challenges of longitudinal datasets with multiple data collection points; and 3) discussing step-based approaches for monitoring physical activity which allow characterizing the multifaceted components of physical activity. This will be an opportunity to reflect on progress made and to imagine the future of physical activity epidemiology.

Speakers:

• Chair: Danielle Bouchard
• Catrine Tudor-Locke – Re-imagining Physical Activity Guidelines using Practical Metrics Common to Most Wearable Technologies
• Jeff Hebert – Physical activity behaviour, health, and injury: lessons from a Danish longitudinal study of primary school students
• Mathieu Bélanger – What we have learned from two unique longitudinal studies on physical activity in Canada

Friday, November 4, 2022
3:15 – 4:45 pm ADT
Point Sainte-Anne B

Exercise imposes a metabolic stress on the body. Beneficial responses to exercise training are dictated by the degree of metabolic stress. Thus, precise quantification of exercise intensity is key: i) to the design and interpretation of research examining mechanistic response to acute and chronic endurance exercise interventions; and ii) to the success of any endurance training program aiming to promote adaptations of the physiological systems that support metabolism, defend homeostasis, and determine performance. However, the traditional exercise prescription framework that guides both research and practice fails to adequately capture inter-individual differences and predisposes to non-uniformity in the metabolic stress applied. This session will highlight an effective, individualized, threshold-based, exercise prescription framework capable of tailoring metabolic stress at the individual level. Specific objectives are to: i) introduce the concept of ”exercise intensity domains”; ii) illustrate the shortcomings of traditional prescriptive exercise approaches – including undesired variability in the expected outcomes; iii) highlight the specificity of exercise intensity domain-specific acute cardiovascular responses; and iv) for the first time, showcase data from a novel exercise training intervention and its adaptive cardiovascular responses to domain-specific training.

Speakers:

• Chair: Juan Murias – Session introduction
• Calaine Inglis – Cardiovascular adaptations to domain-specific exercise training
• Daniel Keir – Controlling the exercise ‘stimulus’ – the ‘domain’ model of aerobic exercise prescription
• Danilo Iannetta – Controlling the exercise ‘stimulus’ – methodological strategies and implications for physiological responses

Panel Diversity Statement:

For the last 8 years, Dr. Murias (chair) has worked to institute a paradigm-shift in the way aerobic exercise is prescribed in research and practical settings. His work has led to numerous publications in high impact physiology and sports medicine journals that have: i) highlighted the shortcomings of traditional aerobic exercise prescription approaches, ii) underscored the value of the exercise intensity domain framework; iii) evaluated traditional methods of exercise prescription; iv) developed and tested new prescriptive exercise methods; v) elucidated acute gas exchange, cardiovascular, and neuromuscular responses to domain-specific exercise.

The panel of presenters includes an early career researcher (male), senior post-doctoral fellow (male), and PhD candidate (female). This session will highlight each of their immense contributions to this timely body of work. Dr. Daniel Keir (presenter) is a newly appointed professor in School of Kinesiology at the University of Western Ontario, Dr. Danilo Iannetta (presenter) is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Utah (USA) and former PhD student under the supervision of Dr. Murias, and Calaine Inglis (presenter) is a PhD candidate under the supervision of Dr. Murias.

Friday, November 4, 2022
3:15 – 4:45 pm ADT
Point Sainte-Anne D

The consequences of a chronic inability to exercise (i.e. disuse and immobilization) on muscle is important to understand as a distinct contrast to the benefits of chronic exercise. It is well known that muscle disuse leads to atrophy and weakness, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are not fully established. Knowledge of these mechanisms can help us understand whether exercise or pharmaceuticals could be used as countermeasures, alone or in combination, to maintain muscle health, or for rehabilitation purposes. The Objective of this symposium is to disseminate cutting edge information on the molecular and cellular basis of muscle disuse / immobilization on muscle phenotype, and to discuss mitigation strategies in the form of contractile activity and/or nutritional approaches. McGlory will discuss the effect of muscle disuse on protein turnover in human muscle, Hicks will describe the phenotypic and functional changes that occur in muscle of spinal cord injured (SCI) patients, and Triolo will discuss the maintenance of mitochondria in animal models of muscle disuse. Countermeasures to maintain muscle health will also described. An understanding of the cellular basis of the decaying muscle phenotype during chronic disuse would be very valuable to CSEP member, who would appreciate this contrast to the beneficial effects of exercise.

