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A pilot randomized controlled trial of a daily muscle stretch regime to prevent contractures in the arm after stroke (2005)
Journal Article
Turton, A., & Britton, E. (2005). A pilot randomized controlled trial of a daily muscle stretch regime to prevent contractures in the arm after stroke. Clinical Rehabilitation, 19(6), 600-612. https://doi.org/10.1191/0269215505cr891oa

Objective: To evaluate the feasibility and effects of daily stretch positioning for prevention of contractures in stroke patients without arm function. Design: Randomized controlled pilot study. Setting: Stroke rehabilitation ward, UK. Subjects: Twen... Read More about A pilot randomized controlled trial of a daily muscle stretch regime to prevent contractures in the arm after stroke.

Pelvic floor exercises for erectile dysfunction (2005)
Journal Article
Dunn, C. D., Feneley, R. C., Speakman, M. J., Swinkels, A., & Dorey, G. (2005). Pelvic floor exercises for erectile dysfunction. BJU International, 96(4), 595-597. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05690.x

OBJECTIVE: To examine the role of pelvic floor exercises as a way of restoring erectile function in men with erectile dysfunction. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In all, 55 men aged >20 years who had experienced erectile dysfunction for ≥6 months were recruit... Read More about Pelvic floor exercises for erectile dysfunction.

'I'm just going to wash you down': Sanitizing the vaginal examination (2005)
Journal Article
Stewart, M. (2005). 'I'm just going to wash you down': Sanitizing the vaginal examination. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 51(6), 587-594. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2005.03543.x

Aim. This paper reports findings from an ongoing study exploring the qualitative experiences of midwives and women in relation to vaginal examination in labour, focusing on how vaginal examination is discussed and on the wash-down procedure used by s... Read More about 'I'm just going to wash you down': Sanitizing the vaginal examination.

Snap-shot: A celebration of youth (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Needham, J., & Coad, J. (2005, September). Snap-shot: A celebration of youth. Paper presented at RCN International Conference for Children and Young People, Belfast, UK

Injury prevention (2005)
Book Chapter
Errington, G., & Towner, E. (2005). Injury prevention. In L. Ewles (Ed.), Key Topics in public health: essential briefings on prevention and health promotion (Chapter 7) (119-134). London: Elsevier

Sounds abound: Oral history and the history of nursing (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Kirby, S. (2005, August). Sounds abound: Oral history and the history of nursing. Paper presented at Guest seminar presentation, Catholic University of Australia, Sydney, Australia

Music therapy with adults with learning difficulties and ‘severe challenging behaviour' (2005)
Thesis
‘severe challenging behaviour'. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1048522

This thesis describes and analyses an action research inquiry where weekly group music therapy sessions were offered to five residents in their community home over the course of a year. The residents each had a history of institutional living, learni... Read More about Music therapy with adults with learning difficulties and ‘severe challenging behaviour'.

Professional influences on the provision of mental health care for older people within a general hospital ward (2005)
Journal Article
Zohhadi, S., & Harrison, A. (2005). Professional influences on the provision of mental health care for older people within a general hospital ward. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 12(4), 472-480. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2005.00868.x

Recent policy initiatives within the United Kingdom have recognized that effective care for older people can only be achieved if health care staff are willing and skilled enough to address patient needs in a holistic way. The preliminary stages of th... Read More about Professional influences on the provision of mental health care for older people within a general hospital ward.

Relationship of neurofibrillary pathology to cerebral amyloid angiopathy in Alzheimer's disease (2005)
Journal Article
Chalmers, K., Love, S., Williams, S., & Wilcock, G. (2005). Relationship of neurofibrillary pathology to cerebral amyloid angiopathy in Alzheimer's disease. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology, 31(4), 414-421. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2990.2005.00663.x

Over 90% of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) develop cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA). Severe dyshoric CAA, in which amyloid extends into the surrounding brain parenchyma, may be associated with adjacent clustering of tau-immunopositive neurit... Read More about Relationship of neurofibrillary pathology to cerebral amyloid angiopathy in Alzheimer's disease.