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Testing the potential of combining functional near-infrared spectroscopy with different virtual reality displays - Oculus Rift and oCtAVE (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The aim of this pilot study was to assess the pros and cons of combining mobile neuroimaging with two different styles of highly immersive displays: one that is worn on the head; and the other that is entered. Specifically wearable Functional Near In... Read More about Testing the potential of combining functional near-infrared spectroscopy with different virtual reality displays - Oculus Rift and oCtAVE.

Telethrone reconstructed; ongoing testing toward a more natural situated display (2017)
Presentation / Conference
O'Hare, J., Fairchild, A., Wolff, R., & Roberts, D. (2017, February). Telethrone reconstructed; ongoing testing toward a more natural situated display. Presented at International AR & VR Conference, Manchester, United Kingdom

The concept of supporting ad hoc or dynamic membership tele-present meetings through pulling up a chair is novel. In real world business situations, people pull up a chair after catching the eye of someone already seated. Telethrone is a situated dis... Read More about Telethrone reconstructed; ongoing testing toward a more natural situated display.

A Systematic Review of Electromyography Studies in Normal Shoulders to Inform Postoperative Rehabilitation Following Rotator Cuff Repair (2017)
Journal Article
Edwards, P. K., Ebert, J. R., Littlewood, C., Ackland, T., & Wang, A. (2017). A Systematic Review of Electromyography Studies in Normal Shoulders to Inform Postoperative Rehabilitation Following Rotator Cuff Repair. Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, 47(12), 931-944. https://doi.org/10.2519/jospt.2017.7271

STUDY DESIGN: Systematic review.

BACKGROUND: Electromyography (EMG) has previously been used to guide postoperative rehabilitation progression following rotator cuff repair to prevent deleterious loading of early surgical repair.

OBJECTIVE: T... Read More about A Systematic Review of Electromyography Studies in Normal Shoulders to Inform Postoperative Rehabilitation Following Rotator Cuff Repair.

Erratum: Corrigendum to Baby was a black sheep: Digit ratio (2D:4D), maternal bonding and primary and secondary psychopathy (Personality and Individual Differences (2016) 99 (67–71)(S0191886916303373)(10.1016/j.paid.2016.04.077)) (2017)
Journal Article
Blanchard, A. (2017). Erratum: Corrigendum to Baby was a black sheep: Digit ratio (2D:4D), maternal bonding and primary and secondary psychopathy (Personality and Individual Differences (2016) 99 (67–71)(S0191886916303373)(10.1016/j.paid.2016.04.077)). Personality and Individual Differences, 104, 568. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.09.052

Barriers and facilitators to extended working lives in Europe : a gender focus (2017)
Journal Article

Background: There is a global imperative to respond to the challenge of a growing ‘old-age dependency ratio’ by ensuring the workforce is healthy enough to remain in work for longer. Currently more than half of older workers leave before the default... Read More about Barriers and facilitators to extended working lives in Europe : a gender focus.

Time spent in sedentary posture is associated with waist circumference and cardiovascular risk (2017)
Journal Article

Background
The relationship between metabolic risk and time spent sitting, standing and stepping has not been well established. The present study aimed to determine associations of objectively measured time spent siting, standing and stepping, with... Read More about Time spent in sedentary posture is associated with waist circumference and cardiovascular risk.

TA treatment of depression : a hermeneutic single-case efficacy design study - ‘Caterina’ (2017)
Journal Article
efficacy design study - ‘Caterina’. International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research, 8(1), 21-38

This study is the second of a series of seven, and
belongs to the second Italian systematic replication of
findings from two previous series (Widdowson 2012a,
2012b, 2012c, 2013; Benelli, 2016a, 2016b, 2016c) that
investigated the effectiveness o... Read More about TA treatment of depression : a hermeneutic single-case efficacy design study - ‘Caterina’.

Rereading Rosenhan (2017)
Journal Article
Cummins, I. (2020). Rereading Rosenhan. Illness, Crisis and Loss, 28(1), 38-50. https://doi.org/10.1177/1054137317690377

Rosenhan’s pseudopatient experiment is one of the most famous psychological studies or experiments that has ever been conducted. The experiment took place at the end of a period in the 1960s which saw the intellectual base of psychiatry and psychiatr... Read More about Rereading Rosenhan.

The factors impacting on discharge planning in neonatal intensive care units: a systematic review (2017)
Journal Article
Alreshidi, N., & Long, T. (2017). The factors impacting on discharge planning in neonatal intensive care units: a systematic review

Background: The discharge planning process is an indispensable component of neonatal intensive care. However, this comes with various challenges. This review was undertaken to inform practice.
Aim: The review was designed to identify factors that co... Read More about The factors impacting on discharge planning in neonatal intensive care units: a systematic review.

Bitcoin beyond ambivalence : popular rationalization and Feenberg's technical politics (2017)
Journal Article
Redshaw, T. (2017). Bitcoin beyond ambivalence : popular rationalization and Feenberg's technical politics. Thesis Eleven, 138(1), 46-64. https://doi.org/10.1177/0725513616689390

In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, Bitcoin emerged as an alternative monetary system that could circumvent political and financial authorities. A practice in libertarian prefigurative politics, Bitcoin demonstrates the capacity for online... Read More about Bitcoin beyond ambivalence : popular rationalization and Feenberg's technical politics.

