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Engaging residents in regeneration: Lessons from Pendleton (2015)
Report
Sherriff, G., Brown, J., Clark, A., & Brown, P. (2015). Engaging residents in regeneration: Lessons from Pendleton

A wide-ranging urban regeneration programme is taking place in the Pendleton area of Salford. A substantial element of this work entails the refurbishment and retrofit of existing, tenanted properties. Flats and houses have been subject to kitchen a... Read More about Engaging residents in regeneration: Lessons from Pendleton.

Improving single-legged-squat performance : comparing 2 training methods with potential implications for injury prevention (2015)
Journal Article
Herrington, L., & Dawson, S. (2015). Improving single-legged-squat performance : comparing 2 training methods with potential implications for injury prevention. Journal of Athletic Training, 50(9), 921-929. https://doi.org/10.4085/1062-6050-50.9.03

CONTEXT:

Poor dynamic limb alignment during loading tasks has links to the development of knee injuries, including patellofemoral pain and anterior cruciate ligament injury. Therefore, modalities to improve limb alignment during loading tasks are... Read More about Improving single-legged-squat performance : comparing 2 training methods with potential implications for injury prevention.

Health beliefs surrounding leprosy induced foot ulceration ; an exploratory qualitative study from South Nepal (2015)
Journal Article
South Nepal. Leprosy Review, 86(Sep), 254-264

Leprosy is a complex and multi-faceted disease responsible for significant disability
in several endemic countries. Physical impairments caused by leprosy are often
amplified by local sociocultural phenomena in many parts of the world. In Nepal,
s... Read More about Health beliefs surrounding leprosy induced foot ulceration ; an exploratory qualitative study from South Nepal.

Message from the Guest Editor [Editorial] (2015)
Journal Article
Hogg, P. (2015). Message from the Guest Editor [Editorial]. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, 46(3), S1-S3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2015.06.010

Effect of front and back squat techniques on peak loads experienced by the Achilles tendon (2015)
Journal Article
Sinclair, J., Edmundson, C., Atkins, S., Taylor, P., & Vincent, H. (2015). Effect of front and back squat techniques on peak loads experienced by the Achilles tendon. Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity, 7(3),

Background A primary technique in the discipline of strength and conditioning the squat has two principal
‘back and front’ variants. Despite the physiological and strength benefits of the squat,
the propensity for musculoskeletal injury is high. Th... Read More about Effect of front and back squat techniques on peak loads experienced by the Achilles tendon.

What is known about the post-traumatic growth experiences among people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS? A systematic review and thematic synthesis of the qualitative literature (2015)
Journal Article
qualitative literature. Review - British Psychological Society. Counselling Psychology Section, 30(3), 47-56

Background: Much of the literature suggests that a diagnosis of HIV, or any other chronic illness, heralds
a major transformation that is frequently characterised by negative psychological outcomes. However, there
has been increasing recognition of... Read More about What is known about the post-traumatic growth experiences among people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS? A systematic review and thematic synthesis of the qualitative literature.

Asylum support for children and young people living in Kirklees : stories of mothers (2015)
Other
Smith, K., & Lockwood, K. (2015). Asylum support for children and young people living in Kirklees : stories of mothers. Huddersfield, UK

Executive Summary
The report is based on a one-year pilot study by academic practitioners at WomenCentre, Kirklees, funded by the Nationwide Children’s Research Centre.

This study has taken a localised approach to the Parliamentary Inquiry (2... Read More about Asylum support for children and young people living in Kirklees : stories of mothers.

A whole city response to the use of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) by young people in Newcastle-upon-Tyne (2015)
Report
Irving, A., Parker, C., & Soppitt, S. (2015). A whole city response to the use of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) by young people in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Newcastle City Council

In recent years, Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) (otherwise known as ‘legal highs’) have posed an
increasingly significant problem for practitioners and policy makers due to their widespread availability,
largely unknown chemical composition an... Read More about A whole city response to the use of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) by young people in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Does digital gaming enable healthy aging for community-dwelling people with dementia? (2015)
Journal Article
Cutler, C., Hicks, B., & Innes, A. (2016). Does digital gaming enable healthy aging for community-dwelling people with dementia?. Games and Culture, 11(1-2), 104-129. https://doi.org/10.1177/1555412015600580

This article critically explores the benefits of commercial digital gaming technology for healthy aging of people with dementia. Research with community-dwelling people with dementia has highlighted the need for enhanced access to nonpharmacological... Read More about Does digital gaming enable healthy aging for community-dwelling people with dementia?.

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for inflammatory bowel disease patients : findings from an exploratory pilot randomised controlled trial (2015)
Journal Article
Schoultz, M., Atherton, I., & Watson, A. (2015). Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for inflammatory bowel disease patients : findings from an exploratory pilot randomised controlled trial. Trials, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-015-0909-5

BACKGROUND:
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic gastrointestinal condition with a relapsing disease course. Managing the relapsing nature of the disease causes daily stress for IBD patients; thus, IBD patients report higher rates of depre... Read More about Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for inflammatory bowel disease patients : findings from an exploratory pilot randomised controlled trial.

