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Evaluation of the effects of prescribing gait complexity using several fluctuating timing imperatives (2019)
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fluctuating timing imperatives. Journal of Motor Behavior, 52(5), 570-577. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222895.2019.1654971

Variability in the timing of walking patterns has a complex mathematical structure (fractality). Fractality of gait can reflect health,so practicing walking with specific temporal coordination could be helpful for various group... Read More about Evaluation of the effects of prescribing gait complexity using several fluctuating timing imperatives.

Person-centered dementia care in acute hospital wards — the influence of staff knowledge and attitudes (2019)
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Scerri, A., Innes, A., & Scerri, C. (2020). Person-centered dementia care in acute hospital wards — the influence of staff knowledge and attitudes. Geriatric Nursing, 41(3), 215-221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2019.09.001

Person-centered dementia care practices in acute hospital wards are suboptimal and not commonly measured. Although previous research has indicated that the work environment of staff influences their perceptions of person-centeredness, few studies hav... Read More about Person-centered dementia care in acute hospital wards — the influence of staff knowledge and attitudes.

A systematic review of incubator-based neonatal radiography : what does the evidence say? (2019)
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Tugwell, J., & England, A. (2020). A systematic review of incubator-based neonatal radiography : what does the evidence say?. Radiography, 26(2), 167-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2019.09.009

Objectives This systematic review aimed to explore the impact of incubator design (canopy, mattress, and mattress support) on neonatal imaging in terms of imaging technique, radiation dose and image quality. Key Findings A systematic lite... Read More about A systematic review of incubator-based neonatal radiography : what does the evidence say?.

Interrogating the prevention approach of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 for people with mental health needs who are homeless (2019)
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Ahmed, A., Rogers, M., Wilding, M., Gibbons, A., Jones, K., & Madoc Jones, I. (2020). Interrogating the prevention approach of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 for people with mental health needs who are homeless. Social Policy and Society, 19(1), 109-120. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746419000319

Rates of homelessness and poor mental health present significant challenges across the globe. In this article, we explore how these intersecting issues have been addressed in Wales through Part 2 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 through a paradigm shi... Read More about Interrogating the prevention approach of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 for people with mental health needs who are homeless.

Group cognitive–behavioural programme to reduce the impact of rheumatoid arthritis fatigue: the RAFT RCT with economic and qualitative evaluations (2019)
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Hewlett, S., Almeida, C., Ambler, N., Blair, P., Choy, E., Dures, E., …Pollock, J. (2019). Group cognitive–behavioural programme to reduce the impact of rheumatoid arthritis fatigue: the RAFT RCT with economic and qualitative evaluations. Health Technology Assessment, 23(57), 1-130. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta23570

Background Fatigue is a major problem in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). There is evidence for the clinical effectiveness of cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) delivered by clinical psychologists, but few rheumatology units have psychologists. Object... Read More about Group cognitive–behavioural programme to reduce the impact of rheumatoid arthritis fatigue: the RAFT RCT with economic and qualitative evaluations.

Upper limb activity of twenty myoelectric prosthesis users and twenty healthy anatomically intact adults (2019)
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Chadwell, A., Kenney, L., Granat, M., Thies, S., Galpin, A., & Head, J. (2019). Upper limb activity of twenty myoelectric prosthesis users and twenty healthy anatomically intact adults. Scientific Data, 6(1), 199. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0211-6

The upper limb activity of twenty unilateral upper limb myoelectric prosthesis users and twenty anatomically intact adults were recorded over a 7-day period using two wrist worn accelerometers (Actigraph, LLC). This dataset reflects the real-world ac... Read More about Upper limb activity of twenty myoelectric prosthesis users and twenty healthy anatomically intact adults.

A comparative study of pain experienced during successive mammography examinations in patients with a family history of breast cancer and those who have had breast cancer surgery (2019)
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cancer and those who have had breast cancer surgery. Radiography, 26(1), 76-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2019.08.007

INTRODUCTION: To measure mammography-related pain in two groups of women undergoing regular surveillance as a baseline for future care. METHODS: Following ethical approval, two hundred women aged 32 to 84 years (mean 54), were invited by written inv... Read More about A comparative study of pain experienced during successive mammography examinations in patients with a family history of breast cancer and those who have had breast cancer surgery.

Comfortably numb? Experiences of people with stroke and lower limb sensation deficits : impact and solutions (2019)
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Luckie, H., Hollands, K., Williamson, T., Nester, C., & Williams, A. (2021). Comfortably numb? Experiences of people with stroke and lower limb sensation deficits : impact and solutions. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 16(3), 262-269. https://doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2019.1673490

Purpose: To explore personal experiences of loss of foot sensation following stroke in order to inform the focus of clinical assessments and development of a vibrotactile insole. Methods: Qualitative design with an interpretive phenomenological ap... Read More about Comfortably numb? Experiences of people with stroke and lower limb sensation deficits : impact and solutions.

