All Outputs (147)

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

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.

The role of the nurse in liaison psychiatry (2008)
Book Chapter

An exploratory randomized controlled trial of assisted practice for improving sit-to-stand in stroke patients in the hospital setting (2008)
Journal Article

Objectives: To evaluate the amount of practice achieved and assess potential for effects on performance of 30 minutes of daily training in sit-to-stand. Design: Randomized controlled pilot study. Setting: Stroke rehabilitation unit, UK. Participants:... Read More about An exploratory randomized controlled trial of assisted practice for improving sit-to-stand in stroke patients in the hospital setting.

Utilising mixed methodology to understand the learning process and issues of subsequent empoyability in a new role for the NHS (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Patient views on factors affecting fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: Implications for clinical practice (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Standardizing visual analogue scales to measure fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Defining well-being in rheumatoid arthritis: Potential outcomes for a patient generated core set (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Positive experiences of living with rheumatoid arthritis: Social and personal growth link to adaptation (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The role of identity in well-being and normality on rheumatoid arthritis: Narratives of age, gender and 'personhood' (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Exercise and self-management for hip osteoarthritis: A feasibility study (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Exercise and self-management strategies for hip and knee osteoarthritis (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Madness in the method or method in the madness?: A personal rumination on the pursuit of the History of Nursing (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Improving palliative care in care homes: Evaluation of an end of life education programme for health care assistants (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Doing a literature review in health and social care: Book review (2008)
Journal Article

We need to work together: Evaulating the impact of a Health Trainers education programme on subsequent employability (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

What's in a name? 'Behaviour' versus 'Self-investment' (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Peripheral neuropathy is an early complication of type 2 diabetes in adolescence (2008)
Journal Article

Objective: To screen for microvascular complications in adolescents with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Subjects and methods: Seven adolescents with T2DM were assessed for early secondary complications. Median duration of diabetes was 1.8 (0.8-3.0)... Read More about Peripheral neuropathy is an early complication of type 2 diabetes in adolescence.

Rosiglitazone produces a greater reduction in circulating platelet activity compared with gliclazide in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus-An effect probably mediated by direct platelet PPARγ activation (2008)
Journal Article

Aims: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with enhanced platelet activation. We conducted a randomised double-blind study to compare the effects of combination metformin and rosiglitazone or metformin and gliclazide therapy on platelet func... Read More about Rosiglitazone produces a greater reduction in circulating platelet activity compared with gliclazide in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus-An effect probably mediated by direct platelet PPARγ activation.

Providing nursing support within residential care homes (2008)
Report

This study examines a joint NHS-Local Authority initiative providing a dedicated nursing and physiotherapy team to three residential care homes in Bath and North East Somerset. The initiative aims to meet the nursing needs of residents where they liv... Read More about Providing nursing support within residential care homes.

Traffic injury mortality in children in transitional Lithuania - A longitudinal analysis from 1971 to 2005 (2008)
Journal Article

Aim: Low- and middle-income countries bear far higher road traffic injury mortality rates than high-income countries. This paper considers the changing picture of child traffic injury mortality in Lithuania over a 35-year period. Methods: Road traffi... Read More about Traffic injury mortality in children in transitional Lithuania - A longitudinal analysis from 1971 to 2005.