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Is children's choice in health care rhetoric or reality? A scoping review (2008)
Journal Article
Shaw, K. L., & Coad, J. E. (2008). Is children's choice in health care rhetoric or reality? A scoping review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 64(4), 318-327. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04801.x

Aim. This paper is a report of a scoping review examining children and young people's health services with respect to choice in order to inform future development of choice initiatives. Background. The importance of including children and young peopl... Read More about Is children's choice in health care rhetoric or reality? A scoping review.

An embarrassment of pain perceptions? Towards an understanding of and explanation for the clinical presentation of CRPS type 1 (2008)
Journal Article
McCabe, C., & Blake, D. R. (2008). An embarrassment of pain perceptions? Towards an understanding of and explanation for the clinical presentation of CRPS type 1. Rheumatology, 47(11), 1612-1616. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/ken254

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), a fairly common problem in rheumatological and orthopaedic practice, is an allodynic pain state of uncertain pathology often variably and unpredictably responsive to treatments. Although published diagnostic cri... Read More about An embarrassment of pain perceptions? Towards an understanding of and explanation for the clinical presentation of CRPS type 1.

Cervical arterial dysfunction and manual therapy: A critical literature review to inform professional practice (2008)
Journal Article
Taylor, A. J., McCarthy, C., Kerry, R., & Mitchell, J. (2008). Cervical arterial dysfunction and manual therapy: A critical literature review to inform professional practice. Manual Therapy, 13(4), 278-288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.math.2007.10.006

An abundance of literature has attempted to provide insight into the association between cervical spine manual therapy and cervical artery dysfunction leading to cerebral ischaemic events. Additionally, specific guidelines have been developed to assi... Read More about Cervical arterial dysfunction and manual therapy: A critical literature review to inform professional practice.

Lysophospholipid acyltransferases: Novel potential regulators of the inflammatory response and target for new drug discovery (2008)
Journal Article
Jackson, S. K., Abate, W., & Tonks, A. J. (2008). Lysophospholipid acyltransferases: Novel potential regulators of the inflammatory response and target for new drug discovery. Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 119(1), 104-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pharmthera.2008.04.001

Molecular and biochemical analyses of membrane phospholipids have revealed that, in addition to their physico-chemical properties, the metabolites of phospholipids play a crucial role in the recognition, signalling and responses of cells to a variety... Read More about Lysophospholipid acyltransferases: Novel potential regulators of the inflammatory response and target for new drug discovery.

Mindfulness with children and adolescents: Effective clinical application (2008)
Journal Article
Thompson, M., & Gauntlett-Gilbert, J. (2008). Mindfulness with children and adolescents: Effective clinical application. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 13(3), 395-407. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359104508090603

Mindfulness interventions within adult populations are becoming increasingly popular. Research suggests that mindfulness can deliver lasting improvements in self-awareness and emotional stability to adults with severe and chronic conditions. As yet,... Read More about Mindfulness with children and adolescents: Effective clinical application.

Does Aquatic Exercise Relieve Pain in Adults With Neurologic or Musculoskeletal Disease? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials (2008)
Journal Article
McCabe, C. S., Hall, J., Swinkels, A., & Briddon, J. (2008). Does Aquatic Exercise Relieve Pain in Adults With Neurologic or Musculoskeletal Disease? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 89(5), 873-883. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2007.09.054

Hall J, Swinkels A, Briddon J, McCabe CS. Does aquatic exercise relieve pain in adults with neurologic or musculoskeletal disease? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Objective: To evaluate the literature on the eff... Read More about Does Aquatic Exercise Relieve Pain in Adults With Neurologic or Musculoskeletal Disease? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Controlling alcohol problems: Different approaches or different priorities? (2008)
Journal Article
Plant, M. (2008). Controlling alcohol problems: Different approaches or different priorities?. Drugs and Alcohol Today, 8(1), 15-18. https://doi.org/10.1108/17459265200800004

The adverse effects of alcohol consumption are massive. Alcohol is deemed to be the major factor in four per cent of the global burden of disease mortality (World Health Organisation, 2004). It has been suggested that there are two quite separate app... Read More about Controlling alcohol problems: Different approaches or different priorities?.

Is mechanical deformation of the suboccipital vertebral artery during cervical spine rotation responsible for vertebrobasilar insufficiency? (2008)
Journal Article
Mitchell, J. (2008). Is mechanical deformation of the suboccipital vertebral artery during cervical spine rotation responsible for vertebrobasilar insufficiency?. Physiotherapy Research International, 13(1), 53-66. https://doi.org/10.1002/pri.370

Background and Purpose. The atlanto-axial region of the vertebral artery (VA) has traditionally been considered at risk for injury during cervical spine rotation, leading to compromised blood fl ow to the hindbrain and vertebrobasilar insufficiency o... Read More about Is mechanical deformation of the suboccipital vertebral artery during cervical spine rotation responsible for vertebrobasilar insufficiency?.

Exercise for the management of cancer-related fatigue in adults (2008)
Journal Article
Cramp, F. (., & Byron-Daniel, J. Z. (2008). Exercise for the management of cancer-related fatigue in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue(2), https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006145.pub2

Background: Cancer-related fatigue is now recognised as an important symptom associated with cancer and its treatment. A number of studies have investigated the effects of physical activity in reducing cancer-related fatigue with no definitive conclu... Read More about Exercise for the management of cancer-related fatigue in adults.