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Safety, Feasibility, and Efficacy of EMDR Therapy in Adults with PTSD and Mild Intellectual Disability or Borderline Intellectual Functioning and Mental Health Problems: A Multiple Baseline Study (2022)
Journal Article
Verhagen, I., van der Heijden, R., de Jongh, A., Korzilius, H., Mevissen, L., & Didden, R. (2023). Safety, Feasibility, and Efficacy of EMDR Therapy in Adults with PTSD and Mild Intellectual Disability or Borderline Intellectual Functioning and Mental Health Problems: A Multiple Baseline Study. Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 16(4), 291-313. https://doi.org/10.1080/19315864.2022.2148791

Background
Little is known about the efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in people with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning (MID-... Read More about Safety, Feasibility, and Efficacy of EMDR Therapy in Adults with PTSD and Mild Intellectual Disability or Borderline Intellectual Functioning and Mental Health Problems: A Multiple Baseline Study.

Impact of swim training loads on shoulder musculoskeletal physical qualities (PhD Academy Award) (2022)
Journal Article
Yoma, M. (2022). Impact of swim training loads on shoulder musculoskeletal physical qualities (PhD Academy Award). British Journal of Sports Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2021-105057

What did I do?
I investigated the effects of swim training loads on physical qualities of the shoulder. The aim was to widen the knowledge of the interaction between training loads and potential risk factors for shoulder pain in competitive swimmers... Read More about Impact of swim training loads on shoulder musculoskeletal physical qualities (PhD Academy Award).

Effects of intensive trauma-focused treatment of individuals with both post-traumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder (2022)
Journal Article
Kolthof, K. A., Voorendonk, E. M., Van Minnen, A., & De Jongh, A. (2022). Effects of intensive trauma-focused treatment of individuals with both post-traumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 13(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2022.2143076

Background: Research indicates that intensive trauma-focused therapy can be effective in alleviating symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD). However, these studies have relied on self-report of BPD... Read More about Effects of intensive trauma-focused treatment of individuals with both post-traumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder.

The impacts of welfare conditionality: sanctions support and behaviour change (2022)
Book
Dwyer, P., Scullion, L., Jones, K., McNeill, J., & Stewart, A. (2022). The impacts of welfare conditionality: sanctions support and behaviour change. Bristol: Policy Press

This book provides an original, empirically informed
understanding of the impacts, effectiveness and ethicality of welfare
conditionality at it plays out over time within the lives of a diversity of
welfare recipients. Utilising the qualitative, l... Read More about The impacts of welfare conditionality: sanctions support and behaviour change.

A systematic review of outcomes of high tibial osteotomy for the valgus knee (2022)
Journal Article
Coakley, A., McNicholas, M., Biant, L., & Tawy, G. (2022). A systematic review of outcomes of high tibial osteotomy for the valgus knee. ˜The œKnee (Amsterdam. Online), 40, 97-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knee.2022.11.007

Osteoarthritis is a prolific condition in an increasingly ageing and obese population. Research into treatments of this condition and their efficacy are vital. Outcomes of high tibial osteotomy (HTO) for the varus knee is widely reported. There is le... Read More about A systematic review of outcomes of high tibial osteotomy for the valgus knee.

Exploring male survivors of childhood sexual abuse experiences of specialist counselling services (2022)
Journal Article
Viliardos, L., Murphy, N., & McAndrew, S. (2022). Exploring male survivors of childhood sexual abuse experiences of specialist counselling services. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 23(1), 115-124. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12596

Global estimates suggest 5% to 10% of men report experience of childhood sexual abuse (CSA). However, male CSA is significantly underreported, with men being reluctant to disclose due to vulnerability, stigmatisation, homophobic responses, and fearin... Read More about Exploring male survivors of childhood sexual abuse experiences of specialist counselling services.

