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Changes in performance markers and wellbeing in elite senior professional rugby union players during a pre-season period : analysis of the differences across training phases (2019)
Journal Article
Grainger, A., Neville, R., Ditroilo, M., & Comfort, P. (2020). Changes in performance markers and wellbeing in elite senior professional rugby union players during a pre-season period : analysis of the differences across training phases. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 23(1), 20-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2019.08.012

Objectives: To assess the magnitude of change and association with variation in training load of two performance markers and wellbeing, over three pre-season training blocks, in elite rugby union athletes. Design: Observational. Methods: Twenty-tw... Read More about Changes in performance markers and wellbeing in elite senior professional rugby union players during a pre-season period : analysis of the differences across training phases.

The reliability and validity of the bar-mounted PUSH BandTM 2.0 during bench press with moderate and heavy loads (2019)
Journal Article
Lake, J., Augustus, S., Austin, K., Comfort, P., McMahon, J., Mundy, P., & Haff, G. (2019). The reliability and validity of the bar-mounted PUSH BandTM 2.0 during bench press with moderate and heavy loads. Journal of Sports Sciences, 37(23), 2685-2690. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2019.1656703

The aim of this study was to assess the reliability and validity of the bar-mounted PUSH BandTM 2.0 to determine peak and mean velocity during the bench press exercise with a moderate (60% one repetition maximum [1RM]) and heavy (90% 1RM) load. We di... Read More about The reliability and validity of the bar-mounted PUSH BandTM 2.0 during bench press with moderate and heavy loads.

Social work and advanced marginality (2019)
Book Chapter
Cummins, I. (2019). Social work and advanced marginality. In Class, Ethnicity and State in the Polarized Metropolis: Putting Wacquant to Work (231-254). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16222-1_10

This chapter explores the impact of broader social and economic policies on social work practice. It argues that the increasing inequality and polarisation of modern urban societies that is outlined in the other chapters of this book has had a direc... Read More about Social work and advanced marginality.

Concomitant back pain as a predictor of outcome after single level lumbar micro-decompressive surgery - a study of 995 patients (2019)
Journal Article
Sethi, G., Aljawadi, A., Choudhry, M., Fischer, B., Divecha, H., Leach, J., …Siddique, I. (2019). Concomitant back pain as a predictor of outcome after single level lumbar micro-decompressive surgery - a study of 995 patients. Journal of Orthopaedics, 16(6), 478-482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jor.2019.08.013

To determine if preoperative leg pain and low back pain severity affected postoperative outcome. Prospectively collected Spine-Tango data was analysed for 995 consecutive patients who underwent a primary, single level, lumbar micro-decompression/micr... Read More about Concomitant back pain as a predictor of outcome after single level lumbar micro-decompressive surgery - a study of 995 patients.

Assessment of older people 5 : assessing the social domain (2019)
Journal Article
Kendall, N., & Wiltzjer, H. (2019). Assessment of older people 5 : assessing the social domain. Nursing Times, 115(9), 53-56

The multidisciplinary and holistic assessment of older people allows health professionals to gain insight into their individual needs and provide them with person-centred care. The social domain is one of five key domains that must be explored when a... Read More about Assessment of older people 5 : assessing the social domain.

Management of Pyogenic Spinal Infection, review of literature (2019)
Journal Article
Aljawadi, A., Jahangir, N., Jeelani, A., Ferguson, Z., Niazi, N., Arnall, F., & Pillai, A. (2019). Management of Pyogenic Spinal Infection, review of literature. Journal of Orthopaedics, 16(6), 508-512. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jor.2019.08.014

To evaluate the available evidence for the management of Pyogenic Spinal Infection (PSI). A comprehensive search for the relevant literature published between 1990 and 2018 to evaluate the management of PSI was conducted.Nonoperative management of ca... Read More about Management of Pyogenic Spinal Infection, review of literature.

Student nurse perceptions of Gypsy Roma Travellers: a European qualitative study (2019)
Journal Article
Heaslip, V., Vanceulebroeck, V., Kalkan, I., Komurcu, N., & Solanas, I. (2019). Student nurse perceptions of Gypsy Roma Travellers: a European qualitative study. Nurse Education Today, 82, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2019.07.011

Background: Gypsy Roma Travellers are Europe's largest ethnic minority group. Yet they remain one of the most stigmatised communities who have significant health inequalities. Whilst nurses have a role in promoting health access, there have been mini... Read More about Student nurse perceptions of Gypsy Roma Travellers: a European qualitative study.

2019 EULAR recommendations for the generic core competences of health professionals in rheumatology (2019)
Journal Article
Edelaar, L., Nikiphorou, E., Fragoulis, G., Iagnocco, A., Haines, C., Bakkers, M., …Vliet Vlieland, T. (2020). 2019 EULAR recommendations for the generic core competences of health professionals in rheumatology. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 79(1), 53-60. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-215803

Background/objectives. To maintain and optimize the quality of care provided by health professionals in rheumatology (HPRs), adequate educational offerings are needed. This task force (TF) aimed to develop evidence-based recommendations for the gene... Read More about 2019 EULAR recommendations for the generic core competences of health professionals in rheumatology.