Dirk E. Bock
University of Western Ontario
19 Papers
17 Citations
Dirk E. Bock is an academic researcher from University of Western Ontario. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Childhood obesity. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 18 publications. Previous affiliations of Dirk E. Bock include Lawson Health Research Institute & London Health Sciences Centre.
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Papers
Epidemiology of Kawasaki Disease in Canada 2004 to 2014: Comparison of Surveillance Using Administrative Data vs Periodic Medical Record Review.
Cedric Manlhiot,Sunita O’Shea,Bailey Bernknopf,Michael Labelle,Nita Chahal,Rejane Dillenburg,Lillian Lai,Dirk E. Bock,Brendan Lew,Sameer Masood,Mathew Mathew,Brian W. McCrindle +11 more
TL;DR: The incidence of Kawasaki disease in Canada seems to have plateaued for younger children and increased in both older age categories, while differences in annual incidence observed between provinces remain to be explained, and might reflect genetic or environmental differences.
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The Health Initiative Program for Kids (HIP Kids): Effects of a 1-Year Multidisciplinary Lifestyle Intervention on Adiposity and Quality of Life in Obese Children and Adolescents -- A Longitudinal Pilot Intervention Study
Dirk E. Bock,Dirk E. Bock,Tracy Robinson,Jamie A. Seabrook,Jamie A. Seabrook,Meghan Rombeek,Kambiz Norozi,Guido Filler,Guido Filler,Ralf Rauch,Cheril Clarson,Cheril Clarson +11 more
TL;DR: Following a 1-year intervention, the participants’ BMI z-scores and QoL improved, while other adiposity-related measures of body composition remained unchanged.
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Muscle force and power in obese and overweight children
Ralf Rauch,Frank Rauch,Dirk E. Bock,Eva Welisch,Guido Filler,Tracy Robinson,E. Burrill,Kambiz Norozi +7 more
TL;DR: In conclusion, obese children and adolescents have increased muscle force and power, which partly compensates for the effect of high body weight on muscle performance.
Vitamin D in the prevention of exacerbations of asthma in preschoolers (DIVA): protocol for a multicentre randomised placebo-controlled triple-blind trial
Megan E. Jensen,Francine M. Ducharme,Nathalie Alos,Geneviève Mailhot,Benoît Mâsse,John H. White,Mohsen Sadatsafavi,Ali Khamessan,Sze Man Tse,Reza Alizadehfar,Dirk E. Bock,Patrick Daigneault,Chantal Lemire,Connie L. Yang,Dhenuka Radhakrishnan +14 more
TL;DR: If proven effective, findings may markedly influence the management of URTI-induced asthma in high-morbidity preschoolers and could be directly implemented into practice with an update to clinical guidelines.
Relations Among Surrogate Measures of Adiposity with Change in Body Fat Measured with Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry in Obese Children and Adolescents: Table 1.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assess in obese children and adolescents the relations among surrogate measures of adiposity and adiposity change commonly used in research and clinical practice with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA).
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