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Audio feedback to physiotherapy students for viva voce : how effective is ‘the living voice’? (2014)
Journal Article
Munro, W., & Hollingworth, L. (2014). Audio feedback to physiotherapy students for viva voce : how effective is ‘the living voice’?. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 39(7), 865-878. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2013.873387

Assessment and feedback remains one of the categories that students are least satisfied with within the United Kingdom National Student Survey. The Student Charter promotes the use of various formats of feedback to enhance student learning. This stud... Read More about Audio feedback to physiotherapy students for viva voce : how effective is ‘the living voice’?.

Promoting good design (2014)
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Burke, M., Collier, E., Haworth-Lomax, R., & Yates-Bolton, N. (2014). Promoting good design. Journal of dementia care, 22(1), 18

Quantification of pelvic soft tissue artifact in multiple static positions (2014)
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Hara, R., Sangeux, M., Baker, R., & McGinley, J. (2014). Quantification of pelvic soft tissue artifact in multiple static positions. Gait & Posture, 39, 712-717. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2013.10.001

Soft tissue artifact (STA) has been identified as the most critical source of error in clinical gait analysis. Multiple calibration is a technique to reduce the impact of STA on kinematic data, which involves several static calibrations through the r... Read More about Quantification of pelvic soft tissue artifact in multiple static positions.

Variability of walking in able-bodied adults across different time intervals (2014)
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McGinley, J., Wolfendale, R., Morris, M., Pandy, M., & Baker, R. (2014). Variability of walking in able-bodied adults across different time intervals. Fiziksel tıp ve rehabilitasyon bilimleri dergisi (online), 17, 6-10

This study aimed to quantify the variability of walking in young adults across measurement sessions held at varied time intervals. Inconsistent marker placement, a major source of variation in gait measurement, was minimized in this study in order to... Read More about Variability of walking in able-bodied adults across different time intervals.

Relationships between strength, sprint, and jump performance in well-trained youth soccer players (2014)
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Comfort, P., Stewart, A., Bloom, L., & Clarkson, B. (2014). Relationships between strength, sprint, and jump performance in well-trained youth soccer players. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 28(1), 173-177. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0b013e318291b8c7

Research has demonstrated a clear relationship between absolute and relative strength and sprint and jump performance in adult athletes; however, this relationship in younger athletes has been less extensively studied. The aim of this study, therefor... Read More about Relationships between strength, sprint, and jump performance in well-trained youth soccer players.

Health, functioning and social engagement among the UK Chinese (2014)
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Rochelle, T., & Shardlow, S. (2014). Health, functioning and social engagement among the UK Chinese. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 38, 142-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2013.08.007

The present study examines factors associated with health, functioning and social engagement among Chinese in the UK. A total of 211 Chinese men and women aged between 15 and 79 years were recruited through a selection of Chinese social organisations... Read More about Health, functioning and social engagement among the UK Chinese.

A systematic procedure to optimise dose and image quality for the measurement of inter-vertebral angles from lateral spinal projections using Cobb and superimposition methods (2014)
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Al Qaroot, B., Hogg, P., Twiste, M., & Howard, D. (2014). A systematic procedure to optimise dose and image quality for the measurement of inter-vertebral angles from lateral spinal projections using Cobb and superimposition methods. Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology, 22(5), 613-625. https://doi.org/10.3233/XST-140449

BACKGROUND: Patients with vertebral column deformations are exposed to high risks associated with ionising radiation exposure. Risks are further increased due to the serial X-ray images that are needed to measure and asses their spinal deformation us... Read More about A systematic procedure to optimise dose and image quality for the measurement of inter-vertebral angles from lateral spinal projections using Cobb and superimposition methods.

