School of Health & Society

Workplace physical activity interventions: a systematic review (2008)
Journal Article
Dugdill, L., Brettle, A., Hulme, C., McCluskey, S., & Long, A. (2008). Workplace physical activity interventions: a systematic review. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 1(1), 20-40. https://doi.org/10.1108/17538350810865578

Purpose – This paper aims to report a synopsis of a recent systematic review of the literature
regarding the effectiveness of workplace physical activity interventions, commissioned by the
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE... Read More about Workplace physical activity interventions: a systematic review.

Starting young? children’s experiences of trying smoking during pre-adolescence (2008)
Journal Article
Milton, B., Woods, S., Dugdill, L., Porcellato, L., & Springett, R. (2008). Starting young? children’s experiences of trying smoking during pre-adolescence. Health Education Research, 23(2), 298-309. https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cym027

Although the risks smoking poses to health are now well known, many young people continue to take up the habit. While numerous crosssectional studies of adolescents have identified correlates of smoking initiation, much less prospective, longitudinal... Read More about Starting young? children’s experiences of trying smoking during pre-adolescence.

“It’s hard to tell”. The challenges of scoring patients on standardised outcome measures by multidisciplinary teams: a case study of Neurorehabilitation (2008)
Journal Article
Greenhalgh, J., Long, A., Flynn, R., & Tyson, S. (2008). “It’s hard to tell”. The challenges of scoring patients on standardised outcome measures by multidisciplinary teams: a case study of Neurorehabilitation. BMC Health Services Research, 8(217), https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-8-217

Background

Interest is increasing in the application of standardised outcome measures in clinical practice. Measures designed for use in research may not be sufficiently precise to be used in monitoring individual patients. However, little is know... Read More about “It’s hard to tell”. The challenges of scoring patients on standardised outcome measures by multidisciplinary teams: a case study of Neurorehabilitation.

Gender differences in amputation outcome (2008)
Journal Article
Singh, R., Hunter, J., Philip, A., & Tyson, S. (2008). Gender differences in amputation outcome. Disability and Rehabilitation, 30(2), 122-125. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638280701254095

Purpose. To assess the influence of gender on the success of limb-fitting after amputation.
Methods. One-hundred and five successive in-patients admitted to an amputee rehabilitation ward were followed to assess
the success of limb-fitting at disch... Read More about Gender differences in amputation outcome.

The reliability, responsiveness and clinical utility of the Proximat: a new tool for measuring hip range of movement in children with cerebral palsy (2008)
Journal Article
Pott, P., Selley, A., & Tyson, S. (2008). The reliability, responsiveness and clinical utility of the Proximat: a new tool for measuring hip range of movement in children with cerebral palsy. Physiotherapy Research International, 13(4), 223-230. https://doi.org/10.1002/pri.420

Background and Purpose. Monitoring range of movement is a key aspect of managing hip problems in children with cerebral palsy. The aim of this study was to assess
the clinical utility, reliability and responsiveness of a new measurement tool, the Pr... Read More about The reliability, responsiveness and clinical utility of the Proximat: a new tool for measuring hip range of movement in children with cerebral palsy.

Sensory loss in hospital-admitted people with stroke: characteristics, associated factors, and relationship with function (2008)
Journal Article
relationship with function. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 22(2), 166-172. https://doi.org/10.1177/1545968307305523

Objective: To characterize the nature of sensory impairments
after stroke, identify associated factors, and assess the relationships
between sensory impairment, disability, and recovery.
Methods: Prospective cross-sectional survey of 102 people wi... Read More about Sensory loss in hospital-admitted people with stroke: characteristics, associated factors, and relationship with function.

Development of a framework for the evidence-based choice of outcome measures in neurological physiotherapy (2008)
Journal Article
measures in neurological physiotherapy. Disability and Rehabilitation, 30(2), 142-149. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638280701216847

Background. Neurological physiotherapists recognize the need to include standardized outcome measures (OMs) in clinical
practice but lack of information about the OMs available hampers utilization. This paper reports on the first stage of a project... Read More about Development of a framework for the evidence-based choice of outcome measures in neurological physiotherapy.

Tacit and encoded knowledge in the use of standardised outcome measures in multidisciplinary team decision making: A case study of in-patient neurorehabilitation (2008)
Journal Article
A case study of in-patient neurorehabilitation. Social Science and Medicine, 67, 183-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.03.006

This paper explores how multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) balance encoded knowledge, in
the form of standardised outcome measurement, with tacit knowledge, in the form of
intuitive judgement, clinical experience and expertise, in the process of clinic... Read More about Tacit and encoded knowledge in the use of standardised outcome measures in multidisciplinary team decision making: A case study of in-patient neurorehabilitation.

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