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Task-specific training versus usual care to improve upper limb function after stroke: The “Task-AT Home” randomised controlled trial protocol (2023)
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van Vliet, P., Carey, L. M., Turton, A., Kwakkel, G., Palazzi, K., Oldmeadow, C., …Tavener, M. (2023). Task-specific training versus usual care to improve upper limb function after stroke: The “Task-AT Home” randomised controlled trial protocol. Frontiers in Neurology, 14, Article 1140017. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1140017

Background: Sixty percent of people have non-functional arms 6 months after stroke. More effective treatments are needed. Cochrane Reviews show low-quality evidence that task-specific training improves upper limb function. Our feasibility trial showe... Read More about Task-specific training versus usual care to improve upper limb function after stroke: The “Task-AT Home” randomised controlled trial protocol.

The-state-of-the-art of soft robotics to assist mobility: A review of physiotherapist and patient identified limitations of current lower-limb exoskeletons and the potential soft-robotic solutions (2023)
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Morris, L., Diteesawat, R. S., Rahman, N., Turton, A., Cramp, M., & Rossiter, J. (2023). The-state-of-the-art of soft robotics to assist mobility: A review of physiotherapist and patient identified limitations of current lower-limb exoskeletons and the potential soft-robotic solutions. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 20(1), 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-022-01122-3

Background: Soft, wearable, powered exoskeletons are novel devices that may assist rehabilitation, allowing users to walk further or carry out activities of daily living. However, soft robotic exoskeletons, and the more commonly used rigid exoskeleto... Read More about The-state-of-the-art of soft robotics to assist mobility: A review of physiotherapist and patient identified limitations of current lower-limb exoskeletons and the potential soft-robotic solutions.

A study of prisms and therapy in attention loss after stroke (SPATIAL): A feasibility randomised controlled trial (2022)
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Longley, V., Woodward-Nutt, K., Turton, A., Stocking, K., Checketts, M., Bamford, A., …Bowen, A. (2023). A study of prisms and therapy in attention loss after stroke (SPATIAL): A feasibility randomised controlled trial. Clinical Rehabilitation, 37(3), 381-393. https://doi.org/10.1177/02692155221134060

Objective: Investigate feasibility and acceptability of prism adaptation training for people with inattention (spatial neglect), early after stroke, during usual care. Design: Phase II feasibility randomised controlled trial with 3:1 stratified alloc... Read More about A study of prisms and therapy in attention loss after stroke (SPATIAL): A feasibility randomised controlled trial.

Acceptability of Lycra arm sleeve in people with sub-acute stroke: Patients', carers' and clinicians' perspectives (2022)
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Kumar, P., Jones, R., Cramp, M., Greenwood, R., White, P., & Turton, A. (2023). Acceptability of Lycra arm sleeve in people with sub-acute stroke: Patients', carers' and clinicians' perspectives. Physiotherapy, 118, 31-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2022.08.002

Background: Previous studies found that the Lycra sleeve has potential to reduce glenohumeral subluxation in people with stroke. The primary aim of this study was to explore the acceptability of the Lycra sleeve from patients’, carers’ and staff perc... Read More about Acceptability of Lycra arm sleeve in people with sub-acute stroke: Patients', carers' and clinicians' perspectives.

User perspectives on the future of mobility assistive devices: Understanding users’ assistive device experiences and needs (2022)
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Morris, L., Cramp, M., & Turton, A. (2022). User perspectives on the future of mobility assistive devices: Understanding users’ assistive device experiences and needs. Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering, 9, Article 205566832211147. https://doi.org/10.1177/20556683221114790

Introduction Current assistive devices are inadequate in addressing the needs of some people living with impaired mobility. This study explored the experiences of living with impaired mobility in relation to how wearable assistive adaptive and rehabi... Read More about User perspectives on the future of mobility assistive devices: Understanding users’ assistive device experiences and needs.

‘Somebody stuck me in a bag of sand’: Lived experiences of the altered and uncomfortable body after stroke (2021)
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Stott, H., Cramp, M., McClean, S., & Turton, A. (2021). ‘Somebody stuck me in a bag of sand’: Lived experiences of the altered and uncomfortable body after stroke. Clinical Rehabilitation, 35(9), 1348-1359. https://doi.org/10.1177/02692155211000740

Objective: This study explored stroke survivors’ experiences of altered body perception, whether these perceptions cause discomfort, and the need for clinical interventions to improve comfort. Design: A qualitative phenomenological study. Setting: Pa... Read More about ‘Somebody stuck me in a bag of sand’: Lived experiences of the altered and uncomfortable body after stroke.

