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The strength of the corticospinal tract not the reticulospinal tract determines upper-limb impairment level and capacity for skill-acquisition in the sub-acute post-stroke period (2021)
Journal Article
Hammerbeck, U., Tyson, S., Samraj, P., Hollands, K., Krakauer, J., & Rothwell, J. (2021). The strength of the corticospinal tract not the reticulospinal tract determines upper-limb impairment level and capacity for skill-acquisition in the sub-acute post-stroke period. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 35(9), 812-822. https://doi.org/10.1177/15459683211028243

Background. Upper-limb impairment in patients with chronic stroke appears to be partly attributable to an upregulated reticulospinal tract (RST). Here, we assessed whether the impact of corticospinal (CST) and RST connectivity on motor impairment and... Read More about The strength of the corticospinal tract not the reticulospinal tract determines upper-limb impairment level and capacity for skill-acquisition in the sub-acute post-stroke period.

Knowledge and education to inform evidence-based practice in gastrointestinal nursing : a scoping review (2021)
Journal Article
Munnelly, S., Howard, V., Hall, V., Richardson, J., & Kirkbride, M. (2021). Knowledge and education to inform evidence-based practice in gastrointestinal nursing : a scoping review. Gastrointestinal Nursing, 19(6), 36-45. https://doi.org/10.12968/gasn.2021.19.6.36

Background: Gastrointestinal (GI) nursing incorporates a plethora of specialisms, involving caring for patients with complex pathologies requiring specialist management and nursing care. GI nurses work across a range of clinical areas and have differ... Read More about Knowledge and education to inform evidence-based practice in gastrointestinal nursing : a scoping review.

Healthcare professionals' roles within UK welfare-to-work provision : a multiple case study exploration (2021)
Journal Article
Ceolta-Smith, J., & Kenney, C. (2021). Healthcare professionals' roles within UK welfare-to-work provision : a multiple case study exploration. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 28(7), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2019.0115

Background/aims Healthcare professionals play an important role in vocational rehabilitation for people receiving welfare support. The research questions for this study were: how do qualified healthcare professionals operate in UK welfare-to-work set... Read More about Healthcare professionals' roles within UK welfare-to-work provision : a multiple case study exploration.

Hospital readmission among people experiencing homelessness in England: a cohort study of 2772 matched homeless and housed inpatients (2021)
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Lewer, D., Menezes, D., Cornes, M., M Blackburn, R., Byng, R., Clark, M., …W Aldridge, R. (2021). Hospital readmission among people experiencing homelessness in England: a cohort study of 2772 matched homeless and housed inpatients. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 75, https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2020-215204

Background Inpatients experiencing homelessness are often discharged to unstable accommodation or the street, which may increase the risk of readmission. Methods We conducted a cohort study of 2772 homeless patients discharged after an emergency a... Read More about Hospital readmission among people experiencing homelessness in England: a cohort study of 2772 matched homeless and housed inpatients.

Exploring the experiences of social workers in working with children suspected of having fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (2021)
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Gilbert, D., Mukherjee, R., Kassam, N., & Cook, P. (2021). Exploring the experiences of social workers in working with children suspected of having fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Adoption & fostering, 45(2), 155-172. https://doi.org/10.1177/03085759211011735

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is one outcome from prenatal alcohol exposure. Social workers are likely to encounter children with the condition, due to the greater likelihood of prenatal alcohol exposure among children in social services set... Read More about Exploring the experiences of social workers in working with children suspected of having fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.

A double-edged sword : children’s experiences of visiting a parent in prison in Scotland (2021)
Journal Article
Lockwood, K., Long, T., Loucks, N., Raikes, B., & Sharratt, K. (2021). A double-edged sword : children’s experiences of visiting a parent in prison in Scotland. Probation Journal, 69(2), 159-176. https://doi.org/10.1177/02645505211025592

Prison visits are recognised as an important feature of a humane prison system, providing important benefits for prisoners and their family in maintaining ties (McCarthy & Adams, 2017). Scotland has a history of penal welfarism and a right-based agen... Read More about A double-edged sword : children’s experiences of visiting a parent in prison in Scotland.

Building back better together (2021)
Journal Article
Edge, C. (2021). Building back better together. Psychologist (Leicester), 34, 90-91

Dr Clare Edge with a review of SICK! Festival Mindscapes.

The Role of Contingency and Correlation in the Stroop Task (2021)
Journal Article
Hasshim, N., & Parris, B. A. (2021). The Role of Contingency and Correlation in the Stroop Task. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 74(10), https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218211032548

Facilitation (faster responses to Congruent trials compared with Neutral trials) in the Stroop task has been a difficult effect for models of cognitive control to explain. The current research investigated the role of word-response contingency, word-... Read More about The Role of Contingency and Correlation in the Stroop Task.