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Strength and Conditioning for Netball: A Needs Analysis and Training Recommendations (2017)
Journal Article
Thomas, C., Comfort, P., Jones, P. A., & Dos'Santos, T. (2017). Strength and Conditioning for Netball: A Needs Analysis and Training Recommendations. Strength and Conditioning Journal, 39(4), 10-21. https://doi.org/10.1519/SSC.0000000000000287

There is a lack of strength and conditioning research into the demands and the specific areas of development required to optimize performance and reduce the risk of common injuries in female netball athletes. Netball is predominantly anaerobic, chara... Read More about Strength and Conditioning for Netball: A Needs Analysis and Training Recommendations.

Can shoulder range of movement be measured accurately using the Microsoft Kinect sensor plus Medical Interactive Recovery Assistant (MIRA) software? (2017)
Journal Article
Wilson, J., Khan-Perez, J., Marley, D., Buttress, S., Walton, M., Li, B., & Roy, B. (2017). Can shoulder range of movement be measured accurately using the Microsoft Kinect sensor plus Medical Interactive Recovery Assistant (MIRA) software?. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, 26(12), e382-e389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jse.2017.06.004

Background This study compared the accuracy of measuring shoulder range of movement (ROM) with a simple laptop-sensor combination vs. trained observers (shoulder physiotherapists and shoulder surgeons) using motion capture (MoCap) laboratory equipmen... Read More about Can shoulder range of movement be measured accurately using the Microsoft Kinect sensor plus Medical Interactive Recovery Assistant (MIRA) software?.

Investigating the association between children’s screen media exposure and vocabulary size in the UK (2017)
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Children are growing up in a digital age with increasing exposure to television and touchscreen devices. We tested whether exposure to screen media is associated with children’s early language development. One hundred and thirty-one highly educated c... Read More about Investigating the association between children’s screen media exposure and vocabulary size in the UK.

Capturing hearts and minds : the influence of relational identification with the leader on followers' mobilization and cardiovascular reactivity (2017)
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The influence of relational identification (RI) on leadership processes and the effects of social identity leadership
on followers' responses to stress have received scant theoretical and research attention. The present research
advances theoretica... Read More about Capturing hearts and minds : the influence of relational identification with the leader on followers' mobilization and cardiovascular reactivity.

Differences in vertical jump force-time characteristics between stronger and weaker adolescent basketball players (2017)
Journal Article
Thomas, C., Kyriakidou, I., Dos'Santos, T., & Jones, P. (2017). Differences in vertical jump force-time characteristics between stronger and weaker adolescent basketball players. Sports, 5(3), #63. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports5030063

The countermovement jump (CMJ) and isometric mid-thigh pull (IMTP) are commonly used to compare one’s force capacity during dynamic and isometric assessments, respectively. However, little research has investigated the influence of maximum isometric... Read More about Differences in vertical jump force-time characteristics between stronger and weaker adolescent basketball players.

Morphology of the toe flexor muscles in older people with toe deformities (2017)
Journal Article
Mickle, K., & Nester, C. (2017). Morphology of the toe flexor muscles in older people with toe deformities. Arthritis Care and Research, 70(6), 902-907. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.23348

Objective: Despite suggestions that atrophied, or weak toe flexor muscles are associated with the formation of toe deformities, there has been little evidence to support this theory. This study aimed to determine whether the size of the toe flexor mu... Read More about Morphology of the toe flexor muscles in older people with toe deformities.

Chronic pain assessments in children and adolescents : a systematic literature review of the selection, administration, interpretation, and reporting of unidimensional pain intensity scales (2017)
Journal Article
Lee, R., Rashid, A., Ghio, D., Thomson, W., & Cordingley, L. (2017). Chronic pain assessments in children and adolescents : a systematic literature review of the selection, administration, interpretation, and reporting of unidimensional pain intensity scales. Pain Research and Management, 2017, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/7603758

Background. Advances in pain assessment approaches now indicate which measures should be used to capture chronic pain experiences in children and adolescents. However, there is little guidance on how these tools should best be administered and report... Read More about Chronic pain assessments in children and adolescents : a systematic literature review of the selection, administration, interpretation, and reporting of unidimensional pain intensity scales.

Comment on : "Anthropometric and physical qualities of elite male youth rugby league players" (2017)
Journal Article
McMahon, J., Jones, P., & Comfort, P. (2017). Comment on : "Anthropometric and physical qualities of elite male youth rugby league players". Sports Medicine, 47(12), 2667-2668. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-017-0771-6

We read with interest the recent review on anthropometric and physical qualities of elite male youth rugby league players by Till et al. and congratulate the authors for producing a very informative review. However, we would like to raise an issue th... Read More about Comment on : "Anthropometric and physical qualities of elite male youth rugby league players".

