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A place to call home (2017)
Book Chapter
Gibbons, A. (2017). A place to call home. In A Right to the City: A Verso Report. Verso

An investigation of the meaning of home as it connects to a sense of self, to health and to community, and a look at the politics and policies that underpin the tragedy of Grenfell and where we can go from here.

When voluntary work makes you sick (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Kamerāde, D., & Bennett, M. (2017, November). When voluntary work makes you sick. Presented at Social (In)Security: Lived Experiences of the Benefits System, Manchester Museum of Industry and Science

Due to growing labour market deregulation and flexibilisation an increasing number of people are likely to experience unemployment and declining mental health and well-being associated with it. This article explores whether engagement in voluntary wo... Read More about When voluntary work makes you sick.

How do we get there? Effects of cognitive aging on route memory (2017)
Journal Article
O'Malley, M., Innes, A., & Wiener, J. (2017). How do we get there? Effects of cognitive aging on route memory. Memory and Cognition, 46(2), 274-284. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-017-0763-7

Research into the effects of cognitive aging on route navigation usually focuses on differences in learning performance. In contrast, we investigated age-related differences in route knowledge after successful route learning. One young and two groups... Read More about How do we get there? Effects of cognitive aging on route memory.

Interdisciplinary care of a neonate with haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (2017)
Journal Article
Lowe-Lennon, N., & Jones, T. (2017). Interdisciplinary care of a neonate with haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Nursing Children and Young People, 29(9), 23-27. https://doi.org/10.7748/ncyp.2017.e971

The effects of a four week jump-training program on frontal plane projection angle in female gymnasts (2017)
Journal Article
Colclough, A., Munro, A., Herrington, L., McMahon, J., & Comfort, P. (2018). The effects of a four week jump-training program on frontal plane projection angle in female gymnasts. Physical Therapy in Sport, 30, 29-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2017.11.003

Objectives: To investigate the effects of a four week jump training program on frontal plane projection angle (FPPA) in young female gymnasts.
Design: Intervention study, consisting of a four week jump training program performed for 15 minutes as... Read More about The effects of a four week jump-training program on frontal plane projection angle in female gymnasts.

Estimated landmark calibration of biomechanical models for inverse kinematics (2017)
Journal Article
Trinler, U., & Baker, R. (2017). Estimated landmark calibration of biomechanical models for inverse kinematics. Medical Engineering and Physics, 51, 79-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2017.10.015

Inverse kinematics is emerging as the optimal method in movement analysis to fit a multi-segment biomechanical model to experimental marker positions. A key part of this process is calibrating the model to the dimensions of the individual being analy... Read More about Estimated landmark calibration of biomechanical models for inverse kinematics.

Service user engagement in healthcare education as a mechanism for value based recruitment: an evaluation study (2017)
Journal Article

Aim
Within the United Kingdom (UK) there is an increasing focus on Values Based Recruitment (VBR) of staff working in the National Health Service (NHS) in response to public inquiries criticising the lack of person-centred care. All NHS employees ar... Read More about Service user engagement in healthcare education as a mechanism for value based recruitment: an evaluation study.

Footwear interventions for foot pain, function, impairment and disability for people with foot and ankle arthritis : a literature review (2017)
Journal Article
Frecklington, M., Dalbeth, N., McNair, P., Gow, P., Williams, A., Carroll, M., & Rome, K. (2018). Footwear interventions for foot pain, function, impairment and disability for people with foot and ankle arthritis : a literature review. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 47(6), 814-824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2017.10.017

Objective: To conduct a literature review on the effectiveness of footwear on foot pain, function, impairment and disability for people with foot and ankle arthritis.

Methods: A search of the electronic databases Scopus, Medline, CINAHL, Sport... Read More about Footwear interventions for foot pain, function, impairment and disability for people with foot and ankle arthritis : a literature review.

Drugs used in respiratory conditions (2017)
Journal Article
Robertson, D. (2017). Drugs used in respiratory conditions. Nurse Prescribing, 15(11), 563-566. https://doi.org/10.12968/npre.2017.15.11.563

In this article our ‘bite sized’ pharmacology series, we will look at the pharmacological actions of drugs used in respiratory conditions. This article will illustrate the common therapeutic interventions in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary d... Read More about Drugs used in respiratory conditions.

Antimicrobial resistance, antibiotic stewardship, and the midwife's role (2017)
Journal Article
Furber, C., G Allison, D., & Hindley, C. (2017). Antimicrobial resistance, antibiotic stewardship, and the midwife's role. British Journal of Midwifery, 25(11), 693-698. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2017.25.11.693

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the greatest challenges to health care. With a reduced number of effective antibiotics, treatable conditions, such as ear, tooth and urine infections, may therefore become life-threatening. In order to minimise anti... Read More about Antimicrobial resistance, antibiotic stewardship, and the midwife's role.

