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Rehabilitation Interventions to modify physical frailty in adult lung transplant candidates: a systematic review (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Purpose: Physical frailty is prevalent in lung transplant (LT) candidates and is linked to adverse outcomes both pre and postoperatively. Exercise has been proven beneficial in optimising exercise capacity and quality of life in LT candidates but its... Read More about Rehabilitation Interventions to modify physical frailty in adult lung transplant candidates: a systematic review.

Identity Limbo: An Exploration Into The Lived Remand Experience In Trinidad And Tobago. (2025)
Thesis

Remand continues to pose challenges in Trinidad and Tobago (Wallace, 2020), drawing attention from both the Government and citizens of the nation. However, despite its significance, remand remains a relatively understudied area of study within the fi... Read More about Identity Limbo: An Exploration Into The Lived Remand Experience In Trinidad And Tobago..

EXPLORING STRATEGIES IN A PRIMARY SCHOOL CONVERTER ACAD-EMY: A CASE STUDY ANALYSIS OF SUPPORT FOR MINORITY ETHNIC, ENLGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE, AND ECONPMOCALLY DISADVANTAGED LEARNERS (2025)
Thesis

The English Academy school system, first introduced in the early 2000s, is one of the most comprehensive school reform initiatives to have been implemented in recent decades in Eng-land. Most academies are conversions of pre-existing state schools, a... Read More about EXPLORING STRATEGIES IN A PRIMARY SCHOOL CONVERTER ACAD-EMY: A CASE STUDY ANALYSIS OF SUPPORT FOR MINORITY ETHNIC, ENLGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE, AND ECONPMOCALLY DISADVANTAGED LEARNERS.

A Comparison Of The Effects Of Yoga And Pilates For Pain Physical Function And Quality Of Life In Adults Over 50 Years (2025)
Thesis

This research compares the effects of yoga and Pilates for adults over 50 years,
focusing on the outcomes of pain, physical function, and quality of life, exploring these
activities in the relation to contraindications, physical activity guidelines... Read More about A Comparison Of The Effects Of Yoga And Pilates For Pain Physical Function And Quality Of Life In Adults Over 50 Years.

A mixed methods approach to training for the mitigation of modifiable risk factors for hamstring strain injury and the development of athletic performance. (2025)
Thesis

Hamstring strain injuries (HSIs) are the most common non-contact injuries in various sports, including soccer, American football, rugby union, Australian rules football, cricket, and sprinting. Epidemiological studies have highlighted the significant... Read More about A mixed methods approach to training for the mitigation of modifiable risk factors for hamstring strain injury and the development of athletic performance..

299 ‘Not the last resortʼ – improving outcomes for care home residents using an interprofessional placement model for physiotherapy students (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Considerations for optimising the design of rigid ankle-foot orthoses for children with cerebral palsy. (2025)
Thesis

Cerebral Palsy (CP) is the leading cause of childhood motor disabilities, resulting in a
variety of gait impairments. Ankle-foot Orthoses (AFOs) are key to managing these im-
pairments, aiming to facilitate weight-bearing activities and normalise l... Read More about Considerations for optimising the design of rigid ankle-foot orthoses for children with cerebral palsy..

An Investigation of the associations between hangover symptom cluster severity, individual differences, and cognitive performance. (2025)
Thesis

Alcohol hangover is the combination of negative symptoms experienced after a single episode of alcohol consumption, when blood alcohol concentration is approaching 0. Hangover has economic costs and links to alcohol-related health outcomes, but neith... Read More about An Investigation of the associations between hangover symptom cluster severity, individual differences, and cognitive performance..

A study of safety and acceptability of a novel front-wheeled indoor walking frame in older adults in the clinical setting (2025)
Journal Article

Purpose: Falls cost the NHS over £2 billion a year and are a major cause of loss of independence, confidence, and death, with incidence increasing rapidly with age. While walking frames provide structural support during walking, with the aim to reduc... Read More about A study of safety and acceptability of a novel front-wheeled indoor walking frame in older adults in the clinical setting.

