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A systematic review of approaches to modelling lower limb muscle forces during gait : applicability to clinical gait analyses (2018)
Journal Article
Trinler, U., Hollands, K., Jones, R., & Baker, R. (2018). A systematic review of approaches to modelling lower limb muscle forces during gait : applicability to clinical gait analyses. Gait & Posture, 61, 353-361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2018.02.005

Computational methods to estimate muscle forces during walking are becoming more common in biomechanical research but not yet in clinical gait analysis. This systematic review aims to identify the current state-of-the-art, examine the differences bet... Read More about A systematic review of approaches to modelling lower limb muscle forces during gait : applicability to clinical gait analyses.

Patellofemoral joint loads in ACL reconstructed elite athletes during running at time of return to sport (2017)
Journal Article
Herrington, L., Alarifi, S., & Jones, R. (2017). Patellofemoral joint loads in ACL reconstructed elite athletes during running at time of return to sport. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 45(12), 2812-2816. https://doi.org/10.1177/0363546517716632

Background: Patellofemoral joint pain and degeneration is common in patients who undergo ACL reconstruction (ACLR). The presence of patellofemoral joint pain significantly impacts on the ability to continue to participate in sport and may even have a... Read More about Patellofemoral joint loads in ACL reconstructed elite athletes during running at time of return to sport.

Does the Powers™ strap influence the lower limb biomechanics during running? (2017)
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Greuel, H., Herrington, L., Liu, A., & Jones, R. (2017). Does the Powers™ strap influence the lower limb biomechanics during running?. Gait & Posture, 57, 141-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2017.06.001

Previous research has reported a prevalence of running related injuries in 25.9% to 72% of all runners. A greater hip internal rotation and adduction during the stance phase in running has been associated with many running related injuries, such as p... Read More about Does the Powers™ strap influence the lower limb biomechanics during running?.

The influence of an off the shelf lateral wedge orthotic on knee loading during running (2017)
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Starbuck, C., Price, C., Smith, L., & Jones, R. (2017). The influence of an off the shelf lateral wedge orthotic on knee loading during running. Footwear Science, 9(Sup.1), S37-S38. https://doi.org/10.1080/19424280.2017.1314323

Knee injuries are prevalent in sports and associated with degenerative changes to the joint (Silverwood et al.,2015). High external knee adduction moments (EKAMs), knee adduction angular impulses (KAAIs) and knee flexion moments (KFMs) have been asso... Read More about The influence of an off the shelf lateral wedge orthotic on knee loading during running.

The optimization of footwear choices in the management of knee osteoarthritis (2017)
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Evans, D., Price, C., Williams, A., & Jones, R. (2017). The optimization of footwear choices in the management of knee osteoarthritis. Rheumatology, 56(Sup. 2), 164. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kex062.288

Background: An estimated 4.71 million people aged 45 and over have sought treatment for knee osteoarthritis (OA) in the UK, with this number predicted to grow to 6.5 million people by 2020. Structural changes of knee OA are the most common cause of d... Read More about The optimization of footwear choices in the management of knee osteoarthritis.

Challenging the foundations of the clinical model of foot function : further evidence that the Root model assessments fail to appropriately classify foot function (2017)
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Jarvis, H., Nester, C., Bowden, P., & Jones, R. (2017). Challenging the foundations of the clinical model of foot function : further evidence that the Root model assessments fail to appropriately classify foot function. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 10(7), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-017-0189-2

Background The Root model of normal and abnormal foot function remains the basis for clinical foot orthotic practice globally. Our aim was to investigate the relationship between foot deformities and kinematic compensations that are the foundations... Read More about Challenging the foundations of the clinical model of foot function : further evidence that the Root model assessments fail to appropriately classify foot function.

The relationship between external knee moments and muscle co-activation in subjects with medial knee osteoarthritis (2017)
Journal Article
Selistre, L., Mattiello, S., Nakagawa, T., Gonçalves, G., Petrella, M., & Jones, R. (2017). The relationship between external knee moments and muscle co-activation in subjects with medial knee osteoarthritis. Journal of Electro - myography and Kinesiology, 33, 64-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelekin.2017.01.007

Purpose: External knee moments are reliable to measure knee load but it does not take into account muscle activity. Considering that muscle co-activation increases compressive forces at the knee joint, identifying relationships between muscle co-ac... Read More about The relationship between external knee moments and muscle co-activation in subjects with medial knee osteoarthritis.

The effect of intracortical bone pin application on kinetics and tibiocalcaneal kinematics of walking gait (2016)
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Maiwald, C., Arndt, A., Nester, C., Jones, R., Lundberg, A., & Wolf, P. (2016). The effect of intracortical bone pin application on kinetics and tibiocalcaneal kinematics of walking gait. Gait & Posture, 52, 129-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2016.10.023

Bone anchored markers using intracortical bone pins are one of the few available methods for analyzing skeletal motion during human gait in-vivo without errors induced by soft tissue artifacts. However, bone anchored markers require local anesthesia... Read More about The effect of intracortical bone pin application on kinetics and tibiocalcaneal kinematics of walking gait.

