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Operator eye doses during computed tomography fluoroscopic lung biopsy (2016)
Journal Article
Ekpo, E., Bakhshi, S., Ryan, E., Hogg, P., & McEntee, M. (2016). Operator eye doses during computed tomography fluoroscopic lung biopsy. Journal of Radiological Protection, 36(2), 290-298. https://doi.org/10.1088/0952-4746/36/2/290

The aim of this work was to examine the peak entrance surface air kerma (peak ESAK) to the eyes during CT fluoroscopy lung biopsy, and the impact of lead glasses, exposure parameters, head rotation, and height on peak ESAK to the eyes. Two phanto... Read More about Operator eye doses during computed tomography fluoroscopic lung biopsy.

The relationship between psychopathy traits and neurodevelopmental disorders in forensic populations : a systematic PRISMA review (2016)
Journal Article
Allely, C., & Cooke, D. (2016). The relationship between psychopathy traits and neurodevelopmental disorders in forensic populations : a systematic PRISMA review. Sociology and anthropology (Alhambra, Calif. Online), 4(5), 380 -407. https://doi.org/10.13189/sa.2016.040511

Background: Numerous studies investigate the rate of neurodevelopmental disorders in forensic populations. Studies have also investigated the rate of psychopathy in such settings. However, there appears to be a paucity of studies looking at both of t... Read More about The relationship between psychopathy traits and neurodevelopmental disorders in forensic populations : a systematic PRISMA review.

The effect of topical anti blister products on the risk of friction blister formation on the foot (2016)
Journal Article
foot. Journal of Tissue Viability, 25(3), 167-174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtv.2016.04.002

Introduction Foot blisters are a common injury, which can impact on activity and lead to infection. Increased skin surface hydration has been identified as a risk factor for blister formation, indicating that a reduction in hydration could reduce... Read More about The effect of topical anti blister products on the risk of friction blister formation on the foot.

Call the podiatrist! Management of foot problems in inflammatory arthritis (2016)
Journal Article
Williams, A. (2016). Call the podiatrist! Management of foot problems in inflammatory arthritis. Rheumatology, 55(Supp.1), i16. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kew090.001

This presentation will focus on the research that has significantly influenced both the foot health interventions that are now provided to people with inflammatory joint conditions and the development of guidelines that directly impact on patient car... Read More about Call the podiatrist! Management of foot problems in inflammatory arthritis.

Within- and between-session reliability of medial gastrocnemius architectural properties (2016)
Journal Article
McMahon, J., Turner, A., & Comfort, P. (2016). Within- and between-session reliability of medial gastrocnemius architectural properties. Biology of Sport, 33(2), 185-188. https://doi.org/10.5604/20831862.1200511

This study aimed to determine the within- and between-session reliability of medial gastrocnemius (MG) architecture (e.g. muscle thickness (MT), fascicle length (FL) and pennation angle (PA)), as derived via ultrasonography followed by manual digit... Read More about Within- and between-session reliability of medial gastrocnemius architectural properties.

Results of a national foot health survey of patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (2016)
Journal Article
Cherry, L., Blake, A., Alcacer-Pitarch, B., Edwards, C., Hopkinson, N., Teh, L., …Williams, A. (2016). Results of a national foot health survey of patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Rheumatology, 55(Supp.1), i110. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kew130

Background: SLE can affect many tissues throughout the body. Anecdotally, it is suggested that people with SLE experience a range of complications in the foot and lower limb, including vascular impairment (e.g. RP), neurological impairment, poor t... Read More about Results of a national foot health survey of patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

Working through the pain… and getting on with it — some patients’ experiences of living with Lupus-related foot problems (2016)
Journal Article
Williams, A., Blake, A., Cherry, L., Alcacer- Pitarch4, B., Edwards, C., Hopkinson, N., …Teh, L. (2016). Working through the pain… and getting on with it — some patients’ experiences of living with Lupus-related foot problems. Rheumatology, 55(Supp.1), i109. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kew129.008

Background: Along with its skin manifestations, SLE can present with a variety of musculoskeletal signs and symptoms and vascular problems that can affect the feet. Furthermore, there is the potential for reduced tissue viability, leading to thinn... Read More about Working through the pain… and getting on with it — some patients’ experiences of living with Lupus-related foot problems.

Successful strategies supporting recruitment, intervention delivery and retention targets in a randomized controlled trial of a complex intervention (2016)
Journal Article
Plummer, Z., Almeida, C., Ambler, N., Blair, P., Choy, E., Dures, E., …Hewlett, S. (2016). Successful strategies supporting recruitment, intervention delivery and retention targets in a randomized controlled trial of a complex intervention. Rheumatology, 55(Supp 1), i121. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kew128.020

Background: Complex interventions are widely used in modern health care practice and are defined as those having potentially interacting components. Evaluation can be challenging due to difficulties in logistics, standardisation and delivery. In addi... Read More about Successful strategies supporting recruitment, intervention delivery and retention targets in a randomized controlled trial of a complex intervention.

