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Upper limb activity of twenty myoelectric prosthesis users and twenty healthy anatomically intact adults (2019)
Journal Article

The upper limb activity of twenty unilateral upper limb myoelectric prosthesis users and twenty anatomically intact adults were recorded over a 7-day period using two wrist worn accelerometers (Actigraph, LLC). This dataset reflects the real-world ac... Read More about Upper limb activity of twenty myoelectric prosthesis users and twenty healthy anatomically intact adults.

A comparative study of pain experienced during successive mammography examinations in patients with a family history of breast cancer and those who have had breast cancer surgery (2019)
Journal Article
cancer and those who have had breast cancer surgery. Radiography, 26(1), 76-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2019.08.007

INTRODUCTION: To measure mammography-related pain in two groups of women undergoing regular surveillance as a baseline for future care.
METHODS: Following ethical approval, two hundred women aged 32 to 84 years (mean 54), were invited by written inv... Read More about A comparative study of pain experienced during successive mammography examinations in patients with a family history of breast cancer and those who have had breast cancer surgery.

Comfortably numb? Experiences of people with stroke and lower limb sensation deficits : impact and solutions (2019)
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Purpose: To explore personal experiences of loss of foot sensation following stroke in order to inform
the focus of clinical assessments and development of a vibrotactile insole.
Methods: Qualitative design with an interpretive phenomenological ap... Read More about Comfortably numb? Experiences of people with stroke and lower limb sensation deficits : impact and solutions.

Normalization of early isometric force production as a percentage of peak force during multijoint isometric assessment (2019)
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Comfort, P., Dos’Santos, T., Jones, P., McMahon, J., Suchomel, T., Bazyler, C., & Stone, M. (2020). Normalization of early isometric force production as a percentage of peak force during multijoint isometric assessment. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 15(4), 478-482. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2019-0217

Purpose: To determine the reliability of early force production (50-, 100-, 150-, 200-, 250 ms) relative to peak force (PF) during an isometric mid-thigh pull (IMTP) and assess the relationships between these variables. Methods: Male collegiate athle... Read More about Normalization of early isometric force production as a percentage of peak force during multijoint isometric assessment.

Communities as ‘renewable energy’ for health care services? A multi-methods study into the form, scale, and role of voluntary support for community hospitals in England (2019)
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Objective
To examine the forms, scale and role of community and voluntary support for community hospitals in England.
Design
A multi-methods study. Quantitative analysis of Charity Commission data on levels of volunteering and voluntary income for... Read More about Communities as ‘renewable energy’ for health care services? A multi-methods study into the form, scale, and role of voluntary support for community hospitals in England.

The symbiotic relationship of vulnerability and resilience in nursing (2019)
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East, L., Heaslip, V., & Jackson, D. (2019). The symbiotic relationship of vulnerability and resilience in nursing. Contemporary Nurse, 56(1), 14-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2019.1670709

Background: Whilst the terms vulnerability and resilience are commonly used within professional nursing discourses, they are often poorly understood. Vulnerability is often framed negatively and linked to being at risk of harm, whilst resilience is o... Read More about The symbiotic relationship of vulnerability and resilience in nursing.

Mental health, big data and research ethics : parity of esteem in mental health research from a UK perspective (2019)
Journal Article

Central to ethical debates in contemporary mental health research are the rhetoric of parity of esteem, challenges underpinned by the social construct of vulnerability, and the tendency to homogenise the population diagnosed with mental health condit... Read More about Mental health, big data and research ethics : parity of esteem in mental health research from a UK perspective.