Effect of a knee-ankle-foot orthosis on knee kinematics and kinetics in an individual with varus knee alignment (2016)
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Alfatafta, H., Hutchins, S., Liu, A., & Jones, R. (2016). Effect of a knee-ankle-foot orthosis on knee kinematics and kinetics in an individual with varus knee alignment. Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics, 28(4), 186-190. https://doi.org/10.1097/JPO.0000000000000111

Background: Knee valgus braces are used to reduce knee load and varus deformities in individuals with medial compartment osteoarthritis (OA). The purpose of this study was to determine whether the kinematics and kinetics of the knee are improved when... Read More about Effect of a knee-ankle-foot orthosis on knee kinematics and kinetics in an individual with varus knee alignment.

Reductions in co-contraction following neuromuscular re-education in people with knee osteoarthritis (2016)
Journal Article
Preece, S., Jones, R., Brown, C., Cacciatore, T., & Jones, A. (2016). Reductions in co-contraction following neuromuscular re-education in people with knee osteoarthritis. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 17(372), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-016-1209-2

Background Both increased knee muscle co-contraction and alterations in central pain processing have been suggested to play a role in knee osteoarthritis pain. However, current interventions do not target either of these mechanisms. The Alexander... Read More about Reductions in co-contraction following neuromuscular re-education in people with knee osteoarthritis.

How reliable are lower limb biomechanical variables during running and cutting tasks (2016)
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Alenezi, F., Herrington, L., Jones, P., & Jones, R. (2016). How reliable are lower limb biomechanical variables during running and cutting tasks. Journal of Electro - myography and Kinesiology, 30, 137-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelekin.2016.07.001

The purpose of this study was to compare the within- and between-days reliability of lower limb biomechanical variables collected during running and cutting tasks. Methods: 15 recreational athletes, 7 males and 8 females, took part in three testing... Read More about How reliable are lower limb biomechanical variables during running and cutting tasks.

The effectiveness of an exercise programme on dynamic balance in patients with medial knee osteoarthritis : a pilot study (2016)
Journal Article
Al-Khlaifat, L., Herrington, L., Tyson, S., Hammond, A., & Jones, R. (2016). The effectiveness of an exercise programme on dynamic balance in patients with medial knee osteoarthritis : a pilot study. ˜The œKnee (Amsterdam. Online), 23(5), 849-856. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knee.2016.05.006

BACKGROUND: Dynamic balance and quiet standing balance are decreased in knee osteoarthritis (OA), with dynamic balance being more affected. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a group exercise programme of lower extremity muscles i... Read More about The effectiveness of an exercise programme on dynamic balance in patients with medial knee osteoarthritis : a pilot study.

Harmonising data collection from osteoarthritis studies to enable stratification : recommendations on core data collection from an Arthritis Research UK clinical studies group (2016)
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Kingsbury, S., Corp, N., Watt, F., Felson, D., O’Neill, T., Holt, C., …Arden, N. (2016). Harmonising data collection from osteoarthritis studies to enable stratification : recommendations on core data collection from an Arthritis Research UK clinical studies group. Rheumatology, 55(8), 1394-1402. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kew201

OBJECTIVE: Treatment of OA by stratifying for commonly used and novel therapies will likely improve the range of effective therapy options and their rational deployment in this undertreated, chronic disease. In order to develop appropriate datasets... Read More about Harmonising data collection from osteoarthritis studies to enable stratification : recommendations on core data collection from an Arthritis Research UK clinical studies group.

Reliability of hop distance and frontal-plane dynamic knee valgus angle during single-leg horizontal hop test (2015)
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valgus angle during single-leg horizontal hop test. Journal of Athletic Enhancement, 4(6), https://doi.org/10.4172/2324-9080.1000218

Context: Single-leg hop for distance (SHD) performance and twodimensional (2-D) video assessment of frontal-plane knee valgus, during the single-leg landings, have been reported to identify the risk of knee injuries such as patellofemoral pain syn... Read More about Reliability of hop distance and frontal-plane dynamic knee valgus angle during single-leg horizontal hop test.

Lateral wedge insoles for reducing biomechanical risk factors for medial knee osteoarthritis progression : a systematic review and meta-analysis (2015)
Journal Article
Arnold, J., Wong, D., Jones, R., Hill, C., & Thewlis, D. (2016). Lateral wedge insoles for reducing biomechanical risk factors for medial knee osteoarthritis progression : a systematic review and meta-analysis. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 68(7), 936-951. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.22797

Objective Lateral wedge insoles are intended to reduce biomechanical risk factors of medial knee osteoarthritis (OA) progression, such as increased knee joint load; however, there has been no definitive consensus on this topic. The aim of this syst... Read More about Lateral wedge insoles for reducing biomechanical risk factors for medial knee osteoarthritis progression : a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Recommendations for the conduct of efficacy trials of treatment devices for osteoarthritis : a report from a working group of the Arthritis Research UK Osteoarthritis and Crystal Diseases Clinical Studies Group (2015)
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Felson, D., Redmond, A., Chapman, G., Smith, T., Hamilton, D., Jones, R., …Conaghan, P. (2016). Recommendations for the conduct of efficacy trials of treatment devices for osteoarthritis : a report from a working group of the Arthritis Research UK Osteoarthritis and Crystal Diseases Clinical Studies Group. Rheumatology, 55(2), 320-326. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kev328

Objective. There are unique challenges to designing and carrying out high-quality trials testing therapeutic devices in OA and other rheumatic diseases. Such challenges include determining the mechanisms of action of the device and the appropriate sh... Read More about Recommendations for the conduct of efficacy trials of treatment devices for osteoarthritis : a report from a working group of the Arthritis Research UK Osteoarthritis and Crystal Diseases Clinical Studies Group.