Speakers:

• Chair: David Hood – The effects of muscle disuse on mitochondrial turnover: potential role of muscle electrical stimulation
• Audrey Hicks
• Chris McGlory – The effects of skeletal muscle-disuse on human skeletal human muscle protein turnover
• Matthew Triolo – The effects of muscle disuse on mitochondrial turnover in muscle

Friday, November 4, 2022
3:15 – 4:45 pm ADT
Point Sainte-Anne C

A meet and greet with Canadian Armed Forces Morale and Welfare Services (CFMWS), an employer of over 4,000 people. By providing a full range of fitness, sports, health promotion and recreation activities, CFMWS’s Personnel Support Programs (PSP) Division enables members of the Canadian Armed Forces, veterans and their families to focus on operational effectiveness and tackle the unique challenges of military life.

This session will provide an opportunity to learn about CFMWS, who is actively recruiting qualified employees to deliver programs across Canada and abroad. Individuals who are active, or soon to be active, in the work marketplace and professors, which their school programs offer internship, are encouraged to attend.

Beverages and snacks will be provided.

Une rencontre avec les Services de bien-être et moral des Forces canadiennes, un employeur de plus de 4000 employés. En offrant une gamme complète de programmes de conditionnement physique, de sports, de promotion de la santé et de loisirs, la division des Programmes de soutien du personnel des SBMFC permettent à la communauté de la défense de se concentrer sur l’efficacité opérationnelle et de mieux composer avec les défis uniques du mode de vie militaire.

Cette séance sera l’occasion d’en apprendre davantage sur les SBMFC, qui recrutent activement des gens qualifiés pour offrir des programmes partout au Canada et à l’étranger. Les personnes actives, ou qui seront bientôt, sur le marché du travail ainsi que les professeurs dont leurs programmes scolaires offrent des stages sont encouragés à y assister.

Des boissons et des collations seront offertes.

Friday, November 4, 2022
4:45 – 5:45 pm ADT
Point Sainte-Anne C

A discussion on the preparation for the 2020 Olympic games from an athlete’s perspective. When preparing for a typical Olympic game there are enough challenges, but the 2020 Olympic games brought extreme heat warnings, delayed games due to the COVID 19 pandemic and an irregular training cycle. This discussion will examine the importance of the different aspects of a team approach to coaching and supporting an individual athlete for the 2020 Olympic games.

Une discussion sur la préparation des jeux olympiques de 2020 du point de vue d’un athlète. La préparation d’un jeu olympique typique comporte suffisamment de défis, mais les jeux olympiques de 2020 ont apporté des chaleurs extrêmes, des jeux retardés en raison de la pandémie de COVID 19 et un cycle d’entraînement irrégulier. Cette discussion examinera l’importance des différents aspects d’une approche d’équipe pour entraîner et soutenir un athlète individuel pour les Jeux olympiques de 2020.

Friday, November 4, 2022
6:00 – 10:00 pm ADT
Beaverbrook Art Gallery

Join us for a unique experience at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery  to congratulate members of your community who will receive an award in recognition of their accomplishments!

With live music from a jazz trio playing in the background, grab a beverage, catch up with your peers and colleagues, and savour local foods while exploring historical and contemporary art. Tickets are limited and are offered on a first come first served basis. If you’re planning to attend, purchase your banquet ticket in advance to secure your spot.

Friday, November 4, 2022
7:00 – 10:00 pm ADT
Picaroons Brewing Co.

• 20 minute walk from the convention centre

• Free to attend

Friday, November 4, 2022
10:00 pm ADT
Various locations

Be sure to check out the brochure for info on local pubs/restaurants to continue the night for an after-party!