Understanding the psychosocial needs of breast cancer survivors in the United Arab Emirates: a qualitative study (2022)
Journal Article
Aamir, M., Al Ameri, M., Ganesan, S., Alharmoudi, F., Alshehhi, A., Alhashmi, F., …Zaher, W. (2022). Understanding the psychosocial needs of breast cancer survivors in the United Arab Emirates: a qualitative study. Discover Psychology, 2(43), https://doi.org/10.1007/s44202-022-00056-0

Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the United Arab Emirates; yet there is little known about the psychosocial concerns of the survivors. Research shows that meeting the psychosocial needs significantly contributes to c... Read More about Understanding the psychosocial needs of breast cancer survivors in the United Arab Emirates: a qualitative study.

The effect of foot position during static calibration trials on knee kinematic and kinetics during walking (2022)
Journal Article
Althomali, O., Starbuck, C., Alarifi, S., Alsaqri, K., Mohammad, W., Elsais, W., & Jones, R. (2022). The effect of foot position during static calibration trials on knee kinematic and kinetics during walking. Gait & Posture, 99, 133-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2022.11.007

Background
Gait analysis has been used extensively for computing knee kinematics and kinetics, in particular, in healthy and impaired individuals. One variable assessed is the external knee adduction moment (EKAM). Variations in EKAM values between... Read More about The effect of foot position during static calibration trials on knee kinematic and kinetics during walking.

Getting lost with dementia: encounters with the time-space of not knowing (2022)
Journal Article
Ward, R., Rummery, K., Odzakovic, E., Manji, K., Keady, J., Kullberg, A., …Campbell, S. (2022). Getting lost with dementia: encounters with the time-space of not knowing. Health and Place, 78, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102940

In this paper we explore the experience and implications of getting lost with dementia. While getting lost has become culturally emblematic of dementia, speaking as it does to a widespread fear of losing our place in the world, it is marked by an ove... Read More about Getting lost with dementia: encounters with the time-space of not knowing.

The use of machine learning to reduce overtreatment of the axilla in breast cancer: retrospective cohort study (2022)
Journal Article
Jozsa, F., Baker, R., Kelly, P., Ahmed, M., & Douek, M. (2022). The use of machine learning to reduce overtreatment of the axilla in breast cancer: retrospective cohort study. JMIR Perioperative Medicine, 5(1), e34600. https://doi.org/10.2196/34600

Background:
Patients with early breast cancer undergoing primary surgery, who have low axillary nodal burden, can safely forego axillary node clearance (ANC). However, routine use of axillary ultrasound (AUS) leads to 43% of patients in this group h... Read More about The use of machine learning to reduce overtreatment of the axilla in breast cancer: retrospective cohort study.

Continuous traumatic stress: examining the experiences and support needs of women after separation from an abusive partner (2022)
Journal Article
Hulley, J., Wager, K., Gomersall, T., Bailey, L., Kirkman, G., Gibbs, G., & Jones, A. (2022). Continuous traumatic stress: examining the experiences and support needs of women after separation from an abusive partner. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605221132776

Intimate partner violence causes significant, long-lasting harm to almost one-third (27%) of the world’s population of women. Even when women leave abusive relationships, some men continue to exercise control over their ex-partners through psychologi... Read More about Continuous traumatic stress: examining the experiences and support needs of women after separation from an abusive partner.

Understanding advance care planning in care homes throughout the COVID-19 pandemic: a critical realist review and synthesis (2022)
Journal Article
Spacey, A., & Porter, S. (2022). Understanding advance care planning in care homes throughout the COVID-19 pandemic: a critical realist review and synthesis. Palliative Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163221137103

Background:
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted advance care planning discussions in care homes, particularly discussions involving relatives and surrogate decision makers. There is a need to collate and examine current evidence to assess the extent... Read More about Understanding advance care planning in care homes throughout the COVID-19 pandemic: a critical realist review and synthesis.

Assessment of motor limb strength by neuroscience nurses: variations in practice and associated challenges (2022)
Journal Article
Cook, N., Braine, M., O'Rourke, C., & Nolan, S. (2022). Assessment of motor limb strength by neuroscience nurses: variations in practice and associated challenges. British Journal of Nursing, 31(20), 1033-1039. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2022.31.20.1033

Background:Limb strength is a central component of neurological assessment and monitoring in nursing practice, yet there is a lack of research examining the tools used by nurses or challenges nurses encounter when using these tools. The evidence base... Read More about Assessment of motor limb strength by neuroscience nurses: variations in practice and associated challenges.

