Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (25)

Are Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) research ready? A regional evaluation in England: the Research ABC project (AHPs Building Research Capacity Across the Black Country) (2025)
Journal Article
Aries, A., Burgess, R., Wallace, L., Hadley-Barrows, T., Palmer, A., & Leslie, R. (2025). Are Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) research ready? A regional evaluation in England: the Research ABC project (AHPs Building Research Capacity Across the Black Country). BMC Medical Education, 25(1), Article 500. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-06931-3

Background: Research active organisations achieve better healthcare outcomes. The Research ABC Project (Allied Health Professions (AHPs) Building Research Capacity Across the Black Country), funded from 1/8/23–31/3/24 by a Clinical Research Network W... Read More about Are Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) research ready? A regional evaluation in England: the Research ABC project (AHPs Building Research Capacity Across the Black Country).

Perspectives of Jordanian men about lower urinary tract assessment and physiotherapy interventions: A cross-sectional study (2025)
Journal Article
Darabseh, M. Z., Aburub, A., Aries, A., Awwad, S., & Khalil, H. (2025). Perspectives of Jordanian men about lower urinary tract assessment and physiotherapy interventions: A cross-sectional study. International Journal of Innovative Research and Scientific Studies (IJIRSS), 8(2), 1315-1320. https://doi.org/10.53894/ijirss.v8i2.5458

There is a significant gap in understanding the impact of physiotherapy interventions on men with urinary incontinence (UI). Conducting clinical trials in this area is costly, time-consuming, and difficult. Before embarking on such trials, it is cruc... Read More about Perspectives of Jordanian men about lower urinary tract assessment and physiotherapy interventions: A cross-sectional study.

Reflecting on activities which support public involvement within an evaluation of public involvement reports from facilities funded by the national institute for health and care research: a co-produced commentary (2024)
Journal Article
Moult, A., Aries, A., Bailey, P., & Paskins, Z. (2024). Reflecting on activities which support public involvement within an evaluation of public involvement reports from facilities funded by the national institute for health and care research: a co-produced commentary. Research Involvement and Engagement, 10(1), 46. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-024-00579-x

Although including public contributors as members of research teams is becoming common, there are few reflections on how they have been incorporated, and almost none of these reflections are co-produced with public contributors. This commentary, writ... Read More about Reflecting on activities which support public involvement within an evaluation of public involvement reports from facilities funded by the national institute for health and care research: a co-produced commentary.

Using the UK standards for public involvement to evaluate the public involvement sections of annual reports from NIHR managed research centres (2023)
Journal Article
Moult, A., Baker, D., Aries, A., Bailey, P., Blackburn, S., Kingstone, T., Lwembe, S., & Paskins, Z. (2023). Using the UK standards for public involvement to evaluate the public involvement sections of annual reports from NIHR managed research centres. Research Involvement and Engagement, 9(1), Article 109. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-023-00517-3

Background: Within the United Kingdom (UK), the National Institute for Health and Care Research is the largest funder of health and social care research, and additionally funds research centres that support the development and delivery of research. E... Read More about Using the UK standards for public involvement to evaluate the public involvement sections of annual reports from NIHR managed research centres.

CSP2023: 497 Service evaluation of STROKESTRA®-Stoke, a collaborative community-based music-making stroke therapy programme: the therapists' perspective (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Syczyk, O., Clare, L., Rutley, R., Aries, A., Hunter, S., & O'Mara, M. (2023, November). CSP2023: 497 Service evaluation of STROKESTRA®-Stoke, a collaborative community-based music-making stroke therapy programme: the therapists' perspective. Poster presented at Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) 2023 Annual Conference, Birmingham Conference and Events Centre, Hill Street, , Birmingham, B5 4EW

A retrospective service evaluation exploring physiotherapists' perspectives of a collaborative music-making programme (STROKESTRA®-Stoke) for people post stroke and their partner/carer was undertaken. The evaluation focused on the programme's benefit... Read More about CSP2023: 497 Service evaluation of STROKESTRA®-Stoke, a collaborative community-based music-making stroke therapy programme: the therapists' perspective.

Effectiveness of Somatosensory Stimulation for the Lower Limb and Foot to Improve Balance and Gait after Stroke: A Systematic Review (2022)
Journal Article
Aries, A., Downing, P., Sim, J., & Hunter, S. (2022). Effectiveness of Somatosensory Stimulation for the Lower Limb and Foot to Improve Balance and Gait after Stroke: A Systematic Review. Brain Sciences, https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12081102

This systematic review’s purpose was to evaluate the effectiveness of lower-limb and foot somatosensory stimulation to improve balance and gait post-stroke. PRISMA reporting guidelines were followed. Included studies: randomized controlled trials (RC... Read More about Effectiveness of Somatosensory Stimulation for the Lower Limb and Foot to Improve Balance and Gait after Stroke: A Systematic Review.

