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Does a specialised orthopaedic trauma module utilising high fidelity simulation improve student nurses' perceptions of their competence? A pilot study (2020)
Journal Article
Klunder-Rosser, J., & Pennington, N. (2021). Does a specialised orthopaedic trauma module utilising high fidelity simulation improve student nurses' perceptions of their competence? A pilot study. International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing, 41, 100800. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijotn.2020.100800

Trauma is the fourth leading cause of death in the western world, and traumatic injuries are recognised as clinically challenging to care for. Orthopaedic trauma care is not standard content in pre-qualifying nursing curriculums, compounded by a dear... Read More about Does a specialised orthopaedic trauma module utilising high fidelity simulation improve student nurses' perceptions of their competence? A pilot study.

Experiences of advanced clinical practitioners in training and their supervisors in primary care using a hub and spoke model (2020)
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Gloster, A., Tomlins, L., & Murphy, N. (2020). Experiences of advanced clinical practitioners in training and their supervisors in primary care using a hub and spoke model. Practice Nursing, 31(8), 2-9. https://doi.org/10.12968/pnur.2020.31.8.334

Advanced clinical practitioners are in demand in primary care. This study looked at the experiences of participants in a hub and spoke training model using a qualitative approach Background: Advanced clinical practitioners (ACPs) have been funda... Read More about Experiences of advanced clinical practitioners in training and their supervisors in primary care using a hub and spoke model.

Assessment of causal link between psychological factors and symptom exacerbation in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review utilising Bradford Hill Criteria and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies (2020)
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Schoultz, M., Beattie, M., Gorely, T., & Leung, J. (2020). Assessment of causal link between psychological factors and symptom exacerbation in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review utilising Bradford Hill Criteria and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. Systematic Reviews, 9(1), 169. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-020-01426-2

Background Psychological stress is a prevalent factor in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with detrimental effects on patients’ quality of life and possibly disease course. Although the aetiology of symptom exacerbation in IBD has been explored, det... Read More about Assessment of causal link between psychological factors and symptom exacerbation in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review utilising Bradford Hill Criteria and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.

Compression force variability in mammography in Ghana – a baseline study (2020)
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Dzidzornu, E., Angmorterh, S., Ofori-Manteaw, B., Aboagye, S., Ofori, E., Owusu-Agyei, S., & Hogg, P. (2021). Compression force variability in mammography in Ghana – a baseline study. Radiography, 27(1), 150-155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2020.07.007

Introduction: Breast compression during mammographic examinations improves image quality and patient management. Several studies have been conducted to assess compression force variability among practitioners in order to establish compression guideli... Read More about Compression force variability in mammography in Ghana – a baseline study.

The Valued Life Activities Scale (VLAs): linguistic validation, cultural adaptation and psychometric testing in people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases in the UK (2020)
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Prior, Y., Tennant, A., Tyson, S., & Hammond, A. (2020). The Valued Life Activities Scale (VLAs): linguistic validation, cultural adaptation and psychometric testing in people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases in the UK. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 21(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-03409-9

Background The Valued Life Activities Scale (VLAs) measures difficulty in daily activities and social participation. With various versions involving a different number of items, we have linguistically and culturally adopted the full VLAs (33-items)... Read More about The Valued Life Activities Scale (VLAs): linguistic validation, cultural adaptation and psychometric testing in people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases in the UK.

The Valued Life Activities Scale (VLAs) : linguistic validation, cultural adaptation and psychometric testing in people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases in the UK (2020)
Journal Article
Prior, Y., Tennant, A., Tyson, S., & Hammond, A. (2020). The Valued Life Activities Scale (VLAs) : linguistic validation, cultural adaptation and psychometric testing in people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases in the UK. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 21(1), 505. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-03409-9

Background The Valued Life Activities Scale (VLAs) measures difficulty in daily activities and social participation. With various versions involving a different number of items, we have linguistically and culturally adopted the full VLAs (33-items)... Read More about The Valued Life Activities Scale (VLAs) : linguistic validation, cultural adaptation and psychometric testing in people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases in the UK.