Physiotherapists' knowledge of and adherence to evidence-based practice guidelines and recommendations for ankle sprains management (2022)
Journal Article
Caffini, G., Battista, S., Raschi, A., & Testa, M. (in press). Physiotherapists' knowledge of and adherence to evidence-based practice guidelines and recommendations for ankle sprains management. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 23(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-022-05914-5

Background
Lateral ankle sprain (LAS) is a common and burdensome injury. However, the quality of its management is scant. Nowadays, physiotherapy management of musculoskeletal diseases seems to be generally not based on research evidence. Studies th... Read More about Physiotherapists' knowledge of and adherence to evidence-based practice guidelines and recommendations for ankle sprains management.

Leadership styles and their outcomes: a study of a Nigerian hospital middle management nurses (2022)
Journal Article
Adunola, T. (2022). Leadership styles and their outcomes: a study of a Nigerian hospital middle management nurses. Leadership in Health Services, https://doi.org/10.1108/lhs-05-2022-0058

Purpose
This study was conducted to identify and explore the leadership styles and the leadership outcomes of the middle management nurses in a large tertiary hospital in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo state of Nigeria. This study aims to explore and de... Read More about Leadership styles and their outcomes: a study of a Nigerian hospital middle management nurses.

The Cost-Effectiveness of the SMART Work & Life Intervention for Reducing Sitting Time (2022)
Journal Article
Cox, E., Walker, S., Edwardson, C. L., Biddle, S. J. H., Clarke-Cornwell, A. M., Clemes, S. A., …Richardson, G. (2022). The Cost-Effectiveness of the SMART Work & Life Intervention for Reducing Sitting Time. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(22), 14861. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214861

Sedentary behaviours continue to increase and are associated with heightened risks of morbidity and mortality. We assessed the cost-effectiveness of SMART Work & Life (SWAL), an intervention designed to reduce sitting time inside and outside of w... Read More about The Cost-Effectiveness of the SMART Work & Life Intervention for Reducing Sitting Time.

The immediate effect of backward walking on external knee adduction moment in healthy individuals (2022)
Journal Article
adduction moment in healthy individuals. Journal of Healthcare Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/4232990

Backward walking (BW) has been recommended as a rehabilitation intervention to prevent, manage, or improve diseases. However, previous studies showed that BW significantly increased the first vertical ground reaction force (GRF) during gait, which mi... Read More about The immediate effect of backward walking on external knee adduction moment in healthy individuals.

Multidisciplinary management of a complex abdominal wound post necrotising fasciitis: a case study (2022)
Journal Article
Wynn, M., Gibson, R., & Goldsmith, P. (2022). Multidisciplinary management of a complex abdominal wound post necrotising fasciitis: a case study. Journal of Wound Care, 31(11), 924-929. https://doi.org/10.12968/jowc.2022.31.11.924

A 59-year-old male patient presented with abdominal necrotising fasciitis secondary to a bowel perforation through a previous drain site that he had waited at home with for two weeks. Enteric contents were found within the abdominal wall. Surgery req... Read More about Multidisciplinary management of a complex abdominal wound post necrotising fasciitis: a case study.

The New Left and Social Work (2022)
Book Chapter
Cummins, I. (2022). The New Left and Social Work. In S. Webb (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of International Critical Social Work. Taylor and Francis

The New Left is a term that is applied to a group of intellectuals and academics that emerged in the UK in the late 1950s and 1960s. The group sought to develop a new political perspective. The Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956 meant that several me... Read More about The New Left and Social Work.

Frugal innovation in wound care: a critical discussion of what we can learn from low-resource settings (2022)
Journal Article
Stephens, M., Wynn, M., Pradeep, S., & Bowshall, J. (2022). Frugal innovation in wound care: a critical discussion of what we can learn from low-resource settings. British Journal of Nursing, 31(20), S16-S23. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2022.31.20.s16

Frugal innovation is a common philosophy in low-income settings due to limited access to resources. However, with both the increasing prevalence and clinical acuity of patients with wounds in the UK, it is essential that alongside innovation such as... Read More about Frugal innovation in wound care: a critical discussion of what we can learn from low-resource settings.