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Female soccer: Part 1 - a needs analysis (2013)
Journal Article
Turner, E., Munro, A., & Comfort, P. (2013). Female soccer: Part 1 - a needs analysis. Strength and Conditioning Journal, 35(1), 51-57. https://doi.org/10.1519/SSC.0b013e318281f689

Summary: it is imperative for strength and conditioning coaches to conduct a detailed analysis of the demands of a sport, identifying normative data where possible to permit an evidence-based evaluation of an athlete’s current performance status and... Read More about Female soccer: Part 1 - a needs analysis.

Female Soccer: Part 2 – training considerations and recommendations (2013)
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Turner, E., Munro, A., & Comfort, P. (2013). Female Soccer: Part 2 – training considerations and recommendations. Strength and Conditioning Journal, 35(1), 58-65. https://doi.org/10.1519/SSC.0b013e318282106d

Summary: part 1 of this article identified the demands of female soccer and the specific areas of development required to optimize performance and reduce the risk of common injuries. increases in aerobic capacity, strength, and lower limb control wer... Read More about Female Soccer: Part 2 – training considerations and recommendations.

The perception of psychology and the frequency of psychological strategies used by strength and conditioning practitioners (2013)
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Radcliffe, J., Comfort, P., & Fawcett, T. (2013). The perception of psychology and the frequency of psychological strategies used by strength and conditioning practitioners. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 27(4), 1136-1146. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0b013e3182606ddc

The study aimed to first examine the frequency of the psychological skills and strategies of strength and conditioning practitioners and second distinguish between demographic differences in relation to psychological skills and strategy use. The Stre... Read More about The perception of psychology and the frequency of psychological strategies used by strength and conditioning practitioners.

Within and between session reliability of power, force and rate of force development during the power clean (2013)
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Comfort, P. (2013). Within and between session reliability of power, force and rate of force development during the power clean. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 27(5), 1210-1214. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0b013e3182679364

Although there has been extensive research regarding the power clean, its application to sports performance, and use as a measure of assessing changes in performance, no research has determined the reliability assessing the kinetics of the power clea... Read More about Within and between session reliability of power, force and rate of force development during the power clean.

Adherence to physical activity guidelines among cancer support group participants (2013)
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Stevinson, C., Lydon, A., & Amir, Z. (2013). Adherence to physical activity guidelines among cancer support group participants. European Journal of Cancer Care, 23(2), 199-205. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.12145

Physical activity is recommended after cancer diagnosis for physical function, quality of life and survival benefits. This study provided preliminary data on the prevalence of physical activity among adult men and women with cancer in the UK. As part... Read More about Adherence to physical activity guidelines among cancer support group participants.

Cooperativity of imprinted genes inactivated by acquired chromosome 20q deletions (2013)
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Aziz, A., Baxter, E., Edwards, C., Cheong, C., Ito, M., Bench, A., …Green, A. (2013). Cooperativity of imprinted genes inactivated by acquired chromosome 20q deletions. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 123(5), 2169-2182. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI66113

Large regions of recurrent genomic loss are common in cancers; however, with a few well-characterized exceptions, how they contribute to tumor pathogenesis remains largely obscure. Here we identified primate-restricted imprinting of a gene cluster on... Read More about Cooperativity of imprinted genes inactivated by acquired chromosome 20q deletions.

No differences in kinetics between the squat jump, push press and mid-thigh power clean (2013)
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Comfort, P., Mather, D., & Graham-Smith, P. (2013). No differences in kinetics between the squat jump, push press and mid-thigh power clean. Journal of Athletic Enhancement, 2(6), https://doi.org/10.4172/2324-9080.1000132

The aim of this investigation was to determine the differences in kinetic data during the mid-thigh power clean, squat jump and push press. Trained individuals (n=11; age 23 ± 3.5 yrs; height 176.5 ± 5.56 cm; body mass 85.78 ± 14.29 kg) performed 1 s... Read More about No differences in kinetics between the squat jump, push press and mid-thigh power clean.

Criterion validity and accuracy of global positioning satellite and data logging devices for wheelchair tennis court movement (2013)
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for wheelchair tennis court movement. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 36(4), 383-393. https://doi.org/10.1179/2045772312Y.0000000068

Purpose: To compare the criterion validity and accuracy of a 1 Hz non-differential global positioning system (GPS) and data logger device (DL) for the measurement of wheelchair tennis court movement variables. Methods: Initial validation of the DL... Read More about Criterion validity and accuracy of global positioning satellite and data logging devices for wheelchair tennis court movement.

Wheelchair tennis match-play demands: Effect of player rank and result (2013)
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rank and result. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 8(1), 28-37

Purpose: To examine the heart-rate (HR) response and court-movement variables during wheelchair tennis match play for high- (HIGH) and low- (LOW) performance-ranked players. Analysis of physiological and movement-based responses during match play o... Read More about Wheelchair tennis match-play demands: Effect of player rank and result.

Foot orthoses for the management of low back pain: a qualitative approach capturing the patient’s perspective (2013)
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patient’s perspective. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 6(17), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1186/1757-1146-6-17

Background: The onset of non specific low back pain is associated with heavy lifting, age, female gender, and poor general health, with psychological factors being predictors of it becoming chronic. Additionally, it is thought that altered lower li... Read More about Foot orthoses for the management of low back pain: a qualitative approach capturing the patient’s perspective.