For women of colour in social work : black feminist self-care practice based on Audre Lorde’s radical pioneering principles (2020)
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Nayak, S. (2020). For women of colour in social work : black feminist self-care practice based on Audre Lorde’s radical pioneering principles. Critical and Radical Social Work, 8(3), 405-421. https://doi.org/10.1332/204986020x15945755847234

This article offers women of colour in social work a black feminist self-care practice based on three principles from Audre Lorde’s work. The colonial situation of social work inevitably marginalises black feminist thinking and methods. In the contex... Read More about For women of colour in social work : black feminist self-care practice based on Audre Lorde’s radical pioneering principles.

Narratives of reform : The Mental Health Act (MHA) in England and Wales from the 1983 MHA to the Wessley Review (2018) (2020)
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Cummins, I. (2020). Narratives of reform : The Mental Health Act (MHA) in England and Wales from the 1983 MHA to the Wessley Review (2018). Journal of Adult Protection, 22(4), 217-226. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAP-03-2020-0009

Purpose This paper examines reform of mental health legislation in England and Wales. It covers the period from the introduction of the 1983 MHA to the proposed reforms out-lined in the Wessley Review that was published in December, 2018. Design/me... Read More about Narratives of reform : The Mental Health Act (MHA) in England and Wales from the 1983 MHA to the Wessley Review (2018).

Four weeks of augmented eccentric loading using a novel leg press device improved leg strength in well-trained athletes and professional sprint track cyclists (2020)
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Harden, M., Wolf, A., Evans, M., Hicks, K., Thomas, K., & Howatson, G. (2020). Four weeks of augmented eccentric loading using a novel leg press device improved leg strength in well-trained athletes and professional sprint track cyclists. PLoS ONE, 15(7), e0236663. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236663

This study assessed the efficacy of strength training using augmented eccentric loading to provoke increases in leg strength in well-trained athletes, and sprint track cyclists, using a novel leg press device. Twelve well-trained athletes were random... Read More about Four weeks of augmented eccentric loading using a novel leg press device improved leg strength in well-trained athletes and professional sprint track cyclists.

An exploratory qualitative study of health professional perspectives on clinical outcomes in UK orthotic practice (2020)
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Hall, N., Parker, D., & Williams, A. (2020). An exploratory qualitative study of health professional perspectives on clinical outcomes in UK orthotic practice. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 13(1), 49. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-020-00416-w

Background: Despite potential savings to the National Health Service, the collection of data on outcomes of NHS orthotic services is patchy. Indeed, several reports into orthotic services in the UK have reported a lack of data relating to outcomes of... Read More about An exploratory qualitative study of health professional perspectives on clinical outcomes in UK orthotic practice.

'The UK is not innocent' : Black Lives Matter, policing and abolition in the UK (2020)
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Joseph-Salisbury, R., Connelly, L., & Wangari-Jones, P. (2021). 'The UK is not innocent' : Black Lives Matter, policing and abolition in the UK. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal, 40(1), 21-28. https://doi.org/10.1108/EDI-06-2020-0170

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to show that racism is not only a US problem. Rather, racism is endemic and pervasive in the UK context, manifesting at every level of policing. From stop and search, to deaths after police contact, the authors... Read More about 'The UK is not innocent' : Black Lives Matter, policing and abolition in the UK.

Change of direction asymmetry across different age categories in youth soccer (2020)
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Trecroci, A., Rossi, A., Dos’Santos, T., Formenti, D., Cavaggioni, L., Longo, S., …Alberti, G. (2020). Change of direction asymmetry across different age categories in youth soccer. PeerJ, 8, e9486. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9486

Background In youth, the development of change of direction (COD) and sprint performance is a key component for successfully competing in soccer across age. During a COD, the presence of directional asymmetries may be detrimental due to the unpredic... Read More about Change of direction asymmetry across different age categories in youth soccer.

Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric testing of the Dutch and German versions of the Evaluation of Daily Activity Questionnaire in people with rheumatoid arthritis (2020)
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Hammond, A., Meesters, J., Niedermann, K., Tennant, A., Vliet Vlieland, T., Tyson, S., & Nordenskiold, U. (2021). Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric testing of the Dutch and German versions of the Evaluation of Daily Activity Questionnaire in people with rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology International, 41(5), 951-964. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-020-04657-7

The Evaluation of Daily Activity Questionnaire (EDAQ) is a detailed patient-reported outcome measure of activity ability. The objective of this research was to assess the linguistic and cross-cultural validity and psychometric properties of the EDA... Read More about Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric testing of the Dutch and German versions of the Evaluation of Daily Activity Questionnaire in people with rheumatoid arthritis.

