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A Stream X-Machine tool for modelling and generating test cases for chronic diseases based on state-counting approach (2021)
Journal Article

In the biomedical domain, diagrammatical models have been extensively used to describe and understand the behaviour of biological organisms (biological agents) for decades. Although these models are simple and comprehensive, they can only offer a sta... Read More about A Stream X-Machine tool for modelling and generating test cases for chronic diseases based on state-counting approach.

Accelerometers-embedded Lycra sleeves to test wear compliance and upper limb activity in people with stroke: A feasibility study (2021)
Journal Article

Introduction To establish a possible effect of Lycra sleeves, accurate recording of wear time is critical. The aim of this study was to test whether an accelerometer-embedded Lycra sleeve can measure wear compliance and record upper-limb (UL) movemen... Read More about Accelerometers-embedded Lycra sleeves to test wear compliance and upper limb activity in people with stroke: A feasibility study.

Drawing in healthcare (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Nicola Holt, a psychologist for the Health Department at the University of the West of England (UWE). Nicola discussed the impact of art on patients suffering from chronic pain, anxiety and their general wellbeing, in addition to experiments proving... Read More about Drawing in healthcare.

Queer tango - Bent history? The late-modern uses and abuses of historical imagery showing men dancing tango with other men (2021)
Book Chapter

Ascend the winding stair to LugarGay, an LGBT Community Centre in Buenos Aires and queer tango venue, and you pass a reproduction of an old photograph of men, wearing aprons, in a market, posing in tango couples. Elsewhere in Buenos Aires, a cropped... Read More about Queer tango - Bent history? The late-modern uses and abuses of historical imagery showing men dancing tango with other men.

Surviving to thriving: The impact of an arts intervention on the wellbeing of women who have experienced sexual violence (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The study evaluated the impact of a programme of creative workshop on the well-being and mood of 25 women (average age = 41, range = 20-57) who had experienced sexual violence, run through SARSAS (www.sarsas.org.uk). A pre-post evaluation was conduct... Read More about Surviving to thriving: The impact of an arts intervention on the wellbeing of women who have experienced sexual violence.

Testing the responsiveness of and defining MID (minimal important difference) values for the CARe Burn Scales: Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) to assess quality of life for children and young people affected by burn injuries, and their parents/caregivers (2021)
Journal Article

Background: The CARe Burn Scales are a portfolio of burn-specific PROMs for people affected by burns, including a Child Form (for children < 8 years (Parent-proxy)), a Young Person Form (for young people aged 8 -17 years), an Adult Form, and a Parent... Read More about Testing the responsiveness of and defining MID (minimal important difference) values for the CARe Burn Scales: Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) to assess quality of life for children and young people affected by burn injuries, and their parents/caregivers.

No going back! Implications of the pandemic for leadership practice and organisation development in health and care (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This keynote address will outline findings from two recent studies of leadership practice and organisation development (OD) in the UK health and care system during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first study looks at the lived experience of NHS staff and... Read More about No going back! Implications of the pandemic for leadership practice and organisation development in health and care.

Understanding the role of exercise professionals in the delivery of the NHS long term plan within AHP services in England (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Purpose: To explore the use of exercise professionals in AHP services and to understand their current and potential role in AHP NHS commissioned services.

Methods: The project had three phases. In phase one an expert panel was established to gui... Read More about Understanding the role of exercise professionals in the delivery of the NHS long term plan within AHP services in England.

Community based technology enriched high intensity upper limb rehabilitation programme (HIULRP) in chronic stroke (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background and Aims: Post Stroke High Intensity Upper Limb Rehabilitation Programmes (HIULRP)
benefits have been reported from the Queen Square Upper Limb Programme. This case study evaluates
if an outpatient/day-case service in Wales is able to ge... Read More about Community based technology enriched high intensity upper limb rehabilitation programme (HIULRP) in chronic stroke.

Female urgency, trial of urodynamics as routine evaluation (FUTURE study): A superiority randomised clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of invasive urodynamic investigations in management of women with refractory overactive bladder symptoms (2021)
Journal Article

Background: Overactive bladder (OAB) syndrome is a symptom complex affecting 12–14% of the UK adult female population. Symptoms include urinary urgency, with or without urgency incontinence, increased daytime urinary frequency and nocturia. OAB has a... Read More about Female urgency, trial of urodynamics as routine evaluation (FUTURE study): A superiority randomised clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of invasive urodynamic investigations in management of women with refractory overactive bladder symptoms.