Guidelines for the management of people with foot health problems related to rheumatoid arthritis: a survey of their use in podiatry practice (2013)
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arthritis: a survey of their use in podiatry practice. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 6(23), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1186/1757-1146-6-23

Background: In the last decade there has been a significant expansion in the body of knowledge on the effects of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on the foot and the management of these problems. Aligned with this has been the development of specialist c... Read More about Guidelines for the management of people with foot health problems related to rheumatoid arthritis: a survey of their use in podiatry practice.

A new podiatry service for patients with arthritis (2013)
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Rome, K., Erikson, K., Ng, A., Gow, P., Hazra, S., & Williams, A. (2013). A new podiatry service for patients with arthritis

Aim The aims of this study were to identify the impact of a new podiatric rheumatology service on reducing foot pain, impairment and disability in patients with foot problems associated with rheumatic disease, and to report on patient satisfaction... Read More about A new podiatry service for patients with arthritis.

A New Approach to Prevention of Knee Osteoarthritis: Reducing Medial Load in the Contralateral Knee (2013)
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Jones, R., Chapman, G., Findlow, A., Forsythe, L., Parkes, M., Sultan, J., & Felson, D. (2013). A New Approach to Prevention of Knee Osteoarthritis: Reducing Medial Load in the Contralateral Knee. Journal of Rheumatology, 40(3), 309-315. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.120589

Objective. Few if any prevention strategies are available for knee osteoarthritis (OA). In those with symptomatic medial OA, the contralateral knee may be at high risk of disease, and a reduction in medial loading in that knee might prevent disease... Read More about A New Approach to Prevention of Knee Osteoarthritis: Reducing Medial Load in the Contralateral Knee.

The effect of unstable sandals on instability in gait in healthy female subjects (2013)
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Price, C., Smith, L., Graham-Smith, P., & Jones, R. (2013). The effect of unstable sandals on instability in gait in healthy female subjects. Gait & Posture, 38(3), 410-415. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2013.01.003

Unstable footwear generally lacks thorough peer-review published research to support concepts and marketing claims. The purpose of this study was to investigate the instability induced by four (FitFlop, Masai Barefoot Technology, Reebok Easy-Tone and... Read More about The effect of unstable sandals on instability in gait in healthy female subjects.

Parent–infant vocalisations at 12 months predict psychopathology at 7 years (2013)
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Allely, C., Purves, D., McConnachie, A., Marwick, H., Johnson, P., Doolin, O., …Wilson, P. (2013). Parent–infant vocalisations at 12 months predict psychopathology at 7 years. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34(3), 985-993. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2012.11.024

This study investigatedtheutility of adult andinfant vocalisationinthepredictionof child psychopathology. Familieswere sampledfromtheAvonLongitudinal StudyofParents and Children (ALSPAC) birth cohort. Vocalisation patterns were obtained from 180 vi... Read More about Parent–infant vocalisations at 12 months predict psychopathology at 7 years.

Predictors of diagnosis of child psychiatric disorder in adult–infant social-communicative interaction at 12 months (2013)
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Marwick, H., Doolin, O., Allely, C., McConnachie, A., Johnson, P., Puckering, C., …Wilson, P. (2013). Predictors of diagnosis of child psychiatric disorder in adult–infant social-communicative interaction at 12 months. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34(1), 562-572. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2012.09.007

To establish which social interactive behaviours predict later psychiatric diagnosis, we examined 180 videos of a parent–infant interaction when children were aged one year, from within the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) coh... Read More about Predictors of diagnosis of child psychiatric disorder in adult–infant social-communicative interaction at 12 months.

Pain sensitivity and observer perception of pain in individuals with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (2013)
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Allely, C. (2013). Pain sensitivity and observer perception of pain in individuals with Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Scientific World Journal, 2013, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/916178

The peer-reviewed literature investigating the relationship between pain expression and perception of pain in individuals with ASD is sparse. The aim of the present systematic PRIMSA review was twofold: first, to see what evidence there is for the wi... Read More about Pain sensitivity and observer perception of pain in individuals with Autistic Spectrum Disorder.

Development and evaluation of prefabricated antipronation foot orthosis (2013)
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Majumdar, R., Laxton, P., Thuesen, A., Richards, B., Liu, A., Aran-Ais, F., …Nester, C. (2013). Development and evaluation of prefabricated antipronation foot orthosis. Journal of rehabilitation research and development, 50(10), 1332-1342. https://doi.org/10.1682/JRRD.2013.02.0038

Our aim was to develop and evaluate a new antipronation foot orthosis that addressed problems perceived by clinicians and users with existing foot orthoses. Clinicians and users were engaged to develop a user specification for the orthosis, and ort... Read More about Development and evaluation of prefabricated antipronation foot orthosis.

A comparison of plantar pressures in a standard flip-flop and a FitFlop using bespoke pressure insoles (2013)
Journal Article
Price, C., Graham-Smith, P., & Jones, R. (2013). A comparison of plantar pressures in a standard flip-flop and a FitFlop using bespoke pressure insoles. Footwear Science, 5(2), 111-119. https://doi.org/10.1080/19424280.2013.790486

Purpose: The study was undertaken to quantify plantar pressures in a Havaiana flip-flop compared to a FitFlop. The FitFlop is a flip-flop designed to induce instability in the wearer during midstance as it incorporates a multi-density midsole in the... Read More about A comparison of plantar pressures in a standard flip-flop and a FitFlop using bespoke pressure insoles.