The missing dimension : The relevance of people's conception of time (2014)
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Norgate, S., Davies, N., Speed, C., Cherrett, T., & Dickinson, J. (2014). The missing dimension : The relevance of people's conception of time. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 37(01), 93-94. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X13001829

While a timely conceptual innovation for the digital age, the “map” proposed by Bentley et al. would benefit from strengthening through the inclusion of a non–clock-time perspective. In this way, there could be new hypotheses developed which could be... Read More about The missing dimension : The relevance of people's conception of time.

Paper 1: Conceptualizing the transition from advanced to consultant practitioner: Career promotion or significant life event? (2014)
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Hardy, M., & Nightingale, J. (2014). Paper 1: Conceptualizing the transition from advanced to consultant practitioner: Career promotion or significant life event?. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, 45, 356-364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2014.09.007

Background: The diversification of nursing and allied health profession (AHP) roles has seen unprecedented growth as organizations have sought to optimize limited health care resources. Within the UK health care system, the nonmedical consultant is v... Read More about Paper 1: Conceptualizing the transition from advanced to consultant practitioner: Career promotion or significant life event?.

Test-retest reliability and sensitivity of the concept2 dyno dynamometer: practical applications (2014)
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Bampouras, T., Marrin, K., Sanley, S., & Jones, P. (2014). Test-retest reliability and sensitivity of the concept2 dyno dynamometer: practical applications. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 28(5), 1381-1385. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000000269

Strength assessment is often part of the objective periodical observation of teams, squads, or large groups of athletes. Equipment that provides assessment that is mobile and is easy to use will reduce the impact on the athletes’ training and competi... Read More about Test-retest reliability and sensitivity of the concept2 dyno dynamometer: practical applications.

The effect of compression gloves in hand Osteoarthritis: A pre-post test trial (2014)
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Hammond, A., Prior, Y., Jones, V., Dooley, M., Hough, Y., & Jacklin, A. (2014). The effect of compression gloves in hand Osteoarthritis: A pre-post test trial. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 66(11 Sup), S436

Background: Compression gloves are used in Hand Osteoarthritis (HOA) to reduce pain (day and/or night), stiffness and improve hand function. A systematic review identified only two trials (sample sizes n= 2 and 5), with inconclusive results [1]. The... Read More about The effect of compression gloves in hand Osteoarthritis: A pre-post test trial.

Supporting employed patients with musculoskeletal conditions: a UK survey of occupational therapists (2014)
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Coole, C., Drummond, A., Watson, P., Hammond, A., Birks, E., & Worthington, E. (2014). Supporting employed patients with musculoskeletal conditions: a UK survey of occupational therapists. Clinical Rehabilitation, 28(4), 407

Background: Musculoskeletal conditions are a common cause of sickness absence and work disability. Occupational therapists regularly treat patients with these conditions but little is known about the work-related advice and support they provide to pa... Read More about Supporting employed patients with musculoskeletal conditions: a UK survey of occupational therapists.

Fish oil supplementation, resting blood flow and markers of cellular metabolism during incremental exercise (2014)
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Pearson, S., Johnson, T., & Robins, A. (2014). Fish oil supplementation, resting blood flow and markers of cellular metabolism during incremental exercise. International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research, 84(1-2), 18-26. https://doi.org/10.1024/0300-9831/a000189

Dietary supplementation of fish oils (n-3 PUFA) have been observed to affect insulin action and hence metabolism, affecting the ability to carry out work. Here we examine the effects of fish oil supplementation in conjunction with a glucose load duri... Read More about Fish oil supplementation, resting blood flow and markers of cellular metabolism during incremental exercise.

Lack of association between postactivation potentiation and subsequent jump performance (2014)
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Pearson, S., & Hussain, S. (2014). Lack of association between postactivation potentiation and subsequent jump performance. European Journal of Sport Science, 14(5), 418-425. https://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2013.837511

Postactivation potentiation (PAP) is a strategy that has been used to acutely enhance the performance of explosive activities. Although, isometric maximal voluntary contractions (MVCs) have previously been shown to enhance subsequent explosive perfor... Read More about Lack of association between postactivation potentiation and subsequent jump performance.