Developing a Systematic Approach for the Implementation of Medical Extended Reality Learning Modules in Cardiothoracic Health Care Recommendations From an International Expert Group (2025)
Journal Article

Extended reality (XR) modalities in health care are quickly evolving. There is a lack of systematically described developmental process and the “how to” execute a business-case guidance. This article formulates a systematic approach on the technical... Read More about Developing a Systematic Approach for the Implementation of Medical Extended Reality Learning Modules in Cardiothoracic Health Care Recommendations From an International Expert Group.

Gait Rehabilitation for Early rheumatoid Arthritis Trial (GREAT): lessons learnt from a mixed-methods feasibility study and internal pilot trial (2025)
Journal Article

Background: People with rheumatoid arthritis experience foot and lower limb pain due to active synovitis, resulting in impaired lower limb function. Earlier intervention may help with prevention of functional decline. The aims of this research were t... Read More about Gait Rehabilitation for Early rheumatoid Arthritis Trial (GREAT): lessons learnt from a mixed-methods feasibility study and internal pilot trial.

How to take a wound swab (2025)
Journal Article

Wound swabbing is a widespread practice undertaken by nurses and other healthcare professionals in various healthcare environments and involves collecting a sample from the wound surface using a sterile swab. The sample acquired from the wound swab i... Read More about How to take a wound swab.

Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular conditions prediction in individuals with metabolic syndrome-associated lipoprotein lipase gene (LPL) single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). (2025)
Journal Article

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is predictive of increased risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and cardiovascular conditions (CVC). Lipoprotein lipase gene (LPL) single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) may be of importance to the eventual diagnosis of T2D and CVC... Read More about Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular conditions prediction in individuals with metabolic syndrome-associated lipoprotein lipase gene (LPL) single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)..

Identifying interventions to optimise advanced kidney care services: scoping review protocol (2025)
Journal Article

Introduction: Multidisciplinary advanced kidney care (AKC) services provide care to patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) (typically estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≤20 mls/min/1.73m2), as symptoms and complications become m... Read More about Identifying interventions to optimise advanced kidney care services: scoping review protocol.

Sprint running mechanics are associated with hamstring strain injury: a 6-month prospective cohort study of 126 elite male footballers (2025)
Journal Article

Objective: To investigate the association between sprint running biomechanics and sprint-related hamstring strain injury (HSI) in elite male football players. Methods: This prospective cohort study recruited 126 professional male football players fro... Read More about Sprint running mechanics are associated with hamstring strain injury: a 6-month prospective cohort study of 126 elite male footballers.

Amend the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to protect children from assault (2025)
Journal Article

The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill is an important opportunity to finally remove the defence of reasonable punishment of children in England, write Andrew Rowland and Grace Hastie

Safe Havens in Health: Standards of Care for Children and Young People Seeking Asylum and Refugees (2025)
Journal Article

This review outlines current literature regarding access to and quality of healthcare for children and young people seeking asylum and refugees (CYPSAR) in the UK. The multiple factors influencing their experiences are explored, alongside the optimal... Read More about Safe Havens in Health: Standards of Care for Children and Young People Seeking Asylum and Refugees.

Understanding and Addressing Social Frailty in Radiotherapy (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Age is a significant risk factor for cancer. By 2040, older people will account for 77% of all people living with cancer. There has been much research undertaken to identify the needs of older adults living with cancer and how best to improve clinica... Read More about Understanding and Addressing Social Frailty in Radiotherapy.

The social identity approach and human givens: A mapping exercise to inform practice to aid community resilience following mass casualty incidents (2025)
Journal Article

In this paper, two separate psychological approaches to health and wellbeing are mapped onto one another to explore the efficacy of both within therapeutic practice. The Social Identity Approach to Health is based on the dominant paradigm of group dy... Read More about The social identity approach and human givens: A mapping exercise to inform practice to aid community resilience following mass casualty incidents.

‘We need people who look active and strong in a variety of ways:’ Using the Physical Activity Messaging Framework to Co-Design Strength Training Messaging (2025)
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Workshop activity guide (PowerPoint attached) based off the Physical Activity Messaging Framework (PAMF) was used for the 4-hour focus group workshop on January 19, 2024 with 20 public participants aged 40-60 years old from the Greater Manchester are... Read More about ‘We need people who look active and strong in a variety of ways:’ Using the Physical Activity Messaging Framework to Co-Design Strength Training Messaging.