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Repeatability of joint proprioception and muscle torque assessment in healthy children and in children diagnosed with hypermobility syndrome (2008)
Journal Article

Background: Impairment of joint proprioception in patients with hypermobility syndrome (HMS) has been well documented. Both joint proprioception and muscle torque are commonly assessed in patients with musculoskeletal complaints. It is unknown, howev... Read More about Repeatability of joint proprioception and muscle torque assessment in healthy children and in children diagnosed with hypermobility syndrome.

Real-time ultrasound measurements of changes in suboccipital vertebral artery diameter and blood flow velocity associated with cervical spine rotation (2008)
Journal Article

Background and Purpose. The vulnerability of the vertebral artery (VA) to distortion with sustained, full-range cervical spine rotation, resulting in compromised blood flow and possible vertebrobasilar ischaemia, is well recognized. However, few stud... Read More about Real-time ultrasound measurements of changes in suboccipital vertebral artery diameter and blood flow velocity associated with cervical spine rotation.

Predictors and outcomes of speech and language therapists' treatment decisions (2008)
Journal Article

This study investigated predictors of decisions made by speech and language therapists (SLTs) to offer intervention for pre-school children and the children's outcomes relative to that decision. The study uses data from 347 children who were first as... Read More about Predictors and outcomes of speech and language therapists' treatment decisions.

In-reach specialist nursing teams for residential care homes: Uptake of services, impact on care provision and cost-effectiveness (2008)
Journal Article

Background. A joint NHS-Local Authority initiative in England designed to provide a dedicated nursing and physiotherapy in-reach team (IRT) to four residential care homes has been evaluated. The IRT supported 131 residents and maintained 15 'virtual'... Read More about In-reach specialist nursing teams for residential care homes: Uptake of services, impact on care provision and cost-effectiveness.

The pivotal role of managers in the changing world of work and learning (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Exploring e-learning in developing health care professionals equiped for effective evidence based practice in Papua New Guinea (2008)
Report

Perilous assumptions: Revisiting tradtional notions of autonomy for older adult patients (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Applying lessons from Local Air Quality Management Consultation to climate change (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

An evaluation of the use of electronic portfolios (e-portfoli) in the assessment of clinical practice (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Protecting the public - from me (2008)
Book Chapter

Is children's choice in health care rhetoric or reality? A scoping review (2008)
Journal Article

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.

Molecular detection of exercise-induced free radicals following ascorbate prophylaxis in type 1 diabetes mellitus: A randomised controlled trial (2008)
Journal Article

Aims/hypothesis: Patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus are more susceptible than healthy individuals to exercise-induced oxidative stress and vascular endothelial dysfunction, which has important implications for the progression of disease. Thus, in... Read More about Molecular detection of exercise-induced free radicals following ascorbate prophylaxis in type 1 diabetes mellitus: A randomised controlled trial.

An embarrassment of pain perceptions? Towards an understanding of and explanation for the clinical presentation of CRPS type 1 (2008)
Journal Article

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.

Peeling onions: Using drama to explore emotion (2008)
Book Chapter

Risk factors for shoulder subluxation following stroke: A systematic literature review (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

After value: Alasdair MacIntyre and the rise and rise of institutional values (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Student experiences and mentor views of the use of simulation for learning (2008)
Journal Article

This paper presents the findings of a two phase mixed methods study. Phase 1 investigated whether simulation could support the development of a range of clinical skills amongst pre-registration adult and children's nursing students. The second phase... Read More about Student experiences and mentor views of the use of simulation for learning.

On being of good character: Nurse education and the assessment of good character (2008)
Journal Article

Open-mindedness (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The hazards of daily life: An historical perspective on adult unintentional injury (2008)
Journal Article