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Developing a generic tool to routinely measure the impact of health libraries (2018)
Journal Article
Ayre, S., Brettle, A., Gilroy, D., Knock, D., Pattinson, S., Smith, S., & Turner, J. (2018). Developing a generic tool to routinely measure the impact of health libraries. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 35(3), 227-245. https://doi.org/10.1111/hir.12223

Background – Health libraries contribute to many activities of a healthcare organization. Impact assessment needs to capture that range of contributions. Objectives – To develop and pilot a generic impact questionnaire that: 1) could be used rout... Read More about Developing a generic tool to routinely measure the impact of health libraries.

Influence of ankle's degree of freedom on muscle force estimation in different simulation environments (2018)
Journal Article
Trinler, U., Alexander, N., Baker, R., & Schwameder, H. (2018). Influence of ankle's degree of freedom on muscle force estimation in different simulation environments. Gait & Posture, 65(Sup_1), 221-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2018.06.141

The main movements of the ankle joint are dorsi-, plantarflexion (DF/PF), eversion and inversion. In musculoskeletal modelling of walking, the ankle is often simplified, e.g. restricting the degree of freedom (DoF) of the ankle joint, which might lea... Read More about Influence of ankle's degree of freedom on muscle force estimation in different simulation environments.

Reflexivity and ethical research practice while interviewing on sexual topics (2018)
Journal Article
Rodriguez-Dorans, E. (2018). Reflexivity and ethical research practice while interviewing on sexual topics. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 21(6), 747-760. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2018.1490980

Reflexivity is a multimodal research feature that relies on the researcher’s subjectivity and self-awareness. This paper discusses uses of reflexivity when carrying out qualitative in-depth interviews on sexual topics. Through extracts of a challengi... Read More about Reflexivity and ethical research practice while interviewing on sexual topics.

The impact of conditionality on the welfare rights of EU migrants in the UK (2018)
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Dwyer, P., Scullion, L., Jones, K., & Stewart, A. (2019). The impact of conditionality on the welfare rights of EU migrants in the UK. Policy and Politics, 47(1), 133-150. https://doi.org/10.1332/030557318X15296527346800

This paper highlights and explores how conditionality operating at three levels (the EU supra-national level, the UK national level and in migrants’ mundane ‘street level’ encounters with social security administrators), come together to restrict and... Read More about The impact of conditionality on the welfare rights of EU migrants in the UK.

Borrowing against the future : the response to the public consultation on the NHS bursary (2018)
Journal Article
Regan, P., & Ball, E. (2018). Borrowing against the future : the response to the public consultation on the NHS bursary. British Journal of Nursing, 27(13), 746-749. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2018.27.13.746

This paper discusses the UK Government's public consultation into the NHS bursary and the response from the Nursing and Midwifery Council. A public consultation stipulated that the current arrangements for funding, by the State, were not to be consid... Read More about Borrowing against the future : the response to the public consultation on the NHS bursary.

Minimally invasive reduction and percutaneous fixation versus open reduction and internal fixation for displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures : a systematic review of the literature (2018)
Journal Article
fractures : a systematic review of the literature. EFORT Open Reviews, 3(7), 418-425. https://doi.org/10.1302/2058-5241.3.170043

The aim of this article is to systematically identify and analyse research evidence available to compare the outcomes of minimally invasive reduction and percutaneous fixation (MIRPF) versus open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) for displaced... Read More about Minimally invasive reduction and percutaneous fixation versus open reduction and internal fixation for displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures : a systematic review of the literature.

Big issues for small feet : developmental, biomechanical and clinical narratives on children's footwear (2018)
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Morrison, S., Price, C., McClymont, J., & Nester, C. (2018). Big issues for small feet : developmental, biomechanical and clinical narratives on children's footwear. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 11, 39. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-018-0281-2

The effects of footwear on the development of children's feet has been debated for many years and recent work from the developmental and biomechanical literature has challenged long-held views about footwear and the impact on foot development. This n... Read More about Big issues for small feet : developmental, biomechanical and clinical narratives on children's footwear.

FES-UPP : a flexible functional electrical stimulation system to support upper limb functional activity practice (2018)
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Sun, M., Smith, C., Howard, D., Kenney, L., Luckie, H., Waring, K., …Finn, S. (2018). FES-UPP : a flexible functional electrical stimulation system to support upper limb functional activity practice. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 12(449), https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2018.00449

There is good evidence supporting highly intensive, repetitive, activity-focused, voluntary-initiated practice as a key to driving recovery of upper limb function following stroke. Functional electrical stimulation (FES) offers a potential mechanism... Read More about FES-UPP : a flexible functional electrical stimulation system to support upper limb functional activity practice.

