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Beliefs, motives and gains associated with physical activity in people with osteoarthritis (2020)
Journal Article
Berry, A., McCabe, C. S., Halls, S., Muir, S., & Walsh, N. (2021). Beliefs, motives and gains associated with physical activity in people with osteoarthritis. Musculoskeletal Care, 19(1), 52-58. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1507

Objectives Osteoarthritis (OA) affects approximately 8.75 million people in the United Kingdom. Physical activity is recommended as a core treatment, yet 44% of people with OA are inactive. Motivation and self‐efficacy for exercise are considered to... Read More about Beliefs, motives and gains associated with physical activity in people with osteoarthritis.

Provision of first contact physiotherapy in primary care across the UK: A survey of the service (2020)
Journal Article
Halls, S., Thomas, R., Stott, H., Cupples, M. E., Kersten, P., Cramp, F., …Walsh, N. (2020). Provision of first contact physiotherapy in primary care across the UK: A survey of the service. Physiotherapy, 108, 2-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2020.04.005

Background: First Contact Physiotherapy (FCP) is an emerging model of care whereby a specialist physiotherapist located within general practice undertakes the first patient assessment, diagnosis and management without a prior GP consultation. Despite... Read More about Provision of first contact physiotherapy in primary care across the UK: A survey of the service.

Advancing stiffness measurement in rheumatic disease: Report from the stiffness special interest group at OMERACT 2018 (2019)
Journal Article
Craig, E. T., Orbai, A., Mackie, S., Bartlett, S. J., Bingham, C. O., Goodman, S., …Halls, S. (2019). Advancing stiffness measurement in rheumatic disease: Report from the stiffness special interest group at OMERACT 2018. Journal of Rheumatology, 46(10), 1374-1378. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.181074

Objective. To improve measurement of stiffness in rheumatic disease. Methods. Data presented included (1) 2 qualitative projects, (2) the rheumatoid arthritis (RA) stiffness patient-reported outcome measure (RAST), and (3) 3 items assessing stiffn... Read More about Advancing stiffness measurement in rheumatic disease: Report from the stiffness special interest group at OMERACT 2018.