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Mitigation of Risk (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs) make the final decision as to whether a person should be detained in hospital in England & Wales (UK) under civil mental health legislation. There has been little research to date as to the nature of the... Read More about Mitigation of Risk.

Experiences of Relatives Acting as the ‘Nearest Relative’ Under the Mental Health Act (England & Wales, UK) (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Relatives play a key role when a person is detained under the mental health legislation in England and Wales. Despite this importance, their experiences of undertaking this role has been relatively ignored by research. The Nearest Relative function... Read More about Experiences of Relatives Acting as the ‘Nearest Relative’ Under the Mental Health Act (England & Wales, UK).

Barriers and facilitators of physical activity among adults and older adults from Black and Minority Ethnic groups in the UK: A systematic review of qualitative studies (2019)
Journal Article

Older adults from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) groups experience a relatively higher burden of physical inactivity compared with their counterparts from non-BME groups. Despite the increasing number of qualitative studies investigating the barrier... Read More about Barriers and facilitators of physical activity among adults and older adults from Black and Minority Ethnic groups in the UK: A systematic review of qualitative studies.

Researching the Therapeutic Impact of Words (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation outlines different projects researching therapeutic writing for disordered eating. It aims to disseminate these research findings as well as to describe some of the many obstacles to conducting and publishing research in this area.

How transnationally effective are the UK migration policies in relation to missing migrants? (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

All over the world, several thousands of migrants go missing when they attempt to flee from war, violence, persecution, repressive regimes, systematic human rights violations etc. Thousands die each year in deadly shipwrecks in a desperate attempt to... Read More about How transnationally effective are the UK migration policies in relation to missing migrants?.

Political Affiliation and Population Views on the Role of Family and Volunteer Carers to Supplement State Provision in End of Life Care in England (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Political affiliation and population views on the role of family and volunteer carers to supplement state provision in end of life care in England
Alan Tapp, Clive Nancarrow, Yvette Morey, Stella Warren, Julia Verne
Background: In England politicia... Read More about Political Affiliation and Population Views on the Role of Family and Volunteer Carers to Supplement State Provision in End of Life Care in England.

One in ten older adults aged >45 years report having no-one to turn to for help at the end of life apart from professionals - Who are they? (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

- Background: There is increased interest in the impact of living alone and loneliness on people’s wellbeing at the end of life and practicality of providing care, especially at home. In a nationally representative sample of 3,590 people aged >45 yea... Read More about One in ten older adults aged >45 years report having no-one to turn to for help at the end of life apart from professionals - Who are they?.

Experiences of Nearest Relatives: implications for mental health practitioners & law reform (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The presentation focuses specifically on the experiences of twenty relatives living in England who have fulfilled the role of Nearest Relative (NR) within the meaning of Section 26 of the Mental Health Act (MHA) 1983 (as amended 2007). The NR role i... Read More about Experiences of Nearest Relatives: implications for mental health practitioners & law reform.

The effectiveness of a shoulder-specific warm up programme to prevent injuries in community youth rugby union: A pilot study (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background: Shoulder injuries are amongst the most common and severe injuries sustained by youth rugby players. Although numerous injury prevention exercise programmes (IPEP) are used in sport with clear injury risk reductions, there is no IPEP speci... Read More about The effectiveness of a shoulder-specific warm up programme to prevent injuries in community youth rugby union: A pilot study.

The process for developing a shoulder-specific injury prevention programme in community youth rugby union (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background: Sustaining a shoulder injury may cause a youth rugby player to discontinue participating which, combined with the resulting risk of long term health conditions, warrants a better understanding about the implementation of shoulder injury p... Read More about The process for developing a shoulder-specific injury prevention programme in community youth rugby union.

Experiences and acceptability of diagnostic ultrasound-guided shoulder rehabilitation programme for people with stroke: Physiotherapists and patients perspectives (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background:
Stroke is a leading cause of disability in western world. Loss of motor control leads to a range of musculoskeletal complications in the shoulder region in people with stroke. These include shoulder pain (incidence up to 65%), shoulde... Read More about Experiences and acceptability of diagnostic ultrasound-guided shoulder rehabilitation programme for people with stroke: Physiotherapists and patients perspectives.

Effect of group-based outpatient physical therapy on function after total knee replacement: Results from a multicenter randomized controlled trial (2019)
Journal Article

Arthritis Care & Research published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of American College of Rheumatology. Objective: To evaluate the long-term clinical effectiveness of a novel group-based outpatient physical therapy (PT) following total knee r... Read More about Effect of group-based outpatient physical therapy on function after total knee replacement: Results from a multicenter randomized controlled trial.