A social norms approach to changing school children’s perceptions of tobacco usage (2017)
Journal Article
Sheikh, A., Vadera, S., Ravey, M., Lovatt, G., & Kelly, G. (2017). A social norms approach to changing school children’s perceptions of tobacco usage. Health Education, 117(6), 530-539. https://doi.org/10.1108/he-01-2017-0006

Purpose: Over 200,000 young people in the UK embark on a smoking career annually, thus continued effort is required to understand the types of interventions that are most effective in changing perceptions about smoking amongst teenagers. Several auth... Read More about A social norms approach to changing school children’s perceptions of tobacco usage.

Developing and Evaluating JIApp: Acceptability and Usability of a Smartphone App System to Improve Self-Management in Young People With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (2017)
Journal Article

Background: Flare-ups in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) are characterized by joint pain and swelling and often accompanied
with fatigue, negative emotions, and reduced participation in activities. To minimize the impact of JIA on the physical a... Read More about Developing and Evaluating JIApp: Acceptability and Usability of a Smartphone App System to Improve Self-Management in Young People With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.

Editors' introduction (2017)
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In the contemporary world visual data are found in a range of forms and formats and in a variety of practical empirical contexts. Our Introduction considers the growth of visual studies in recent decades and its increasing focus upon practices of vis... Read More about Editors' introduction.

Seeing real life? Working with the visual to understand landscapes of community (2017)
Journal Article
Clark, A. (2017). Seeing real life? Working with the visual to understand landscapes of community. International Review of Qualitative Research, 10(2), 190-210. https://doi.org/10.1525/irqr.2017.10.2.190

This paper reports on the use of visual techniques and data as part of a multimethod investigation exploring the temporal and spatial contexts of social connections and community formation in an economically and socially heterogeneous inner city neig... Read More about Seeing real life? Working with the visual to understand landscapes of community.

Gather in my name, my skin, my everything...('Gather in my name' : Maya Angelou 1974) (2017)
Journal Article
Hesk, G. (2017). Gather in my name, my skin, my everything...('Gather in my name' : Maya Angelou 1974). Qualitative Research Journal, 17(3), 188-201. https://doi.org/10.1108/QRJ-03-2017-0007

Purpose
Based on a performance of a conversation between my white mother and myself – her mixed race black daughter – the purpose of this paper is to deconstruct the complexity of the intersection of migration, racism, sexism, disability, and class... Read More about Gather in my name, my skin, my everything...('Gather in my name' : Maya Angelou 1974).

Improving access to mental health care in an Orthodox Jewish community : a critical reflection upon the accommodation of otherness (2017)
Journal Article
McEvoy, P., Williamson, T., Kada, R., Frazer, D., Dhliwayo, C., & Gask, L. (2017). Improving access to mental health care in an Orthodox Jewish community : a critical reflection upon the accommodation of otherness. BMC Health Services Research, 17(1), 557. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2509-4

The English National Health Service (NHS) has significantly extended the supply of evidence based psychological interventions in primary care for people experiencing common mental health problems. Yet despite the extra resources, the accessibility of... Read More about Improving access to mental health care in an Orthodox Jewish community : a critical reflection upon the accommodation of otherness.

Making it ‘APP’en : service user feedback : developing and implementing a service user APP : reflections from Northern Ireland, England and Scotland (2017)
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Despite the advent of social media and increasing use of smart phone technology amongst global and UK populations, APP’s for social work remain in their infancy. Several have been developed which focus on the education of social workers and practitio... Read More about Making it ‘APP’en : service user feedback : developing and implementing a service user APP : reflections from Northern Ireland, England and Scotland.

Glucose turn point as a marker of exercise intensity in elite swimmers (2017)
Journal Article
Swanwick, E., & Matthews, M. (2017). Glucose turn point as a marker of exercise intensity in elite swimmers. International journal of sports and exercise medicine, 3(4), https://doi.org/10.23937/2469-5718/1510067

Purpose: To investigate a blood glucose profile and turn
point during incremental exercise.
Methods: Thirty-three national and international-level swimmers undertook a 7 × 200 m discontinuous, incremental, training set on a six-minute turnaround. S... Read More about Glucose turn point as a marker of exercise intensity in elite swimmers.