Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

Outputs (329)

Subgroup analyses of the effectiveness of oral glucosamine for knee and hip osteoarthritis: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis from the OA trial bank. (2017)
Journal Article
Runhaar, J., Rozendaal, R., van Middelkoop, M., Bijlsma, H., Doherty, M., Dziedzic, K., …Bierma Zeinstra, S. (2017). Subgroup analyses of the effectiveness of oral glucosamine for knee and hip osteoarthritis: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis from the OA trial bank. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 76(11), 1862 - 1869. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-211149

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of oral glucosamine in subgroups of people with hip or knee osteoarthritis (OA) based on baseline pain severity, body mass index (BMI), sex, structural abnormalities and presence of inflammation using individu... Read More about Subgroup analyses of the effectiveness of oral glucosamine for knee and hip osteoarthritis: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis from the OA trial bank..

Education in Twins and Their Parents Across Birth Cohorts Over 100 years: An Individual-Level Pooled Analysis of 42-Twin Cohorts. (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Education in Twins and Their Parents Across Birth Cohorts Over 100 years: An Individual-Level Pooled Analysis of 42-Twin Cohorts. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 395 -405. https://doi.org/10.1017/thg.2017.49

Whether monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ) twins differ from each other in a variety of phenotypes is important for genetic twin modeling and for inferences made from twin studies in general. We analyzed whether there were differences in individual,... Read More about Education in Twins and Their Parents Across Birth Cohorts Over 100 years: An Individual-Level Pooled Analysis of 42-Twin Cohorts..

External validation, update and development of prediction models for pre-eclampsia using an Individual Participant Data (IPD) meta-analysis: the International Prediction of Pregnancy Complication Network (IPPIC pre-eclampsia) protocol. (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). External validation, update and development of prediction models for pre-eclampsia using an Individual Participant Data (IPD) meta-analysis: the International Prediction of Pregnancy Complication Network (IPPIC pre-eclampsia) protocol. Diagnostic and Prognostic Research, 16 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41512-017-0016-z

Background: Pre-eclampsia, a condition with raised blood pressure and proteinuria is associated with an increased risk of maternal and offspring mortality and morbidity. Early identification of mothers at risk is needed to target management. Methods/... Read More about External validation, update and development of prediction models for pre-eclampsia using an Individual Participant Data (IPD) meta-analysis: the International Prediction of Pregnancy Complication Network (IPPIC pre-eclampsia) protocol..

Higher medical training in Rheumatology in the UK: any lessons worth learning? (2017)
Journal Article
Hassell, A. Higher medical training in Rheumatology in the UK: any lessons worth learning?. Mediterranean Journal of Rheumatology, 28(4), 171-173. https://doi.org/10.31138/mjr.28.4.171

Across Europe, provision of high quality care for people with rheumatological conditions is at least partly dependent upon the rheumatologist, who generally plays a key role in making a diagnosis and in co-ordinating a patient’s care. In addition, i... Read More about Higher medical training in Rheumatology in the UK: any lessons worth learning?.

Using realist evaluation to explain preparedness for doctors’ memorable 'firsts' (2017)
Journal Article
Lefroy. (2017). Using realist evaluation to explain preparedness for doctors’ memorable 'firsts'. Medical Education, 1037-1048. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.13370

CONTEXT: Doctors must be competent from their first day of practice if patients are to be safe. Medical students and new doctors are acutely aware of this, but describe being variably prepared.

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to identify causal chai... Read More about Using realist evaluation to explain preparedness for doctors’ memorable 'firsts'.

Measuring Musculoskeletal Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents. (2017)
Journal Article
Michaleff, Z., Kamper, S., Stinson, J., Hestbaek, L., Williams, C., Campbell, P., & Dunn, K. (2017). Measuring Musculoskeletal Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents. Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, 712 - 730. https://doi.org/10.2519/jospt.2017.7469

Synopsis Accurate, reliable, and timely assessment of pain is critical for effective management of musculoskeletal pain conditions. The assessment of pain in infants, children, and adolescents with and without cognitive impairment can be particularly... Read More about Measuring Musculoskeletal Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents..

The OMERACT Core Domain Set for Outcome Measures for Clinical Trials in Polymyalgia Rheumatica (2017)
Journal Article
Mackie, S., Neill, L., Harrison, E., Black, R., Kermani, T., Simon, L., …Twohig, H. (2017). The OMERACT Core Domain Set for Outcome Measures for Clinical Trials in Polymyalgia Rheumatica. Journal of Rheumatology, 1515-1521. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.161109

OBJECTIVE
To inform development of a core domain set for outcome measures for clinical trials in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), we conducted patient consultations, a systematic review, a Delphi study, and 2 qualitative studies.

METHODS
Domains i... Read More about The OMERACT Core Domain Set for Outcome Measures for Clinical Trials in Polymyalgia Rheumatica.

Qualitative research using realist evaluation to explain preparedness for doctors' memorable 'firsts' (2017)
Journal Article
Lefroy, J., Yardley, S., Kinston, R., Gay, S., McBain, S., & McKinley, R. (2017). Qualitative research using realist evaluation to explain preparedness for doctors' memorable 'firsts'. Medical Education, 1037-1048. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.13370

CONTEXT: Doctors must be competent from their first day of practice if patients are to be safe. Medical students and new doctors are acutely aware of this, but describe being variably prepared.

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to identify causal chai... Read More about Qualitative research using realist evaluation to explain preparedness for doctors' memorable 'firsts'.

Clinical classification criteria for radicular pain caused by lumbar disc herniation: the RAPIDH criteria (RAdicular PaIn caused by Disc Herniation) (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Clinical classification criteria for radicular pain caused by lumbar disc herniation: the RAPIDH criteria (RAdicular PaIn caused by Disc Herniation). Spine Journal, 1464-1471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2017.05.005

Background Context
Classification criteria are recommended for diseases that lack specific biomarkers to improve homogeneity in clinical research studies. Because imaging evidence of lumbar disc herniations (LDHs) may not be associated with symptoms... Read More about Clinical classification criteria for radicular pain caused by lumbar disc herniation: the RAPIDH criteria (RAdicular PaIn caused by Disc Herniation).