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Rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic of long-term care - Is organizational integration the answer? (2004)
Journal Article

Since 1997 the British government has actively promoted collaboration between health and social care services, culminating in proposals for fully integrated health and social care organizations - called Care Trusts - to address problems in co-ordinat... Read More about Rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic of long-term care - Is organizational integration the answer?.

A multiple case design experiment to investigate the performance and neural effects of a programme for training hand function after stroke (2004)
Journal Article

Objective: To investigate the effects of task-specific practice on hand function in stroke subjects who were given computer-assisted training and to look for associated changes in corticospinal connectivity. Design: Single case design experiments. Se... Read More about A multiple case design experiment to investigate the performance and neural effects of a programme for training hand function after stroke.

Is cervical spine rotation, as used in the standard vertebrobasilar insufficiency test, associated with a measureable change in intracranial vertebral artery blood flow? (2004)
Journal Article

Cervical spine rotation is used by manual therapists as a premanipulative vertebrobasilar insufficiency (VBI) test to identify patients at risk of developing VBI post-manipulation. Investigations of the effect of rotation on vertebral artery blood fl... Read More about Is cervical spine rotation, as used in the standard vertebrobasilar insufficiency test, associated with a measureable change in intracranial vertebral artery blood flow?.

Randomised controlled trial of pelvic floor muscle exercises and manometric biofeedback for erectile dysfunction (2004)
Journal Article

The paper presents the results of an RCT which established the effectiveness of pelvic floor muscle exercises for erectile dysfunction. A paper reporting the findings won the best scientific presentation award at the 2004 International Continence Soc... Read More about Randomised controlled trial of pelvic floor muscle exercises and manometric biofeedback for erectile dysfunction.

A Retrospective Analysis of the Role of Transvaginal Sonography in the Evaluation of Patients with Abnormal Postmenopausal Bleeding (2004)
Journal Article

Post-menopausal bleeding is an increasingly common reason for referral to a gynaecology department. Whilst the bleeding could be attributable to a number of different reasons, these patients are more at risk of endometrial cancer than pre-menopausal... Read More about A Retrospective Analysis of the Role of Transvaginal Sonography in the Evaluation of Patients with Abnormal Postmenopausal Bleeding.