Sexual health beliefs among minority ethnic families in the north of England (2017)
Journal Article
Ochieng, B., & Meetoo, D. (2017). Sexual health beliefs among minority ethnic families in the north of England. Journal of Health Visiting, 5(1), 38-43. https://doi.org/10.12968/johv.2017.5.1.38

The purpose of this study was to explore beliefs and attitudes regarding sexual health among minority ethnic families. Focus group discussions with a convenience sample from a black African community comprising 32 adults (38–58 years of age) were und... Read More about Sexual health beliefs among minority ethnic families in the north of England.

Sex differences in countermovement jump phase characteristics (2017)
Journal Article
McMahon, J., Rej, S., & Comfort, P. (2017). Sex differences in countermovement jump phase characteristics. Sports, 5(1), 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports5010008

The countermovement jump (CMJ) is commonly used to explore sex differences in neuromuscular function, but previous studies have only reported gross CMJ measures or have partly examined CMJ phase characteristics. The purpose of this study was to explo... Read More about Sex differences in countermovement jump phase characteristics.

The relationship between external knee moments and muscle co-activation in subjects with medial knee osteoarthritis (2017)
Journal Article
Selistre, L., Mattiello, S., Nakagawa, T., Gonçalves, G., Petrella, M., & Jones, R. (2017). The relationship between external knee moments and muscle co-activation in subjects with medial knee osteoarthritis. Journal of Electro - myography and Kinesiology, 33, 64-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelekin.2017.01.007

Purpose: External knee moments are reliable to measure knee load but it does not take into
account muscle activity. Considering that muscle co-activation increases compressive forces
at the knee joint, identifying relationships between muscle co-ac... Read More about The relationship between external knee moments and muscle co-activation in subjects with medial knee osteoarthritis.

Fathers of adults who have intellectual disability - presentation for the Disability and Participation Research Seminar Series (invited presentation) (2017)
Other

Technologies to support community-dwelling persons with dementia : a position paper on issues regarding development, usability, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, deployment, and ethics (2017)
Journal Article

Background: With the expected increase in the numbers of persons with dementia, providing timely, adequate, and affordable care and support is challenging. Assistive and health technologies may be a valuable contribution in dementia care, but new cha... Read More about Technologies to support community-dwelling persons with dementia : a position paper on issues regarding development, usability, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, deployment, and ethics.

The use of touch in developing a therapeutic relationship (2017)
Journal Article
Stonehouse, D. (2017). The use of touch in developing a therapeutic relationship. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 11(1), 15-17. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2017.11.1.15

The use of touch within health and social care is the focus of this article. The different types
of touch will first be defined, before moving on to examine the many benefits that expressive
touch can bring to the health and social care role and to... Read More about The use of touch in developing a therapeutic relationship.

Independence : proposing an initial framework for occupational therapy (2017)
Journal Article
Collins, B. (2017). Independence : proposing an initial framework for occupational therapy. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 24(6), 398-409. https://doi.org/10.1080/11038128.2016.1271011

Background: The concept of independence is common in occupational therapy theory and practice but has rarely been clearly defined or conceptualized within in occupational therapy literature and there seems to be no standard definition. This can resul... Read More about Independence : proposing an initial framework for occupational therapy.

The experiences of myocardial infarction patients readmitted within six months of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (2017)
Journal Article
Iles-Smith, H., Deaton, C., Campbell, M., Mercer, C., & McGowan, L. (2017). The experiences of myocardial infarction patients readmitted within six months of primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26(21-22), 3511-3518. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.13715

Aims and objectives
To explore the experiences of patients readmitted due to potential ischaemic heart disease symptoms within six months of primary percutaneous coronary intervention.
Background
Following myocardial infarction and primary percuta... Read More about The experiences of myocardial infarction patients readmitted within six months of primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

Care farming and green care in Salford (2017)
Report
Gibbons, A., Hardman, M., Howarth, M., James, C., & Sherriff, G. (2017). Care farming and green care in Salford

This report presents a University of Salford (UoS)
investigation into the potential for care farming in
Salford as part of the University’s teaching, research and
enterprise activities.

The work has critically engaged with the notion of care... Read More about Care farming and green care in Salford.

The relationship between 2D knee valgus angle during single leg squat, single leg land and drop jump screening tests (2017)
Journal Article
Munro, A., Herrington, L., & Comfort, P. (2017). The relationship between 2D knee valgus angle during single leg squat, single leg land and drop jump screening tests. Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, 26(1), 72-77. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsr.2015-0102

Context:
Injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and patellofemoral joint (PFJ) are a significant problem in female athletes. A number of screening tasks have been used in the literature to identify those at greatest risk of injury. To dat... Read More about The relationship between 2D knee valgus angle during single leg squat, single leg land and drop jump screening tests.