Performance of optimised prosthetic ankle designs that are based on a hydraulic variable displacement actuator (VDA) (2017)
Journal Article
Gardiner, J., Bari, A., Kenney, L., Twiste, M., Moser, D., Zahedi, S., & Howard, D. (2017). Performance of optimised prosthetic ankle designs that are based on a hydraulic variable displacement actuator (VDA). IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 25(12), 2418-2426. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNSRE.2017.2763999

Current energy storage and return (ESR) prosthetic
feet only marginally reduce the cost of amputee locomotion
compared to basic solid ankle cushioned heel (SACH) feet,
possibly due to their lack of push-off at the end of stance. To our knowledge,... Read More about Performance of optimised prosthetic ankle designs that are based on a hydraulic variable displacement actuator (VDA).

A psycho-legal perspective on sexual offending in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (2017)
Journal Article

It is important to consider whether there are innate vulnerabilities that increase the risk of an individual with an autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), predominantly those defendants with a diagnosis of Asperger’s Syndrome, being charged and convicted... Read More about A psycho-legal perspective on sexual offending in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Challenges associated with x-ray imaging of stretcher-bound patients (2017)
Journal Article

Patients often arrive at imaging departments on stretchers, and in certain circumstances they must remain on the stretcher for the imaging examination to reduce the likelihood of exacerbating injuries. Imaging stretcher-bound patients can be challeng... Read More about Challenges associated with x-ray imaging of stretcher-bound patients.

Using solution focused practice with adults in health and social care (2017)
Book

An essential introduction which shows you how to work in solution focused ways with people in all stages of adulthood, including those with illness, mental disability and emotional trauma. It includes example activities that can be used to guide serv... Read More about Using solution focused practice with adults in health and social care.

Give them dignity : a review of I, Daniel Blake (2017)
Journal Article
Gibbons, A. (2017). Give them dignity : a review of I, Daniel Blake. Urbanisation, 2(2), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1177/2455747117734704

When your life is not your own (2017)
Journal Article
Dubrow-Marshall, L., & Dubrow-Marshall, R. (2017). When your life is not your own

The Serious Crime Act (2015) in the UK made controlling and coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship a criminal abuse, recognising the damaging effects of a pattern of psychological abuse. Yet, people in psychologically abusive relati... Read More about When your life is not your own.

Reflection on biographic disruption in families of a child with short bowel syndrome (SBS) : a diary study (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Brooke, J., Cooper-Ryan, A., Khalil, B., Morabito, A., & Coffey, M. (2017, November). Reflection on biographic disruption in families of a child with short bowel syndrome (SBS) : a diary study. Poster presented at Qual-World Interactive Virtual Conference, University of Alberta, Canada

Being in the Social : a cross-cultural and cross generational study on identity processes related to Facebook use (2017)
Journal Article

Facebook (FB) is a social network allowing people to express their own identity. We propose that the frequency of use of FB can be explained in part by two identity processes: identity motives satisfaction (esteem, continuity, belonging and efficacy)... Read More about Being in the Social : a cross-cultural and cross generational study on identity processes related to Facebook use.

Physiotherapy and physical activity: A cross-sectional survey exploring physical activity promotion, knowledge of physical activity guidelines and the physical activity habits of UK physiotherapists (2017)
Journal Article
Lowe, A., Littlewood, C., McLean, S., & Kilner, K. (2017). Physiotherapy and physical activity: A cross-sectional survey exploring physical activity promotion, knowledge of physical activity guidelines and the physical activity habits of UK physiotherapists. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 3, Article e000290. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2017-000290

Objective: Physical inactivity is a public health priority and embedding promotion of physical activity (PA) within healthcare systems is an important lever for change. Many factors influence PA promotion in routine healthcare practice; these include... Read More about Physiotherapy and physical activity: A cross-sectional survey exploring physical activity promotion, knowledge of physical activity guidelines and the physical activity habits of UK physiotherapists.

Evaluation of a primary care triumvirate leadership development programme (2017)
Journal Article
Leigh, J., Rosen, L., Gillaspy, E., Storey, K., & Wilkinson, M. (2017). Evaluation of a primary care triumvirate leadership development programme. Primary Health Care, 27(9), 20-26. https://doi.org/10.7748/phc.2017.e1298

This paper evaluates a primary care triumvirate leadership programme from the perspectives of key stakeholders (General Practitioners, General Practice Nurses, Practice Managers, programme and practice colleagues); and to provide evidencedinformed re... Read More about Evaluation of a primary care triumvirate leadership development programme.