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Comparison of gait between healthy participants and persons with spinal cord injury when using the advanced reciprocating gait orthosis (2015)
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Background: The advanced reciprocating gait orthosis (ARGO) has a rigid structure which provides restricted movement at the hip, knee, and ankle joints and incorporates a pelvic section with an extended section in the lumbar region. Healthy subjects,... Read More about Comparison of gait between healthy participants and persons with spinal cord injury when using the advanced reciprocating gait orthosis.

Effect of a new hand-forearm splint on grip strength, pain, and function in patients with tennis elbow (2015)
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Najafi, M., Arazpour, M., Aminian, G., Curran, S., Madani, S., & Hutchins, S. (2016). Effect of a new hand-forearm splint on grip strength, pain, and function in patients with tennis elbow. Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 40(3), 363-368. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309364615592694

BACKGROUND:

While the effectiveness of orthoses prescribed for tennis elbow has been reported in several studies, the effect of how they may limit movements which aggravate this condition has not yet been explored.
OBJECTIVE:

The purpose of th... Read More about Effect of a new hand-forearm splint on grip strength, pain, and function in patients with tennis elbow.

Breast composition : measurement and clinical use (2015)
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Breast density is a measure of the extent of radiodense fibroglandular tissue in the breast. The risk of developing breast cancer and the risk of missing cancer at screening rise with higher breast density. In this paper, the historical background to... Read More about Breast composition : measurement and clinical use.

Relationships between lower body muscle structure and maximal power clean performance (2015)
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McMahon, J., Turner, A., & Comfort, P. (2015). Relationships between lower body muscle structure and maximal power clean performance. Journal of trainology, 4(2), 32-36. https://doi.org/10.17338/trainology.4.2_32

Objectives: Correlational studies have linked distinct characteristics of lower body muscle structure (e.g. muscle thickness and pennation angle) to key variables attained during various tasks (e.g. squatting and jumping) which are beneficial to athl... Read More about Relationships between lower body muscle structure and maximal power clean performance.

Fundamental challenges in designing a collaborative travel app (2015)
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The growing capabilities of smartphones have opened up new opportunities for travel coordination and transport is a fertile area for app development. One stream of development is apps that enable collaborative travel, either in the form of lift shari... Read More about Fundamental challenges in designing a collaborative travel app.

A self-managed single exercise programme versus usual physiotherapy treatment for rotator cuff tendinopathy: A randomised controlled trial (the SELF study) (2015)
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Littlewood, C., Bateman, M., Brown, K., Bury, J., Mawson, S., May, S., & Walters, S. J. (2016). A self-managed single exercise programme versus usual physiotherapy treatment for rotator cuff tendinopathy: A randomised controlled trial (the SELF study). Clinical Rehabilitation, 30(7), 686-696. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215515593784

Objectives: To evaluate the clinical effectiveness of a self-managed single exercise programme versus usual physiotherapy treatment for rotator cuff tendinopathy.

Design: Multi-centre pragmatic unblinded parallel group randomised controlled trial... Read More about A self-managed single exercise programme versus usual physiotherapy treatment for rotator cuff tendinopathy: A randomised controlled trial (the SELF study).

The reliability of non-invasive biophysical outcome measures for evaluating normal and hyperkeratotic foot skin (2015)
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Hashmi, F., Wright, C., Nester, C., & Lam, S. (2015). The reliability of non-invasive biophysical outcome measures for evaluating normal and hyperkeratotic foot skin. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 8(28), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-015-0083-8

Background: Hyperkeratosis of foot skin is a common skin problem affecting people of different ages. The clinical
presentation of this condition can range from dry flaky skin, which can lead to fissures, to hard callused skin which is often painful... Read More about The reliability of non-invasive biophysical outcome measures for evaluating normal and hyperkeratotic foot skin.

Reflections on doctoral supervision : drawing from the experiences of students with additional learning needs in two universities (2015)
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Collins, B. (2015). Reflections on doctoral supervision : drawing from the experiences of students with additional learning needs in two universities. Teaching in Higher Education, 20(6), 587-600. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2015.1045859

Supervision is an essential part of doctoral study, consisting of relationship and process aspects, underpinned by a range of values. To date there has been limited research specifically about disabled doctoral students’ experiences of supervision. T... Read More about Reflections on doctoral supervision : drawing from the experiences of students with additional learning needs in two universities.

Accelerated resolution therapy: an innovative mental health intervention to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (2015)
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Finnegan, A., Kip, K., Hernandez, D., McGhee, S., Rosenzweig, L., Hynes, C., & Thomas, M. (2016). Accelerated resolution therapy: an innovative mental health intervention to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 162(2), 90-97. https://doi.org/10.1136/jramc-2015-000417

Incidence and prevalence of dementia in linked administrative health data in Saskatchewan, Canada : a retrospective cohort study (2015)
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Background:
Determining the epidemiology of dementia among the population as a whole in specific jurisdictions – including the long-term care population–is essential to providing appropriate care. The objectives of this study were to use linked ad... Read More about Incidence and prevalence of dementia in linked administrative health data in Saskatchewan, Canada : a retrospective cohort study.