Distinguishing factors that influence attendance and behaviour change in family‐based treatment of childhood obesity: a qualitative study (2020)
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Watson, P., Dugdill, L., Pickering, K., Hargreaves, J., Staniford, L., Owen, S., …Cable, N. (2020). Distinguishing factors that influence attendance and behaviour change in family‐based treatment of childhood obesity: a qualitative study. British Journal of Health Psychology, 26(1), 67-89. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12456

Objectives For the effective treatment of childhood obesity, intervention attendance and behaviour change at home are both important. The purpose of this study was to qualitatively explore influences on attendance and behaviour change during a famil... Read More about Distinguishing factors that influence attendance and behaviour change in family‐based treatment of childhood obesity: a qualitative study.

Presenting research reflexivity in your PhD thesis (2020)
Journal Article
Davis, D. (2020). Presenting research reflexivity in your PhD thesis. Nurse Researcher, 28(3), 37-43. https://doi.org/10.7748/nr.2020.e1644

Background It is important for researchers to be open and transparent about the relationship between themselves and the subjects of their enquiry. Reflexivity enables them to do this, but although there is much guidance in the literature about reflex... Read More about Presenting research reflexivity in your PhD thesis.

Does sex impact the differences and relationships in the one repetition maximum performance across weightlifting overhead pressing exercises? (2020)
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Soriano, M., García-Ramos, A., Calderbank, J., Marín, P., Sainz de Baranda, P., & Comfort, P. (2020). Does sex impact the differences and relationships in the one repetition maximum performance across weightlifting overhead pressing exercises?. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000003746

This study aimed to determine the impact of sex on the differences and relationships of the one repetition maximum (1RM) performance between 3 overhead pressing exercises (push press [PP], push jerk [PJ] and split jerk [SJ]). 15 men (body mass [BM]:... Read More about Does sex impact the differences and relationships in the one repetition maximum performance across weightlifting overhead pressing exercises?.

Evaluating reachable workspace and user control over prehensor aperture for a body-powered prosthesis (2020)
Journal Article
Chadwell, A., Kenney, L., Howard, D., Ssekitoleko, R., Nakandi, B., & Head, J. (2020). Evaluating reachable workspace and user control over prehensor aperture for a body-powered prosthesis. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 28(9), 2005-2014. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNSRE.2020.3010625

Using a shoulder harness and control cable, a person can control the opening and closing of a bodypowered prosthesis prehensor. In many setups the cable does not pass adjacent to the shoulder joint center allowing shoulder flexion on the prostheti... Read More about Evaluating reachable workspace and user control over prehensor aperture for a body-powered prosthesis.

What is the evidence for the impact of gardens and gardening on health and well-being : a scoping review and evidence-based logic model to guide healthcare strategy decision making on the use of gardening approaches as a social prescription (2020)
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Howarth, M., Brettle, A., Hardman, M., & Maden, M. (2020). What is the evidence for the impact of gardens and gardening on health and well-being : a scoping review and evidence-based logic model to guide healthcare strategy decision making on the use of gardening approaches as a social prescription. BMJ Open, 10(7), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-036923

Objective: To systematically identify and describe studies that have evaluated the impact of gardens and gardening on health and wellbeing. A secondary objective was to use this evidence to build evidence-based logic models to guide health stra... Read More about What is the evidence for the impact of gardens and gardening on health and well-being : a scoping review and evidence-based logic model to guide healthcare strategy decision making on the use of gardening approaches as a social prescription.

Child first, offender second – a progressive model for education in custody (2020)
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Case, S., & Hazel, N. (2020). Child first, offender second – a progressive model for education in custody. International Journal of Educational Development, 77, 102244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2020.102244

Dis­en­gage­ment and poor ed­u­ca­tional at­tain­ment in ed­u­ca­tion are firmly es­tab­lished risk fac­tors for ju­ve­nile crime, lead­ing pol­i­cy­mak­ers to iden­tify ed­u­ca­tional pro­vi­sion in and af­ter cus­tody as a key path­way for ef­fec­t... Read More about Child first, offender second – a progressive model for education in custody.