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The-state-of-the-art of soft robotics to assist mobility: A review of physiotherapist and patient identified limitations of current lower-limb exoskeletons and the potential soft-robotic solutions (2023)
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Morris, L., Diteesawat, R. S., Rahman, N., Turton, A., Cramp, M., & Rossiter, J. (2023). The-state-of-the-art of soft robotics to assist mobility: A review of physiotherapist and patient identified limitations of current lower-limb exoskeletons and the potential soft-robotic solutions. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 20(1), 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-022-01122-3

Background: Soft, wearable, powered exoskeletons are novel devices that may assist rehabilitation, allowing users to walk further or carry out activities of daily living. However, soft robotic exoskeletons, and the more commonly used rigid exoskeleto... Read More about The-state-of-the-art of soft robotics to assist mobility: A review of physiotherapist and patient identified limitations of current lower-limb exoskeletons and the potential soft-robotic solutions.

Pain assessment for individuals with advanced dementia in care homes: A systematic review (2021)
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Felton, N., Lewis, J. S., Cockburn, S. J., Hodgson, M., & Dawson, S. (2021). Pain assessment for individuals with advanced dementia in care homes: A systematic review. Geriatrics, 6(4), Article 101. https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics6040101

Pain is prevalent in older people, especially in those with advanced dementia who have communication impairments. Although pain is recognised to be present in this population, it is often under-assessed and ineffectively managed. The assessment of pa... Read More about Pain assessment for individuals with advanced dementia in care homes: A systematic review.

Patient view of the advanced practitioner (AP) role in primary care: A realist-informed synthesis (2021)
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Morris, L., Moule, P., Pearson, J., Foster, D., & Walsh, N. (2021). Patient view of the advanced practitioner (AP) role in primary care: A realist-informed synthesis. Musculoskeletal Care, 19(4), 462-472. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1554

Background: Approximately 30% of general practitioner consultations are due to musculoskeletal disorders (MSKDs). Physiotherapists are trained to assess, diagnose and treat a range of MSKDs, and could provide the first point of contact for primary ca... Read More about Patient view of the advanced practitioner (AP) role in primary care: A realist-informed synthesis.

A systematic review of non-pharmacologic interventions to reduce anxiety in adults in advance of diagnostic imaging procedures (2020)
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King, S., Woodley, J., & Walsh, N. (2021). A systematic review of non-pharmacologic interventions to reduce anxiety in adults in advance of diagnostic imaging procedures. Radiography, 27(2), 688-697. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2020.09.018

© 2020 The College of Radiographers Objectives: Anticipation of a diagnostic imaging (DI) procedure, particularly one involving advanced technology, can provoke feelings of anxiety in patients. Anxiolytics (anxiety reducing drugs) can be used to redu... Read More about A systematic review of non-pharmacologic interventions to reduce anxiety in adults in advance of diagnostic imaging procedures.

A systematic review of effectiveness of interventions applicable to radiotherapy that are administered to improve patient comfort, increase patient compliance, and reduce patient distress or anxiety (2020)
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Goldsworthy, S., Palmer, S., Latour, J. M., McNair, H., & Cramp, M. (2020). A systematic review of effectiveness of interventions applicable to radiotherapy that are administered to improve patient comfort, increase patient compliance, and reduce patient distress or anxiety. Radiography, 26(4), 314-324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2020.03.002

Objectives: The aim of this review was to search existing literature to identify comfort interventions that can be used to assist an adult patient to undergo complex radiotherapy requiring positional stability for periods greater than 10 min. The obj... Read More about A systematic review of effectiveness of interventions applicable to radiotherapy that are administered to improve patient comfort, increase patient compliance, and reduce patient distress or anxiety.

Treat-to-target in PsA: methods and necessity (2020)
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Dures, E., Shepperd, S., Mukherjee, S., Robson, J., Vlaev, I., Walsh, N., & Coates, L. C. (2020). Treat-to-target in PsA: methods and necessity. RMD Open, 6(1), Article e001083. https://doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2019-001083

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. With increasing recognition of the high burden and impact of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and the growing numbe... Read More about Treat-to-target in PsA: methods and necessity.

Quantitative measures of tissue mechanics to detect hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and hypermobility syndrome disorders: a systematic review (2020)
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Palmer, S., Denner, E., Riglar, M., Scannell, H., Webb, S., & Young, G. (2020). Quantitative measures of tissue mechanics to detect hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and hypermobility syndrome disorders: a systematic review. Clinical Rheumatology, 39, 715-725. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-020-04939-2

© 2020, The Author(s). Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) and hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD) are heritable connective tissue disorders associated with pain, activity limitations and participation restrictions. A key feature is reported... Read More about Quantitative measures of tissue mechanics to detect hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and hypermobility syndrome disorders: a systematic review.

Systematic review of the clinical effectiveness for long-term follow-up of total hip arthroplasty (2019)
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Smith, L. K., Dures, E., & Beswick, A. (2019). Systematic review of the clinical effectiveness for long-term follow-up of total hip arthroplasty. Orthopedic Research and Reviews, 11, 69-78. https://doi.org/10.2147/ORR.S199183

Objectives Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is highly successful but national registries indicate that average age has lowered and that younger patients are at higher risk of revision. Long-term follow-up of THA was historically recommended to identify... Read More about Systematic review of the clinical effectiveness for long-term follow-up of total hip arthroplasty.