Management of hemiplegic shoulder pain: A UK-wide online survey of physiotherapy and occupational therapy practice (2020)
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Kumar, P., Turton, A., Cramp, M., Smith, M., & McCabe, C. (2021). Management of hemiplegic shoulder pain: A UK-wide online survey of physiotherapy and occupational therapy practice. Physiotherapy Research International, 26(1), Article e1874. https://doi.org/10.1002/pri.1874

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore, via an online survey, how therapists assess, diagnose and manage hemiplegic shoulder pain (HSP) in the United Kingdom. The objectives were to explore (1) how therapists assessed HSP, (2) what the aim... Read More about Management of hemiplegic shoulder pain: A UK-wide online survey of physiotherapy and occupational therapy practice.

Feasibility of a randomized controlled trial of Lycra sleeve for management of glenohumeral subluxation in people with stroke (2020)
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Kumar, P., Jones, R., Easton, C., Grrenwood, R., & Turton, A. (2020). Feasibility of a randomized controlled trial of Lycra sleeve for management of glenohumeral subluxation in people with stroke. Clinical Rehabilitation, https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215520902499

Background: Glenohumeral subluxation (GHS) is a common secondary complication reported in up to 81% of people with stroke. The aims of this study were to evaluate the feasibility of conducting a fully powered randomized controlled trial of the Lycra... Read More about Feasibility of a randomized controlled trial of Lycra sleeve for management of glenohumeral subluxation in people with stroke.

Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of lycra sleeve for management of glenohumeral subluxation (GHS) in people with stroke (2019)
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Kumar, P., Jones, R., Easton, C., & Turton, A. (2019). Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of lycra sleeve for management of glenohumeral subluxation (GHS) in people with stroke. International Journal of Stroke, 14(4), 9-55. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747493019882907

Introduction: Glenohumeral subluxation (GHS) is a common secondary complication reported in up to 81% of people with stroke. The aims of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of conducting a fully powered randomised controlled trial of the Lyc... Read More about Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of lycra sleeve for management of glenohumeral subluxation (GHS) in people with stroke.

Mutual shaping in the design of socially assistive robots: A case study on social robots for therapy (2019)
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Winkle, K., Caleb-Solly, P., Turton, A., & Bremner, P. (2020). Mutual shaping in the design of socially assistive robots: A case study on social robots for therapy. International Journal of Social Robotics, 12, 847-866. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-019-00536-9

This paper offers a case study in undertaking a mutual shaping approach to the design of socially assistive robots. We consider the use of social robots in therapy, and we present our results regarding this application, but the approach is generalisa... Read More about Mutual shaping in the design of socially assistive robots: A case study on social robots for therapy.

Exploring altered body perception and comfort after stroke: An interpretive phenomenological analysis (2018)
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Stott, H., Cramp, M., McClean, S., & Turton, A. (2018). Exploring altered body perception and comfort after stroke: An interpretive phenomenological analysis. Clinical Rehabilitation, 32(10), 1406-1417. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215518784346

Background: After stroke, changes to body perception are common. However, little is known about what these disturbed perceptions feel like to the stroke survivor. This study took a phenomenological approach to explore experiences of altered body per... Read More about Exploring altered body perception and comfort after stroke: An interpretive phenomenological analysis.

Easy undressing with soft robotics (2018)
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Helps, T., Taghavi, M., Manns, S., Turton, A., & Rossiter, J. (2018). Easy undressing with soft robotics. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 10965 LNAI, 79-90. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96728-8_7

© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018. Dexterity impairments affect many people worldwide, limiting their ability to easily perform daily tasks and to be independent. Difficulty getting dressed and undressed is commonly... Read More about Easy undressing with soft robotics.

Search training for people with visual field loss after stroke: A cohort study (2017)
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Gilchrist, I. D., Turton, A., Angilley, J., Longley, V., & Clatworthy, P. (2018). Search training for people with visual field loss after stroke: A cohort study. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 81(5), 255-265. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308022617743481

© 2017, © The Author(s) 2017. Introduction: People with visual field loss after stroke often experience difficulties in everyday activities. The purpose of this study was to assess the acceptability of search training as used within occupational ther... Read More about Search training for people with visual field loss after stroke: A cohort study.