First-line therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder : a systematic review of cognitive behavioural therapy and psychodynamic approaches (2018)
Journal Article
Paintain, E., & Cassidy, S. (2018). First-line therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder : a systematic review of cognitive behavioural therapy and psychodynamic approaches. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 18(3), 237-250. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12174

Background: Despite evidence supporting cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) based interventions as the most effective approach for treating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in randomised control trials, alternative treatment interventions are oft... Read More about First-line therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder : a systematic review of cognitive behavioural therapy and psychodynamic approaches.

A New Governance Model for Delivering Digital Policy Agendas: A Case Study of Digital Inclusion Amongst Elderly People in the UK (2018)
Journal Article
Hepburn, P. A. (2018). A New Governance Model for Delivering Digital Policy Agendas: A Case Study of Digital Inclusion Amongst Elderly People in the UK. International Journal of E-Planning Research, 7(3), 36-49. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijepr.2018070103

TheUKhas,incommonwithmanydevelopedcountries,agrowingelderlypopulation,andwithin this demographic, digital exclusion is now seen as social care issue. This has become a policy challengeforlocalgovernmentthathasane... Read More about A New Governance Model for Delivering Digital Policy Agendas: A Case Study of Digital Inclusion Amongst Elderly People in the UK.

A systematic review of the relationship between rigidity/flexibility and transdiagnostic cognitive and behavioral processes that maintain psychopathology (2018)
Journal Article
Morris, L., & Mansell, W. (2018). A systematic review of the relationship between rigidity/flexibility and transdiagnostic cognitive and behavioral processes that maintain psychopathology. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 9(3), 1-40. https://doi.org/10.1177/2043808718779431

An ever-growing number of transdiagnostic processes that maintain psychopathology across disorders have been identified. However, such processes are not consistently associated with psychological distress and symptoms. An understanding of what make... Read More about A systematic review of the relationship between rigidity/flexibility and transdiagnostic cognitive and behavioral processes that maintain psychopathology.

Barriers to the prescription of psychological strategies by strength and conditioning specialists (2018)
Journal Article
Radcliffe, J., Comfort, P., & Fawcett, T. (2018). Barriers to the prescription of psychological strategies by strength and conditioning specialists. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 32(7), 1948-1959. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000002101

The purpose of this article was to explore the barriers to strength and conditioning coaches integrating psychological strategies within the strength and conditioning practice. The sample of accredited strength and conditioning coaches comprised 10 s... Read More about Barriers to the prescription of psychological strategies by strength and conditioning specialists.

Applied screening tests for the detection of superior face recognition (2018)
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Bate, S., Frowd, C., Bennetts, R., Hasshim, N., Murray, E., Bobak, A. K., …Richards, S. (2018). Applied screening tests for the detection of superior face recognition. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications / Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications - a SpringerOpen journal, 3(22), 1--19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-018-0116-5

In recent years there has been growing interest in the identification of people with superior face recognition skills, for both theoretical and applied investigations. These individuals have mostly been identified via their performance on a single at... Read More about Applied screening tests for the detection of superior face recognition.

Methods for the real-world evaluation of fall detection technology : a scoping review (2018)
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Broadley, R., Klenk, J., Thies, S., Kenney, L., & Granat, M. (2018). Methods for the real-world evaluation of fall detection technology : a scoping review. Sensors, 18(7), https://doi.org/10.3390/s18072060

Falls in older adults present a major growing healthcare challenge and reliable detection of falls is crucial to minimise their consequences. The majority of development and testing has used laboratory simulations. As simulations do not cover the w... Read More about Methods for the real-world evaluation of fall detection technology : a scoping review.

O 090 - Can an evidence-based six week exercise treatment modify function, pain, quadriceps strength and lower limb biomechanics in running? (2018)
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Greuel, H., Herrington, L., & Jones, R. (2018). O 090 - Can an evidence-based six week exercise treatment modify function, pain, quadriceps strength and lower limb biomechanics in running?. Gait & Posture, 65, 183-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2018.06.121

Studies revealed that despite receiving treatment, the majority of individuals with patellofemoral pain (PFP) suffer from persistent complaints, indicating that current treatments fail to prevent the chronicity of symptoms. During a consensus meeting... Read More about O 090 - Can an evidence-based six week exercise treatment modify function, pain, quadriceps strength and lower limb biomechanics in running?.

Experiences of a transdiagnostic group, the Take Control Course, for clients with common mental health problems : a qualitative study (2018)
Journal Article
Morris, L., Mansell, W., Amos, R., & Edge, D. (2018). Experiences of a transdiagnostic group, the Take Control Course, for clients with common mental health problems : a qualitative study. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 25(5), 730-744. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2303

Objectives Despite the promising effectiveness findings for transdiagnostic groups, studies have not explored clients' experiences. There is a risk that clients could perceive that the content of transdiagnostic groups is not sufficiently tailored... Read More about Experiences of a transdiagnostic group, the Take Control Course, for clients with common mental health problems : a qualitative study.