All Outputs (38)

The acceptability of musculoskeletal community appointment days: A mixed‐methods service evaluation (2025)
Journal Article

Background: Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions represent an increasing challenge within the NHS. Rising demand has driven a national shift towards more community‐based care and supported self‐management. Community Appointment Days (CAD) are community‐b... Read More about The acceptability of musculoskeletal community appointment days: A mixed‐methods service evaluation.

Provision of multidisciplinary specialist pain services for people with chronic cancer-related late effects pain across England (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Introduction: Pain can be a significant problem for cancer survivors. The provision of pain services in England for people with cancer-related late effects pain, and the epidemiology of service users, is poorly understood.(1–3)
Aim: To identify th... Read More about Provision of multidisciplinary specialist pain services for people with chronic cancer-related late effects pain across England.

Public contributor and stakeholder research priority setting for cancer survivors with chronic cancer-related pain Figure 1: Development of clinical recommendations (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Introduction: Chronic pain is a common side effect of cancer treatment. To better support people with chronic cancer-related pain, a set of evidence-based clinical recommendations have been generated. These are summarised as: PAINS: Prepare and inf... Read More about Public contributor and stakeholder research priority setting for cancer survivors with chronic cancer-related pain Figure 1: Development of clinical recommendations.

Research prioritisation of clinical recommendations for cancer survivors living with chronic pain post cancer treatment (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Introduction: Chronic pain is a common side effect of cancer treatment and is frequently cited as a top concern and unmet need for cancer survivors with wide ranging impacts. To better support people with chronic pain as a long-term or late side ef... Read More about Research prioritisation of clinical recommendations for cancer survivors living with chronic pain post cancer treatment.

Clinical and cost-effectiveness of first contact physiotherapy for musculoskeletal disorders in primary care: The FRONTIER, mixed method realist evaluation (2024)
Journal Article

Background First-contact physiotherapists assess and diagnose patients with musculoskeletal disorders, determining the best course of management without prior general practitioner consultation. Objectives The primary aim was to determine the clinical... Read More about Clinical and cost-effectiveness of first contact physiotherapy for musculoskeletal disorders in primary care: The FRONTIER, mixed method realist evaluation.

‘Use it or lose it’ vs ‘it’s just your age’ Experiences of healthcare professionals delivering physical activity advice for people with musculoskeletal conditions – A systematic literature review (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background:
Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions affect over 10 million people (UK). Physical activity (PA) is recommended as a primary treatment to improve strength and mobility, yet high numbers of people with MSK conditions are inactive (Versus Arthr... Read More about ‘Use it or lose it’ vs ‘it’s just your age’ Experiences of healthcare professionals delivering physical activity advice for people with musculoskeletal conditions – A systematic literature review.

Priorities for physical activity among under-served populations with musculoskeletal conditions: Findings from a Q-methodology study (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background:
Twenty million individuals (in UK) have a musculoskeletal (MSK) condition, for which physical activity (PA) is a core treatment. People from minority ethnic communities are disproportionately impacted, experiencing higher levels of pain... Read More about Priorities for physical activity among under-served populations with musculoskeletal conditions: Findings from a Q-methodology study.

Supporting people with musculoskeletal conditions from underserved communities in the United Kingdom to engage with physical activity: A realist synthesis and Q-methodology study (2024)
Journal Article

In the United Kingdom, 20 million individuals suffer from a musculoskeletal condition, for which physical activity (PA) is a core treatment. Minority ethnic communities experience a disproportionate impact, experiencing higher levels of pain and enga... Read More about Supporting people with musculoskeletal conditions from underserved communities in the United Kingdom to engage with physical activity: A realist synthesis and Q-methodology study.

Rotator cuff-related shoulder pain (RCRSP): Semistructured patient interviews to explore the barriers and enablers to rehabilitation exercises (2024)
Journal Article

This study aimed to explore the barriers and enablers to physiotherapist-prescribed rehabilitation exercises for people with rotator cuff-related shoulder pain (RCRSP) and to guide the development of a theoretically informed intervention for people w... Read More about Rotator cuff-related shoulder pain (RCRSP): Semistructured patient interviews to explore the barriers and enablers to rehabilitation exercises.

How do we better serve excluded populations when delivering digital health technology? Inclusion evaluation of a digital musculoskeletal self-management solution (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background
Digital self-management platforms have been proposed as a solution to better support people manage their musculoskeletal (MSK) condition. However, there is a lack of evidence supporting its effectiveness and trials often explicitly exclud... Read More about How do we better serve excluded populations when delivering digital health technology? Inclusion evaluation of a digital musculoskeletal self-management solution.

