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Behaviour change interventions to promote physical activity in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review (2015)
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© 2015, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Research has shown that people who have rheumatoid arthritis (RA) do not usually participate in enough physical activity to obtain the benefits of optimal physical activity levels, including quality of life,... Read More about Behaviour change interventions to promote physical activity in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review.

Selected static foot assessments do not predict medial longitudinal arch motion during running (2015)
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© 2015 Langley et al. Background: Static assessments of the foot are commonly advocated within the running community to classify the foot with a view to recommending the appropriate type of running shoe. The aim of this work was to determine whether... Read More about Selected static foot assessments do not predict medial longitudinal arch motion during running.

Task-specific reach-to-grasp training after stroke: Development and description of a home-based intervention (2015)
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© The Author(s) 2015. This series of articles for rehabilitation in practice aims to cover a knowledge element of the rehabilitation medicine curriculum. Nevertheless they are intended to be of interest to a multidisciplinary audience. The competency... Read More about Task-specific reach-to-grasp training after stroke: Development and description of a home-based intervention.

The biology of cancer-related fatigue: a review of the literature (2015)
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© 2015, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg (Outside the USA). Purpose: Understanding the etiology of cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is critical to identify targets to develop therapies to reduce CRF burden. The goal of this systematic review was to expa... Read More about The biology of cancer-related fatigue: a review of the literature.

Talking About Looking: Three Approaches to Interviewing Carers of People With Rheumatoid Arthritis About Information Seeking (2015)
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© 2016 The Author(s). Given the profusion of illness-related information, in this article, we consider how talking about information seeking - and in particular Internet use - is difficult, not because it is necessarily a highly sensitive topic (thou... Read More about Talking About Looking: Three Approaches to Interviewing Carers of People With Rheumatoid Arthritis About Information Seeking.

Physical activity engagement in early rheumatoid arthritis: a qualitative study to inform intervention development (2015)
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© 2015 Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Background Physical activity (PA) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is lower than in the general population. PA can improve physical function in RA, decrease chronic inflammation and reduce pain, wit... Read More about Physical activity engagement in early rheumatoid arthritis: a qualitative study to inform intervention development.

Assessing the impact of upper limb disability following stroke: A qualitative enquiry using internet-based personal accounts of stroke survivors (2015)
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© 2015 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis. Purpose: Upper limb disability following stroke may have multiple effects on the individual. Existing assessment instruments tend to focus on impairment and function and may miss other changes th... Read More about Assessing the impact of upper limb disability following stroke: A qualitative enquiry using internet-based personal accounts of stroke survivors.

Patient Reported Kneeling Ability in Fixed and Mobile Bearing Knee Arthroplasty (2015)
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© 2015 Elsevier Inc. Kneeling is an important function of the knee joint required for many daily activities. Bearing type is thought to influence functional outcome following UKA and TKA. Self-reported kneeling ability was recorded in 471 UKA and 206... Read More about Patient Reported Kneeling Ability in Fixed and Mobile Bearing Knee Arthroplasty.

The immediate effect of bilateral self myofascial release on the plantar surface of the feet on hamstring and lumbar spine flexibility: A pilot randomised controlled trial (2015)
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© 2015. Background: Self myofascial release (SMR) via a tennis ball to the plantar aspect of the foot is widely used and advocated to increase flexibility and range of movement further along the posterior muscles of a proposed "anatomy train". To dat... Read More about The immediate effect of bilateral self myofascial release on the plantar surface of the feet on hamstring and lumbar spine flexibility: A pilot randomised controlled trial.

What outcome measures are commonly used for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome clinical trials? A systematic review of the literature (2015)
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© 2015 European Pain Federation - EFIC®. Background and objective Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic pain condition, often triggered by trauma to a limb and characterized by sensory, motor, autonomic and trophic changes within the aff... Read More about What outcome measures are commonly used for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome clinical trials? A systematic review of the literature.

Foot and ankle impairments affect balance and mobility in stroke (FAiMiS): The views and experiences of people with stroke (2015)
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© 2015 Informa UK Ltd. All rights reserved: reproduction in whole or part not permitted. Purpose: To explore the nature and impact of foot and ankle impairments on mobility and balance in community-dwelling, chronic stroke survivors. Methods: A quali... Read More about Foot and ankle impairments affect balance and mobility in stroke (FAiMiS): The views and experiences of people with stroke.

Exercise prescription for patients with non-specific chronic low back pain: a qualitative exploration of decision making in physiotherapy practice (2015)
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© 2015 Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Background Providing an effective exercise prescription process for patients with non-specific chronic low back pain (NSCLBP) is a challenging task. Emerging research has indicated that partnership in care an... Read More about Exercise prescription for patients with non-specific chronic low back pain: a qualitative exploration of decision making in physiotherapy practice.

Physiotherapy management of joint hypermobility syndrome - a focus group study of patient and health professional perspectives (2015)
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© 2015 Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. Objective: To develop an understanding of patient and health professional views and experiences of physiotherapy to manage joint hypermobility syndrome (JHS). Design: An explorative qualitative design. Seven... Read More about Physiotherapy management of joint hypermobility syndrome - a focus group study of patient and health professional perspectives.

Living with joint hypermobility syndrome: Patient experiences of diagnosis, referral and self-care (2015)
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© The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. Background. Musculoskeletal problems are common reasons for seeking primary health care. It has been suggested that many people with 'everyday' non-inflammatory musculoskel... Read More about Living with joint hypermobility syndrome: Patient experiences of diagnosis, referral and self-care.

Recognising and managing extravasation of contrast media (2015)
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Normative data for email writing by native speakers of British English (2015)
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This dataset includes emails from forty two control participants ranging from 16 to 88 years of age (mean = 46) and 9 to 24 years of education (mean = 13). Three emails were produced by each participant (between 2011 and 2014), each within a time lim... Read More about Normative data for email writing by native speakers of British English.

Dietary analysis and nutritional behaviour in people with and without age-related macular disease (2015)
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© 2015 European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism. Background and aims: Consumption of antioxidant nutrients can reduce the risk of progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) - the leading cause of visual impairment in adults o... Read More about Dietary analysis and nutritional behaviour in people with and without age-related macular disease.

Clinical and cost effectiveness of hip arthroplasty surveillance (2015)
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Hip arthroplasty continues to be a successful method for treating a painful hip with over 76,000 primary hip replacements recorded in the National Joint Registry of England Wales and Northern Ireland in the 2014 report (http://www.njrcentre.org.uk).... Read More about Clinical and cost effectiveness of hip arthroplasty surveillance.

Developing and implementing a radiotherapy research activity assessment tool (2015)
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Purpose/Objective: Cancer research in the National Health Service (NHS) has increased by 10.5% in three years since the formation of the National Cancer Research (NCRN) networks in 2000. Additionally there is a positive cultural change driving resear... Read More about Developing and implementing a radiotherapy research activity assessment tool.

Comparing uni-modal and multi-modal therapies for improving writing in acquired dysgraphia after stroke (2015)
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© 2015 Taylor & Francis. Writing therapy studies have been predominantly uni-modal in nature; i.e., their central therapy task has typically been either writing to dictation or copying and recalling words. There has not yet been a study that has co... Read More about Comparing uni-modal and multi-modal therapies for improving writing in acquired dysgraphia after stroke.