Resettlement of young people leaving custody : lessons from the literature update July 2015 (2015)
Other
Hazel, N., & Lockwood, K. (2015). Resettlement of young people leaving custody : lessons from the literature update July 2015. London

This review is the most recent in a series of regular updates intended to outline the latest lessons from research, policy and practice in the resettlement of young people. It provides an overview of relevant publications and developments since Beyon... Read More about Resettlement of young people leaving custody : lessons from the literature update July 2015.

The use of visual methodologies in social work research over the last decade : a narrative review and some questions for the future (2015)
Journal Article
Clark, A., & Morriss, L. (2017). The use of visual methodologies in social work research over the last decade : a narrative review and some questions for the future. Qualitative Social Work, 16(1), 29-43. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473325015601205

This paper outlines the use of visual methodologies in international social work research over the past 10 years. It presents a narrative overview of the types and range of visual methodologies that have been used, explores the benefits of employing... Read More about The use of visual methodologies in social work research over the last decade : a narrative review and some questions for the future.

Visualization of sedentary behavior using an event- based approach (2015)
Journal Article
based approach. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 19(3), 148-157. https://doi.org/10.1080/1091367X.2015.1048342

Visualization is commonly used in the interpretation of physical behavior (PB) data, either in conjunction with or as precursor to formal analysis. Effective representations of the data can enable the identification of patterns of behavior, and how t... Read More about Visualization of sedentary behavior using an event- based approach.

UK’s elderly care and migration regimes (2015)
Book Chapter
Ahmed, A. (2015). UK’s elderly care and migration regimes. In U. Karl, & S. Torres (Eds.), Ageing in Contexts of Migration (56-66). London, UK: Routledge (Taylor & Francis). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315817606

Welfare states are nowadays being challenged in numerous ways. Population ageing places new demands on the welfare institutions that cater to the needs of a growing number of older people. After a unified German Empire had been established in 1871, t... Read More about UK’s elderly care and migration regimes.

A method for calculating effective lifetime risk of radiation-induced cancer from screening mammography (2015)
Journal Article
Ali, R., England, A., McEntee, M., & Hogg, P. (2015). A method for calculating effective lifetime risk of radiation-induced cancer from screening mammography. Radiography, 21(4), 298-303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2015.07.008

Purpose: To propose a method for evaluating the effective lifetime risk of radiation-induced cancer from
screening mammography and to present initial data for the UK National Breast Screening Programme.

Material and methods: The imaging was und... Read More about A method for calculating effective lifetime risk of radiation-induced cancer from screening mammography.

Assessing stimulus--stimulus (semantic) conflict in the Stroop task using saccadic two-to-one color response mapping and preresponse pupillary measures (2015)
Journal Article
Hasshim, N., & Parris, B. A. (2015). Assessing stimulus--stimulus (semantic) conflict in the Stroop task using saccadic two-to-one color response mapping and preresponse pupillary measures. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 77, 2601--2610. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-015-0971-9

Conflict in the Stroop task is thought to come from various stages of processing, including semantics. Two-to-one response mappings, in which two response-set colors share a common response location, have been used to isolate stimulus–stimulus (seman... Read More about Assessing stimulus--stimulus (semantic) conflict in the Stroop task using saccadic two-to-one color response mapping and preresponse pupillary measures.

Chronic Eccentric Exercise and the Older Adult (2015)
Journal Article
Gluchowski, A., Harris, N., Dulson, D., & Cronin, J. (2015). Chronic Eccentric Exercise and the Older Adult. Sports Medicine, 45(10), 1413-1430. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-015-0373-0

Eccentric exercise has gained increasing attention as a suitable and promising intervention to delay or mitigate the known physical and physiological declines associated with aging. Determining the relative efficacy of eccentric exercise when compare... Read More about Chronic Eccentric Exercise and the Older Adult.

A new coordination pattern classification to assess gait kinematics when utilising a modified vector coding technique (2015)
Journal Article
A. Needham, R., Naemi, R., & Chockalingam, N. (2015). A new coordination pattern classification to assess gait kinematics when utilising a modified vector coding technique. Journal of Biomechanics, 48(12), 3506-3511. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.07.023

A modified vector coding (VC) technique was used to quantify lumbar–pelvic coordination during gait. The outcome measure from the modified VC technique is known as the coupling angle (CA) which can be classified into one of four coordination patterns... Read More about A new coordination pattern classification to assess gait kinematics when utilising a modified vector coding technique.

Evaluation of gait symmetry in poliomyelitis subjects : Comparison of a conventional knee ankle foot orthosis (KAFO) and a new powered KAFO. (2015)
Journal Article
Arazpour, M., Ahmadi, F., Bahramizadeh, M., Samadiam, M., Mousavi, M., Bani, M., & Hutchins, S. (2016). Evaluation of gait symmetry in poliomyelitis subjects : Comparison of a conventional knee ankle foot orthosis (KAFO) and a new powered KAFO. Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 40(6), 689-695. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309364615596063

Background: Compared to able-bodied subjects, subjects with post polio syndrome and poliomyelitis demonstrate a preference for weight-bearing on the non-paretic limb, causing gait asymmetry.
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the... Read More about Evaluation of gait symmetry in poliomyelitis subjects : Comparison of a conventional knee ankle foot orthosis (KAFO) and a new powered KAFO..