The mutual benefits of patient and public involvement in research: an example from a feasibility study (MoTaStim-Foot) (2021)
Journal Article
Aries, A., Bailey, P., & Hunter, S. (2021). The mutual benefits of patient and public involvement in research: an example from a feasibility study (MoTaStim-Foot). Research Involvement and Engagement, 7, Article 87. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-021-00330-w

Patient and public involvement (PPI) in research has increased steadily over the last two decades and is now both expected and appropriately resourced by many funding bodies, including the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). However, PPI i... Read More about The mutual benefits of patient and public involvement in research: an example from a feasibility study (MoTaStim-Foot).

Sensory Stimulation of the Foot and Ankle Early Post-stroke: A Pilot and Feasibility Study (2021)
Journal Article
Aries, A., Pomeroy, V., Sim, J., Read, S., & Hunter, S. (2021). Sensory Stimulation of the Foot and Ankle Early Post-stroke: A Pilot and Feasibility Study. Frontiers in Neurology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.675106

Background: Somatosensory stimulation of the lower extremity could improve motor recovery and walking post-stroke. This pilot study investigated the feasibility of a subsequent randomized controlled trial (RCT) to determine whether task-specific gait... Read More about Sensory Stimulation of the Foot and Ankle Early Post-stroke: A Pilot and Feasibility Study.

Facilitating personal development for public involvement in healthcare education and research: a co-produced pilot study in one UK Higher Education Institute (2020)
Journal Article
Aries. (2020). Facilitating personal development for public involvement in healthcare education and research: a co-produced pilot study in one UK Higher Education Institute. Health Expectations, https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13097

Background
Public involvement in the education of students enrolled on higher education programmes has gained impetus. For students enrolled on professional health-care programmes and health-related modules in the UK, there is also a requirement by... Read More about Facilitating personal development for public involvement in healthcare education and research: a co-produced pilot study in one UK Higher Education Institute.

The reliability of the MoTaStim-Foot trial algorithm for testing touch pressure sensory threshold on the plantar surface of the foot using Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harding, O., Rousan, A., Aries, A., & Hunter, S. (2019, December). The reliability of the MoTaStim-Foot trial algorithm for testing touch pressure sensory threshold on the plantar surface of the foot using Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments. Presented at UK Stroke forum 2019, Telford, United Kingdom

Introduction: Approximately 60% of stroke survivors experience sensory impairment, which may have an impact on functional activity. The MoTaStim-Foot trial investigated the feasibility of delivering somatosensory interventions to the foot to regain b... Read More about The reliability of the MoTaStim-Foot trial algorithm for testing touch pressure sensory threshold on the plantar surface of the foot using Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments.

Mobilisation And Tactile (Sensory) Stimulation For The Foot Post Stroke: Opinions And Perceptions Of Experienced Therapists (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aries, A. M., Cooke, L., & Hunter, S. M. (2019, April). Mobilisation And Tactile (Sensory) Stimulation For The Foot Post Stroke: Opinions And Perceptions Of Experienced Therapists. Presented at PRS Conference 2019, London, England, UK

Background/Aims
Intensive proprioceptive stimulation applied to the paretic hand post-stroke, using a complex hands-on intervention known as mobilisation and tactile stimulation, has reduced motor impairment and improved hand function in sub-acute a... Read More about Mobilisation And Tactile (Sensory) Stimulation For The Foot Post Stroke: Opinions And Perceptions Of Experienced Therapists.

MoTaStim-Foot, a Randomized, Single-Blinded, Mixed-Methods, Feasibility Study Exploring Sensory Stimulation of the Foot and Ankle Early Poststroke (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aries, A. M., Pomeroy, V. M., Sim, J., Read, S., & Hunter, S. M. (2018, November). MoTaStim-Foot, a Randomized, Single-Blinded, Mixed-Methods, Feasibility Study Exploring Sensory Stimulation of the Foot and Ankle Early Poststroke. Presented at 2018 American Society of Neurorehabilitation Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. United States

Introduction: It is not known whether increasing somatosensation of the foot could improve walking recovery after stroke. This study was undertaken to investigate the feasibility of conducting a future randomized controlled trial (RCT) to determine w... Read More about MoTaStim-Foot, a Randomized, Single-Blinded, Mixed-Methods, Feasibility Study Exploring Sensory Stimulation of the Foot and Ankle Early Poststroke.