Normalization of early isometric force production as a percentage of peak force during multijoint isometric assessment (2019)
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Comfort, P., Dos’Santos, T., Jones, P., McMahon, J., Suchomel, T., Bazyler, C., & Stone, M. (2020). Normalization of early isometric force production as a percentage of peak force during multijoint isometric assessment. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 15(4), 478-482. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2019-0217

Purpose: To determine the reliability of early force production (50-, 100-, 150-, 200-, 250 ms) relative to peak force (PF) during an isometric mid-thigh pull (IMTP) and assess the relationships between these variables. Methods: Male collegiate athle... Read More about Normalization of early isometric force production as a percentage of peak force during multijoint isometric assessment.

Communities as ‘renewable energy’ for health care services? A multi-methods study into the form, scale, and role of voluntary support for community hospitals in England (2019)
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Paine, A., Kamerade-Hanta, D., Mohan, J., & Davidson, D. (2019). Communities as ‘renewable energy’ for health care services? A multi-methods study into the form, scale, and role of voluntary support for community hospitals in England. BMJ Open, 9(10), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030243

Objective To examine the forms, scale and role of community and voluntary support for community hospitals in England. Design A multi-methods study. Quantitative analysis of Charity Commission data on levels of volunteering and voluntary income fo... Read More about Communities as ‘renewable energy’ for health care services? A multi-methods study into the form, scale, and role of voluntary support for community hospitals in England.

The symbiotic relationship of vulnerability and resilience in nursing (2019)
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East, L., Heaslip, V., & Jackson, D. (2019). The symbiotic relationship of vulnerability and resilience in nursing. Contemporary Nurse, 56(1), 14-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2019.1670709

Background: Whilst the terms vulnerability and resilience are commonly used within professional nursing discourses, they are often poorly understood. Vulnerability is often framed negatively and linked to being at risk of harm, whilst resilience is o... Read More about The symbiotic relationship of vulnerability and resilience in nursing.

Mental health, big data and research ethics : parity of esteem in mental health research from a UK perspective (2019)
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Morton, J., & O'Reilly, M. (2019). Mental health, big data and research ethics : parity of esteem in mental health research from a UK perspective. Clinical Ethics, 14(4), 165-172. https://doi.org/10.1177/1477750919876243

Central to ethical debates in contemporary mental health research are the rhetoric of parity of esteem, challenges underpinned by the social construct of vulnerability, and the tendency to homogenise the population diagnosed with mental health condit... Read More about Mental health, big data and research ethics : parity of esteem in mental health research from a UK perspective.

Fire-setting and psychopathology : a brief overview of prevalence, pathways and assessment (2019)
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Allely, C. (2019). Fire-setting and psychopathology : a brief overview of prevalence, pathways and assessment. Journal of Criminal Psychology, 9(4), 149-154. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCP-06-2019-0022

Purpose: There is increasing attention on investigating the association between fire-setting and psychopathology and also the degree to which fire-setting is a manifestation of mental disorder. Despite the actual prevalence of pyromania remaining elu... Read More about Fire-setting and psychopathology : a brief overview of prevalence, pathways and assessment.

‘It's our pleasure, we count cars here’ : an exploration of the ‘neighbourhood-based connections’ for people living alone with dementia (2019)
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Odzakovic, E., Kullberg, A., Hellström, I., Clark, A., Campbell, S., Manji, K., …Ward, R. (2021). ‘It's our pleasure, we count cars here’ : an exploration of the ‘neighbourhood-based connections’ for people living alone with dementia. Ageing and society, 41(3), 645-670. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X19001259

The extent of social isolation experienced by people living with dementia who reside in the community has been well acknowledged, yet little is known about how people living alone with dementia maintain neighbourhood-based connections. The purpose of... Read More about ‘It's our pleasure, we count cars here’ : an exploration of the ‘neighbourhood-based connections’ for people living alone with dementia.

Learning to look: evaluating the student experience of an interactive image appraisal activity (2019)
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Ashworth, J., Thompson, J., & Mercer, C. (2019). Learning to look: evaluating the student experience of an interactive image appraisal activity. Radiography, 25(4), 314-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2019.02.011

Introduction Student radiographers have expressed difficulty in performing image appraisal tasks. The purpose of this study was to investigate the value of a workshop delivered to level 4 undergraduate students. All students completed an image appra... Read More about Learning to look: evaluating the student experience of an interactive image appraisal activity.

Reflection on creating a coaching approach to student nurse clinical leadership development (2019)
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Leigh, J., Littlewood, L., & Lyons, G. (2019). Reflection on creating a coaching approach to student nurse clinical leadership development. British Journal of Nursing, 28(17), 1124-1128. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2019.28.17.1124

Coaching is as an intervention that facilitates another person’s learning, development and performance. Applied to student nurse practice learning, coaching has the potential to promote leadership learning that is student-led, less focused on followi... Read More about Reflection on creating a coaching approach to student nurse clinical leadership development.