Management of hemiplegic shoulder pain: A UK wide online survey of physiotherapy and occupational therapy practice (2016)
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Kumar, P., McCabe, C., Turton, A., & Cramp, M. (2016). Management of hemiplegic shoulder pain: A UK wide online survey of physiotherapy and occupational therapy practice. International Journal of Stroke, 11(9 (4S)), 56-57

Introduction: Hemiplegic shoulder pain (HSP) is a common complication of stroke that can lead to reduced quality of life. The primary aim of the present study was to identify how HSP is assessed, diagnosed and managed in routine clinical practice by... Read More about Management of hemiplegic shoulder pain: A UK wide online survey of physiotherapy and occupational therapy practice.

Home-based Reach-to-Grasp training for people after stroke is feasible: A pilot randomised controlled trial (2016)
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Turton, A. J., Cunningham, P., Van Wijck, F., Smartt, H. J. M., Rogers, C. A., Sackley, C. M., …Van Vliet, P. (2017). Home-based Reach-to-Grasp training for people after stroke is feasible: A pilot randomised controlled trial. Clinical Rehabilitation, 31(7), 891-903. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215516661751

© The Author(s) 2016. Objective: To determine feasibility of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) of home-based Reach-to-Grasp training after stroke. Design: single-blind parallel group RCT. Participants: Residual arm deficit less than 12 months post-... Read More about Home-based Reach-to-Grasp training for people after stroke is feasible: A pilot randomised controlled trial.

Visual search training in occupational therapy - An example of expert practice in community-based stroke rehabilitation (2015)
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Gilchrist, I. D., Turton, A., Angilley, J., Chapman, M., Daniel, A., Longley, V., & Clatworthy, P. (2015). Visual search training in occupational therapy - An example of expert practice in community-based stroke rehabilitation. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 78(11), 674-687. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308022615600180

© The Author(s) 2015. Introduction: Visual searching is an essential component of many everyday activities. Search training is practised as part of occupational therapy to improve performance skills both in people with hemianopia and those with spati... Read More about Visual search training in occupational therapy - An example of expert practice in community-based stroke rehabilitation.

Task-specific reach-to-grasp training after stroke: Development and description of a home-based intervention (2015)
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Van Vliet, P., Turton, A. J., Cunningham, P., Turton, A., Van Wijck, F., & van Vliet, P. M. (2016). Task-specific reach-to-grasp training after stroke: Development and description of a home-based intervention. Clinical Rehabilitation, 30(8), 731-740. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215515603438

© The Author(s) 2015. This series of articles for rehabilitation in practice aims to cover a knowledge element of the rehabilitation medicine curriculum. Nevertheless they are intended to be of interest to a multidisciplinary audience. The competency... Read More about Task-specific reach-to-grasp training after stroke: Development and description of a home-based intervention.

Assessing the impact of upper limb disability following stroke: A qualitative enquiry using internet-based personal accounts of stroke survivors (2015)
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Turton, A. J., Neal, D., Poltawski, L., Allison, R., Briscoe, S., Freeman, J., …Dean, S. (2016). Assessing the impact of upper limb disability following stroke: A qualitative enquiry using internet-based personal accounts of stroke survivors. Disability and Rehabilitation, 38(10), 945-951. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2015.1068383

© 2015 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis. Purpose: Upper limb disability following stroke may have multiple effects on the individual. Existing assessment instruments tend to focus on impairment and function and may miss other changes th... Read More about Assessing the impact of upper limb disability following stroke: A qualitative enquiry using internet-based personal accounts of stroke survivors.

A body of evidence: Avatars and the generative nature of bodily perception (2014)
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Moss, T., Palmer, M., Turton, A., Grieve, S., Moss, T., & Lewis, J. (2014). A body of evidence: Avatars and the generative nature of bodily perception. Studies in Computational Intelligence, 536, 95-120. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45432-5_6

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) causes dramatic changes in perceptions of the body that are difficult to communicate. This chapter discusses a proof of concept study, evaluating an interactive application designed to assist patients in describi... Read More about A body of evidence: Avatars and the generative nature of bodily perception.

Evaluation of a prototype tool for communicating body perception disturbances in complex regional pain syndrome (2013)
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McCabe, C. S., Moss, T. P., Turton, A. J., Turton, A., Palmer, M., Grieve, S., …McCabe, C. (2013). Evaluation of a prototype tool for communicating body perception disturbances in complex regional pain syndrome. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7(AUG), https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00517

Patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) experience distressing changes in body perception. However representing body perception is a challenge. A digital media tool for communicating body perception disturbances was developed. A proof of... Read More about Evaluation of a prototype tool for communicating body perception disturbances in complex regional pain syndrome.