All Outputs (7)

A qualitative evaluation of occupational therapy-led work rehabilitation for people with inflammatory arthritis : patients’ views (2016)
Journal Article
with inflammatory arthritis : patients’ views. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 80(1), 39-48. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308022616672666

Introduction: This qualitative study, nested in a pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial, explored the views of working people with inflammatory arthritis on the impact of a work rehabilitation programme received. Method: Thirty-two part... Read More about A qualitative evaluation of occupational therapy-led work rehabilitation for people with inflammatory arthritis : patients’ views.

A pilot trial of compression gloves in early inflammatory and rheumatoid arthritis (2016)
Journal Article
Hough, Y., Hammond, A., Prior, Y., Jacklin, A., Dooley, M., Perkins, J., & Durkin, C. (2016). A pilot trial of compression gloves in early inflammatory and rheumatoid arthritis. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 79(8 Supp), 91. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308022616663152

Background: Compression gloves are provided in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to improve hand symptoms and function but there is little evidence for their effectiveness. As a group of Rheumatology Occupational Therapists we were unaware of clinical eviden... Read More about A pilot trial of compression gloves in early inflammatory and rheumatoid arthritis.

Psychometric testing of the Dutch evaluation of daily activity questionnaire in rheumatoid arthritis (2016)
Journal Article
Hammond, A., Meesters, J., Vliet Vlieland, T., Peeters, A., Tennant, A., Tyson, S., …Prior, Y. (2016). Psychometric testing of the Dutch evaluation of daily activity questionnaire in rheumatoid arthritis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 75(Supp 2), 1263. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-eular.2517

Background: The Evaluation of Daily Activity Questionnaire (EDAQ) is a patient reported measure of activity limitations in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and other musculoskeletal conditions, for which there is a Swedish (1) and an updated English version... Read More about Psychometric testing of the Dutch evaluation of daily activity questionnaire in rheumatoid arthritis.

Cognitive Therapy for Reducing The Impact of Rheumatoid Arthritis Fatigue: Sucessful Strategies for Meeting Targets in A Complex Health Care Intervention (2016)
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Plummer, Z., Almeida, C., Ambler, N., Blair, P., Choy, E., Dures, E., …Hewlett, S. (2016). Cognitive Therapy for Reducing The Impact of Rheumatoid Arthritis Fatigue: Sucessful Strategies for Meeting Targets in A Complex Health Care Intervention. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, https://doi.org/10.1136/ANNRHEUMDIS-2016-EULAR.1968

Background: Complex interventions are widely used in modern health care practice and are defined as those having potentially interacting components. Evaluation can be challenging due to difficulties in logistics, standardisation, delivery, recruiting... Read More about Cognitive Therapy for Reducing The Impact of Rheumatoid Arthritis Fatigue: Sucessful Strategies for Meeting Targets in A Complex Health Care Intervention.

The effectiveness of home hand exercise programmes in rheumatoid arthritis : a systematic review (2016)
Journal Article
Hammond, A., & Prior, Y. (2016). The effectiveness of home hand exercise programmes in rheumatoid arthritis : a systematic review. British Medical Bulletin, 119(1), 49-62. https://doi.org/10.1093/bmb/ldw024

Introduction: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) commonly reduces hand function. We systematically reviewed trials to investigate effects of home hand exercise programmes on hand symptoms and function in RA. Sources of Data: We searched: Medline (1946-), A... Read More about The effectiveness of home hand exercise programmes in rheumatoid arthritis : a systematic review.

The effectiveness of an exercise programme on dynamic balance in patients with medial knee osteoarthritis : a pilot study (2016)
Journal Article
Al-Khlaifat, L., Herrington, L., Tyson, S., Hammond, A., & Jones, R. (2016). The effectiveness of an exercise programme on dynamic balance in patients with medial knee osteoarthritis : a pilot study. ˜The œKnee (Amsterdam. Online), 23(5), 849-856. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knee.2016.05.006

BACKGROUND: Dynamic balance and quiet standing balance are decreased in knee osteoarthritis (OA), with dynamic balance being more affected. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a group exercise programme of lower extremity muscles i... Read More about The effectiveness of an exercise programme on dynamic balance in patients with medial knee osteoarthritis : a pilot study.

Successful strategies supporting recruitment, intervention delivery and retention targets in a randomized controlled trial of a complex intervention (2016)
Journal Article
Plummer, Z., Almeida, C., Ambler, N., Blair, P., Choy, E., Dures, E., …Hewlett, S. (2016). Successful strategies supporting recruitment, intervention delivery and retention targets in a randomized controlled trial of a complex intervention. Rheumatology, 55(Supp 1), i121. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kew128.020

Background: Complex interventions are widely used in modern health care practice and are defined as those having potentially interacting components. Evaluation can be challenging due to difficulties in logistics, standardisation and delivery. In addi... Read More about Successful strategies supporting recruitment, intervention delivery and retention targets in a randomized controlled trial of a complex intervention.