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Comparison of pelvic tilt before and after hip flexor stretching in healthy adults (2021)
Journal Article
Preece, S., Tan, Y., Alghamdi, T., & Arnall, F. (2021). Comparison of pelvic tilt before and after hip flexor stretching in healthy adults. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 44(4), 289-294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmpt.2020.09.006

Objectives: An increase in anterior pelvic tilt is often assumed to result from short hip flexor muscles. Such altered postural alignment may increase the stress on the lumbar spine and has been shown to be a characteristic of specific low back pain... Read More about Comparison of pelvic tilt before and after hip flexor stretching in healthy adults.

A systematic review investigating the effectiveness of surgical versus conservative management of unstable ankle fractures in adults (2019)
Journal Article
Elgayar, L., Arnall, F., & Barrie, J. (2019). A systematic review investigating the effectiveness of surgical versus conservative management of unstable ankle fractures in adults. Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery, 58(5), 933-937. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jfas.2018.12.017

Nine percent of all fractures affect the ankle, with an annual incidence of 122/100,000 in Edinburgh, UK. While unstable fractures are usually treated surgically, there has been no recent systematic review of the evidence supporting this decision. In... Read More about A systematic review investigating the effectiveness of surgical versus conservative management of unstable ankle fractures in adults.

Concomitant back pain as a predictor of outcome after single level lumbar micro-decompressive surgery - a study of 995 patients (2019)
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Sethi, G., Aljawadi, A., Choudhry, M., Fischer, B., Divecha, H., Leach, J., …Siddique, I. (2019). Concomitant back pain as a predictor of outcome after single level lumbar micro-decompressive surgery - a study of 995 patients. Journal of Orthopaedics, 16(6), 478-482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jor.2019.08.013

To determine if preoperative leg pain and low back pain severity affected postoperative outcome. Prospectively collected Spine-Tango data was analysed for 995 consecutive patients who underwent a primary, single level, lumbar micro-decompression/micr... Read More about Concomitant back pain as a predictor of outcome after single level lumbar micro-decompressive surgery - a study of 995 patients.

Management of Pyogenic Spinal Infection, review of literature (2019)
Journal Article
Aljawadi, A., Jahangir, N., Jeelani, A., Ferguson, Z., Niazi, N., Arnall, F., & Pillai, A. (2019). Management of Pyogenic Spinal Infection, review of literature. Journal of Orthopaedics, 16(6), 508-512. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jor.2019.08.014

To evaluate the available evidence for the management of Pyogenic Spinal Infection (PSI). A comprehensive search for the relevant literature published between 1990 and 2018 to evaluate the management of PSI was conducted.Nonoperative management of ca... Read More about Management of Pyogenic Spinal Infection, review of literature.

Medium-term outcome of posterior surgery in the treatment of non-tuberculous bacterial spinal infection (2019)
Journal Article
Aljawadi, A., Sethi, G., Imo, E., Arnall, F., Choudhry, M., George, K., …Siddique, I. (2019). Medium-term outcome of posterior surgery in the treatment of non-tuberculous bacterial spinal infection. Journal of Orthopaedics, 16(6), 569-575. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jor.2019.06.021

to evaluate the outcome of posterior spinal stabilization surgery for the management of bacterial spinal infection. 21 patients with bacterial infection were managed surgically with posterior stabilization. Outcome measures included neurological stat... Read More about Medium-term outcome of posterior surgery in the treatment of non-tuberculous bacterial spinal infection.

Current management of fistula-in-ano (2015)
Journal Article
Phillips, J., Lees, N., & Arnall, F. (2015). Current management of fistula-in-ano. British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 76(3), 142-147. https://doi.org/10.12968/hmed.2015.76.3.142

Anal fistulae management is a balance of effective healing and the risk of incontinence from sphincter division. This review examines the heterogeneity in the literature of treatment options and the difficulties this presents for surgical training an... Read More about Current management of fistula-in-ano.