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Debra A. Butt

Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto
Verified email at utoronto.ca
Cited by 2253

Progressive resistance training for improving health-related outcomes in people at risk of fracture: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled …

…, IB Rodrigues, Z Hosseini, MC Ashe, DA Butt… - Physical …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objective Osteoporosis clinical practice guidelines recommend exercise to prevent fractures,
but the efficacy of exercise depends on the exercise types, population studied, or outcomes …

Identification of physician-diagnosed Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in population-based administrative data: a validation study using family physicians' …

…, D Green, J Young, N Ivers, D Butt… - Journal of …, 2016 - content.iospress.com
Background: Population-based surveillance of Alzheimer’s and related dementias (AD-RD)
incidence and prevalence is important for chronic disease management and health system …

The risk of hip fracture after initiating antihypertensive drugs in the elderly

DA Butt, M Mamdani, PC Austin, K Tu… - Archives of internal …, 2012 - jamanetwork.com
… Author Contributions: Dr Butt had full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility
… manuscript: Butt. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Butt, …

The effects of walking or nordic walking in adults 50 years and older at elevated risk of fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis

IB Rodrigues, M Ponzano, DA Butt… - Journal of aging …, 2021 - journals.humankinetics.com
Walking is a common activity among older adults. However, the effects of walking on health-related
outcomes in people with low bone mineral density (BMD) are unknown. The authors …

Safety and tolerability of SER-109 as an investigational microbiome therapeutic in adults with recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection: a phase 3, open-label, single …

…, T Bogdanovich, D Grimard, T Steiner, D Butt… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance A safe and effective treatment for recurrentClostridioides difficileinfection (CDI)
is urgently needed. Antibiotics kill toxin-producing bacteria but do not repair the disrupted …

Changes in the top 25 reasons for primary care visits during the COVID-19 pandemic in a high-COVID region of Canada

E Stephenson, DA Butt, J Gronsbell, C Ji, B O'Neill… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Purpose We aimed to determine the degree to which reasons for primary care visits changed
during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods We used data from the University of Toronto …

The effect of impact exercise (alone or multicomponent intervention) on health-related outcomes in individuals at risk of fractures: a systematic review and meta …

…, Z Hosseini, L Thabane, PD Chilibeck, DA Butt… - Sports Medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background Exercise is commonly recommended to prevent and manage osteoporosis.
High magnitude strains at rapid rate and short bouts should theoretically elicit an osteogenic …

Gabapentin for the treatment of menopausal hot flashes: a randomized controlled trial

DA Butt, M Lock, JE Lewis, S Ross, R Moineddin - Menopause, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To compare the effectiveness and tolerability of gabapentin with placebo for the
treatment of hot flashes in women who enter menopause naturally. Design: A randomized, …

An administrative data validation study of the accuracy of algorithms for identifying rheumatoid arthritis: the influence of the reference standard on algorithm …

…, D Green, J Young, N Ivers, DA Butt… - BMC musculoskeletal …, 2014 - Springer
Background We have previously validated administrative data algorithms to identify patients
with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using rheumatology clinic records as the reference standard. …

Validity of administrative data for identifying patients who have had a stroke or transient ischemic attack using EMRALD as a reference standard

…, M Wang, J Young, D Green, NM Ivers, D Butt… - Canadian Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Surveillance for stroke/transient ischemic attack (TIA) using administrative data
has traditionally been limited to reporting patients who had an acute event and were …