Foot health education provision for people with rheumatoid arthritis–an online survey of UK podiatrists’ perceptions (2016)
Journal Article
Graham, A., & Williams, A. (2016). Foot health education provision for people with rheumatoid arthritis–an online survey of UK podiatrists’ perceptions. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 9(13), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-016-0145-6

Background Patient education supports general disease self-management and in relation to foot problems, it is recommended as a key intervention for people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Further, it is known what the foot health educational (FHE) ne... Read More about Foot health education provision for people with rheumatoid arthritis–an online survey of UK podiatrists’ perceptions.

Friction foot blisters : the effect of hydration on the risk of blister creation (2016)
Book Chapter
creation. In P. Humbert, H. Maibech, F. Fanian, & P. Agache (Eds.), Agache’s Measuring the Skin (1-9). Springer International Publishing

Foot skin is susceptible to developing a range of mechanical dermatoses as a consequence of the repetitive loads generated during walking and running. Friction blisters are included in this class of conditions and should not be underestimated as they... Read More about Friction foot blisters : the effect of hydration on the risk of blister creation.

A review of incidental findings on low-resolution CT images during SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging : a clinical dilemma (2016)
Journal Article
Coward, J., Nightingale, J., & Hogg, P. (2016). A review of incidental findings on low-resolution CT images during SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging : a clinical dilemma. Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology, 44(3), 167-172. https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.116.174557

Incidental findings are common in medical imaging. There is a particularly high prevalence of incidental findings within the thorax, the most frequent being pulmonary nodules. Whilst pulmonary nodules have the potential to be malignant, the vast m... Read More about A review of incidental findings on low-resolution CT images during SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging : a clinical dilemma.

Harmonising data collection from osteoarthritis studies to enable stratification : recommendations on core data collection from an Arthritis Research UK clinical studies group (2016)
Journal Article
Kingsbury, S., Corp, N., Watt, F., Felson, D., O’Neill, T., Holt, C., …Arden, N. (2016). Harmonising data collection from osteoarthritis studies to enable stratification : recommendations on core data collection from an Arthritis Research UK clinical studies group. Rheumatology, 55(8), 1394-1402. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kew201

OBJECTIVE: Treatment of OA by stratifying for commonly used and novel therapies will likely improve the range of effective therapy options and their rational deployment in this undertreated, chronic disease. In order to develop appropriate datasets... Read More about Harmonising data collection from osteoarthritis studies to enable stratification : recommendations on core data collection from an Arthritis Research UK clinical studies group.

Sex differences in limb and joint stiffness in recreational runners (2016)
Journal Article
in recreational runners. Human Movement, 16(3), 137-141. https://doi.org/10.1515/humo-2015-0039

Purpose. Female runners are known to be at greater risk from chronic running injuries than age-matched males, although the exact mechanisms are often poorly understood. The aim of the current investigation was to determine if female recreational run... Read More about Sex differences in limb and joint stiffness in recreational runners.

Migration of the Nellix Endoprosthesis (2016)
Journal Article
England, A., Torella, F., Fisher, R., & McWilliams, R. (2016). Migration of the Nellix Endoprosthesis. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 64(2), 306-312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2016.02.053

Background This study reports the incidence and sequelae of migration of the Nellix (Endologix Inc, Irvine, Calif) endoprosthesis after endovascular aneurysm sealing. Methods A review was performed of the follow-up imaging of all endovascula... Read More about Migration of the Nellix Endoprosthesis.

Attentional modulation of the carry over of eye-movements between tasks (2016)
Journal Article
Hills, P., Thompson, C., Jones, S., Piech, R., Painter, L., & Pake, J. (2016). Attentional modulation of the carry over of eye-movements between tasks. Acta psychologica, 167, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2016.03.012

Task demands that influence scanning behaviour in one task can cause that behaviour to persist to a second unrelated task (carry over). This can also affect performance on a second task (e.g., hazard perception ratings), and has been attributed to a... Read More about Attentional modulation of the carry over of eye-movements between tasks.

Differentiating sitting and lying using a thigh-worn accelerometer (2016)
Journal Article
Lyden, K., John, D., Dall, P., & Granat, M. (2016). Differentiating sitting and lying using a thigh-worn accelerometer. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 48(4), 742-747. https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000000804

A tri-axial accelerometer worn on the thigh can provide information on the angle of rotation of the thigh. These data may be used to estimate periods of lying versus sitting. Purpose: To develop and test a classification algorithm to identify sedent... Read More about Differentiating sitting and lying using a thigh-worn accelerometer.

Reliability of the 505 change-of-direction test in netball players (2016)
Journal Article
Barber, O., Thomas, C., Jones, P., McMahon, J., & Comfort, P. (2016). Reliability of the 505 change-of-direction test in netball players. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 11(3), 377-380. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2015-0215

PURPOSE: To determine the reliability of the 505 change-of-direction (COD) test performed with both a stationary and a flying start. METHODS: Fifty-two female netball players (age 23.9 ± 5.4 y, height 169.9 ± 3.3 cm, body mass 65.2 ± 4.6 kg) pe... Read More about Reliability of the 505 change-of-direction test in netball players.