Crowdsourcing in health professions education: What radiography educators can learn from other disciplines (2018)
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St John-Matthews, J., Newton, P. M., Grant, A. J., & Robinson, L. (2019). Crowdsourcing in health professions education: What radiography educators can learn from other disciplines. Radiography, 25(2), 164-169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2018.11.006

© 2018 Objectives: Crowdsourcing works through an institution outsourcing a function normally performed by an employee or group of individuals. Within a crowdsource users, known as the crowd, form a community who voluntarily undertake a task which in... Read More about Crowdsourcing in health professions education: What radiography educators can learn from other disciplines.

The experiences of women receiving brachytherapy for cervical cancer: A systematic literature review (2018)
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Humphrey, P., Bennett, C., & Cramp, F. (2018). The experiences of women receiving brachytherapy for cervical cancer: A systematic literature review. Radiography, 24(4), 396-403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2018.06.002

© 2018 The College of Radiographers Objectives: To determine women's experiences of brachytherapy for cervical cancer. Key findings: Nineteen studies were included for data extraction/synthesis. Twelve studies focussed on psychological issues, seven... Read More about The experiences of women receiving brachytherapy for cervical cancer: A systematic literature review.

Exercise interventions and patient beliefs for people with hip, knee or hip and knee osteoarthritis: A mixed methods review (2018)
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Hurley, M., Dickson, K., Hallett, R., Grant, R., Hauari, H., Walsh, N., …Oliver, S. (2018). Exercise interventions and patient beliefs for people with hip, knee or hip and knee osteoarthritis: A mixed methods review. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018(4), CD010842. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD010842.pub2

© 2018 The Cochrane Collaboration. Background: Chronic peripheral joint pain due to osteoarthritis (OA) is extremely prevalent and a major cause of physical dysfunction and psychosocial distress. Exercise is recommended to reduce joint pain and impro... Read More about Exercise interventions and patient beliefs for people with hip, knee or hip and knee osteoarthritis: A mixed methods review.

Thoracic dysfunction in whiplash associated disorders: A systematic review (2018)
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Heneghan, N. R., Smith, R., Tyros, I., Falla, D., & Rushton, A. (2018). Thoracic dysfunction in whiplash associated disorders: A systematic review. PLoS ONE, 13(3), e0194235. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194235

© 2018 Heneghan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are c... Read More about Thoracic dysfunction in whiplash associated disorders: A systematic review.

A systematic review and classification of interventions for speech-sound disorder in preschool children (2018)
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Wren, Y., Harding, S., Goldbart, J., & Roulstone, S. (2018). A systematic review and classification of interventions for speech-sound disorder in preschool children. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 53(3), 446-467. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12371

© 2018 Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists Background: Multiple interventions have been developed to address speech sound disorder (SSD) in children. Many of these have been evaluated but the evidence for these has not been considered wit... Read More about A systematic review and classification of interventions for speech-sound disorder in preschool children.

Physiotherapy management of lower limb osteoarthritis (2017)
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Healey, E. L., Walsh, N., & Pearson, J. (2017). Physiotherapy management of lower limb osteoarthritis. British Medical Bulletin, 122(1), 151-161. https://doi.org/10.1093/bmb/ldx012

© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press. Background Osteoarthritis (OA) of the lower limb affects millions of people worldwide, and results in pain and reduced function. We reviewed guidelines and Cochrane reviews for physical therapy... Read More about Physiotherapy management of lower limb osteoarthritis.

The Delphi technique in radiography education research (2017)
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Wallace, M. J., St. John-Matthews, J., & Robinson, L. (2017). The Delphi technique in radiography education research. Radiography, 23(1), S53-S57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2017.03.007

© 2017 Objectives To describe and review the Delphi technique as a tool for radiographers engaged in mixed-methods research whereby agreement is required on the proficiencies needed by educational programmes for pre- and post- registration radiograph... Read More about The Delphi technique in radiography education research.

The role of physical activity and psychological coping strategies in the management of painful diabetic neuropathy - A systematic review of the literature (2015)
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Davies, B., Cramp, F. (., Gauntlett-Gilbert, J., Wynick, D., & McCabe, C. (2015). The role of physical activity and psychological coping strategies in the management of painful diabetic neuropathy - A systematic review of the literature. Physiotherapy, 101(4), 319-326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2015.04.003

© 2015 Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. Background: Diabetes is rising in prevalence; painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN) is one complication of diabetes. PDN is primarily managed with medication but analgesic failure is common and people remain in... Read More about The role of physical activity and psychological coping strategies in the management of painful diabetic neuropathy - A systematic review of the literature.

Behaviour change interventions to promote physical activity in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review (2015)
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Larkin, L., Gallagher, S., Cramp, F. (., Brand, C., Fraser, A., & Kennedy, N. (2015). Behaviour change interventions to promote physical activity in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review. Rheumatology International, 35(10), 1631-1640. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-015-3292-3

© 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.

The biology of cancer-related fatigue: a review of the literature (2015)
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Cramp, F., Saligan, L. N., Olson, K., Filler, K., Larkin, D., Cramp, F. (., …Mustian, K. (2015). The biology of cancer-related fatigue: a review of the literature. Supportive Care in Cancer, 23(8), 2461-2478. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-015-2763-0

© 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.

A critical overview of current myofascial pain literature - March 2015 (2015)
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Grieve, R., Dommerholt, J., Layton, M., Hooks, T., & Grieve, R. (2015). A critical overview of current myofascial pain literature - March 2015. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, 19(2), 337-349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbmt.2015.01.003

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. The second article in this review series considers multiple recent publications about myofascial pain, trigger points (TrPs) and other related topics. The article is divided into several sections, including a Basic Research secti... Read More about A critical overview of current myofascial pain literature - March 2015.