The impact of remote consultations on first contact physiotherapists in primary care (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background: First Contact Physiotherapists (FCPs) were introduced to reduce demands on GPs by providing improving access to expert musculoskeletal care. FCPs experience similar workplace stressors to GPs and there is an emerging concern that remote c... Read More about The impact of remote consultations on first contact physiotherapists in primary care.

Identifying the key determinants of a community pharmacy based bladder and bowel service (2024)
Journal Article

Objectives
Community pharmacies and their personnel present an opportunity to implement new services for bladder and bowel continence care. Underpinned by the COM-B model of capability (C), opportunity (O), motivation (M), Behaviour (B)), this study... Read More about Identifying the key determinants of a community pharmacy based bladder and bowel service.

How do we better serve excluded populations when delivering digital health technology? Inclusion evaluation of a digital musculoskeletal self‐management solution (2024)
Journal Article

Background
Digital self‐management platforms have been proposed as a solution to better support people manage their musculoskeletal (MSK) condition. However, research studies often explicitly exclude people who can't access internet connected device... Read More about How do we better serve excluded populations when delivering digital health technology? Inclusion evaluation of a digital musculoskeletal self‐management solution.

Rotator cuff-related shoulder pain (RCRSP): Semi-structured patient interviews to explore the barriers and enablers to rehabilitation exercises (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Purpose: RCRSP accounts for 50-85% of diagnoses for shoulder pain and rehabilitative exercises are recommended for management. In practice, 50-70% of patients are either non-adherent or only partially adherent to exercise. This study aimed to explore... Read More about Rotator cuff-related shoulder pain (RCRSP): Semi-structured patient interviews to explore the barriers and enablers to rehabilitation exercises.

Patient perspectives of general practice consultation for musculoskeletal disorders: A qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article

Background: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSKDs) are a significant reason for general practice consultations in the United Kingdom. Current models of care include consultation with a General Practitioner (GP) or a First Contact Physiotherapy Practitione... Read More about Patient perspectives of general practice consultation for musculoskeletal disorders: A qualitative study.

P071 Exploring experiences and preferences of people with rheumatoid arthritis for digital interventions to promote physical activity (PA) (2024)
Journal Article

Background/Aims Physical activity (PA) is effective for managing symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) but people with RA are less active than their healthy counterparts. A digital intervention (DI) to promote PA, is a potential solution. There is a... Read More about P071 Exploring experiences and preferences of people with rheumatoid arthritis for digital interventions to promote physical activity (PA).

First contact physiotherapy: An evaluation of clinical effectiveness and costs (2024)
Journal Article

Background: First Contact Physiotherapy Practitioners (FCPPs) are embedded within general practice, providing expert assessment, diagnosis and management plans for patients with musculoskeletal disorders (MSKDs), without the prior need for GP consult... Read More about First contact physiotherapy: An evaluation of clinical effectiveness and costs.

Rotator cuff-related shoulder pain (RCRSP): Semi-structured patient interviews to explore the barriers and enablers to rehabilitation exercises (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Purpose: RCRSP accounts for 50-85% of diagnoses for shoulder pain and rehabilitative exercises are recommended for management. In practice, 50-70% of patients are either non-adherent or only partially adherent to exercise. This study aimed to explore... Read More about Rotator cuff-related shoulder pain (RCRSP): Semi-structured patient interviews to explore the barriers and enablers to rehabilitation exercises.

Systematic co-development and testing of a digital behaviour change intervention for osteoarthritis and physical activity: Theoretical mapping and acceptability study (2023)
Journal Article

Objective: Osteoarthritis (OA) affects 8.75 million people in the UK. Physical activity (PA) is recommended as a core treatment, yet nearly half of people with OA are inactive. Accessible and user-friendly interventions are needed to motivate people... Read More about Systematic co-development and testing of a digital behaviour change intervention for osteoarthritis and physical activity: Theoretical mapping and acceptability study.

Strategies to enhance physical activity in people with rheumatoid arthritis: A Delphi survey (2023)
Journal Article

Introduction: Managing symptoms, resisting functional decline and maintaining health and independence are key motivators for people with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) who successfully engage with physical activity (PA). To inform PA support for people wi... Read More about Strategies to enhance physical activity in people with rheumatoid arthritis: A Delphi survey.