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Developing age-friendly communities in an emergent post pandemic world (2022)
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Blezard, E., Ahmed, A., Elder, B., Clark, A., & Groves, V. (2022). Developing age-friendly communities in an emergent post pandemic world

This work will contribute new knowledge and recommendations about how age-friendly initiatives can better support older people to remain socially connected to the places where they live, particularly in the light of experiences of Covid-19 and reduce... Read More about Developing age-friendly communities in an emergent post pandemic world.

Strengthening NHS management and leadership : priorities for reform (2022)
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Jones, B., Horton, T., & Home, J. (2022). Strengthening NHS management and leadership : priorities for reform

Good management is key to the NHS’s ability to provide high-quality services and to maximise the impact of its resources in the face of growing demand for care. However, in recent years, the importance of good management has been somewhat forgotten i... Read More about Strengthening NHS management and leadership : priorities for reform.

Help through crisis : final evaluation report for Salford Citizens Advice (2021)
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Jones, C., Lawrence, J., & Wilding, M. (2021). Help through crisis : final evaluation report for Salford Citizens Advice

This final evaluation report is based upon the progress and outcomes of the HtC project over a five year period (2017-2021). The final evaluation report presents the overall findings based upon five years of data collection and analysis. Inclusive of... Read More about Help through crisis : final evaluation report for Salford Citizens Advice.

A new integrated behavioural intervention for knee osteoarthritis : development and pilot study (2021)
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Preece, S., Brookes, N., Williams, A., Jones, R., Starbuck, C., Jones, A., & Walsh, N. (2021). A new integrated behavioural intervention for knee osteoarthritis : development and pilot study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 22(1), 526. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-021-04389-0

Background: Exercise-based approaches have been a cornerstone of physiotherapy management of knee osteoarthritis for many years. However, clinical effects are considered small to modest and the need for continued adherence identified as a barrier to... Read More about A new integrated behavioural intervention for knee osteoarthritis : development and pilot study.

Observational cohort study with internal and external validation of a predictive tool for identification of children in need of hospital admission from the emergency department : the Paediatric Admission Guidance in the Emergency department (PAGE) score (2020)
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Objectives: To devise an assessment tool to aid discharge and admission decision making in relation to children and young people in hospital urgent and emergency
care facilities, and thereby improve the quality of care that patients receive, using a... Read More about Observational cohort study with internal and external validation of a predictive tool for identification of children in need of hospital admission from the emergency department : the Paediatric Admission Guidance in the Emergency department (PAGE) score.

Barriers & facilitators to extended working life : a focus on a predominately female ageing workforce (2020)
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Edge, C., Coffey, M., Cook, P., & Weinberg, A. (2021). Barriers & facilitators to extended working life : a focus on a predominately female ageing workforce. Ageing and society, 41(12), 2867-2887. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X2000063X

Many countries are reforming their pension systems so people stay in work for longer
to improve the long-term sustainability of public finances to support an increasing older
population. This research aimed to explore the factors that enable or inh... Read More about Barriers & facilitators to extended working life : a focus on a predominately female ageing workforce.

With our Clipped Wings : a research-based performance on gay men’s identities devised through narrative portraiture (2020)
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Rodriguez-Dorans, E. (2020). With our Clipped Wings : a research-based performance on gay men’s identities devised through narrative portraiture. Text and Performance Quarterly, 40(2), 190-209. https://doi.org/10.1080/10462937.2020.1752931

With our Clipped Wings is a performance that showcases the research findings of the doctoral research project “Understanding gay men’s identities through narratives of their erotic and romantic relationships.” The performance delivers compelling narr... Read More about With our Clipped Wings : a research-based performance on gay men’s identities devised through narrative portraiture.

The validity of the index of vulnerable homes : evidence from consumers vulnerable to energy poverty in the UK (2020)
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Energy poverty is a multidimensional issue, and this means that it is difficult to understand the different levels of vulnerability to this phenomenon and its relationship with households’ quality of life. This paper presents the validation of an inn... Read More about The validity of the index of vulnerable homes : evidence from consumers vulnerable to energy poverty in the UK.

‘Making narrative portraits : a methodological approach to analysing qualitative data’ (2020)
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Rodriguez-Dorans, E., & Jacobs, P. (2020). ‘Making narrative portraits : a methodological approach to analysing qualitative data’. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 23(6), 611-623. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2020.1719609

This paper proposes the method of ‘narrative portraiture’, which, located within the wider field of narrative studies, offers an analytical tool to narrative data. Two research projects, one on disability and one on identity, are used to illustrate h... Read More about ‘Making narrative portraits : a methodological approach to analysing qualitative data’.

Spinal manipulation or mobilization for lumbar disc herniation with radiculopathy : a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis (2020)
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Danazumi, M., Yakasai, A., Ibrahum, S., Hassan, A., Zakari, U., & Shehu, U. (2020). Spinal manipulation or mobilization for lumbar disc herniation with radiculopathy : a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Middle East journal of rehabilitation and health studies, 7(1), e98983. https://doi.org/10.5812/mejrh.98983

Introduction: The purpose of this study is to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis into the effects of spinal manipulation or mobilization for Lumbar Disc Herniation with Radiculopathy (LDHR).
Methods: An electronic database search of titl... Read More about Spinal manipulation or mobilization for lumbar disc herniation with radiculopathy : a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Biomechanical associates of performance and knee joint loads during A70–90° cutting maneuver in sub-elite soccer players (2019)
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The aim of this study was to explore the“performance-injury risk” conflict during cutting, by examining whole-body joint kinematics and kinetics that are responsible forfaster change-of-direction (COD) performance of a cutting task in soccer players,... Read More about Biomechanical associates of performance and knee joint loads during A70–90° cutting maneuver in sub-elite soccer players.

A qualitative screening tool to identify athletes with ‘high-risk’ movement mechanics during cutting : the cutting movement assessment score (CMAS) (2019)
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To assess the validity of the cutting movement assessment score (CMAS) to estimate the magnitude of peak knee abduction moments (KAM) against three-dimensional (3D) motion analysis, while comparing whole-body kinetics and kinematics betw... Read More about A qualitative screening tool to identify athletes with ‘high-risk’ movement mechanics during cutting : the cutting movement assessment score (CMAS).

A de-civilizing reversal or system normal? Rising lethal violence in post-recession austerity United Kingdom (2019)
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This article offers incipient theoretical analysis and reflections on the recent rises in lethal violence recorded in the UK. The rises have attracted considerable media attention, with the more informed discussions drawing plausible causal associati... Read More about A de-civilizing reversal or system normal? Rising lethal violence in post-recession austerity United Kingdom.