Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (38)

Anxiety, Fear, and Kinesiophobia: Challenges Faced by UK Physiotherapists in Managing Polymyalgia Rheumatica - Findings from a Qualitative Study (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O’Brien, A., Muller, S., Liddle, J., Thomas, M., & Mallen, C. (2025, March). Anxiety, Fear, and Kinesiophobia: Challenges Faced by UK Physiotherapists in Managing Polymyalgia Rheumatica - Findings from a Qualitative Study. Presented at Midlands Rheumatology Society Spring Meeting, British Motor Museum, Banbury Road, Gaydon, Warwickshire

The Effectiveness of Footwear Adaptation on Functional Outcomes in People with First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Osteoarthritis (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Enyinnaya, I., McAloon, M., Ahmed, N., & O’Brien, A. (2024, September). The Effectiveness of Footwear Adaptation on Functional Outcomes in People with First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Osteoarthritis. Presented at British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists (BAPO) Regional Conference 2024, Tower and Hamilton Suites, Drayton Manor, UK

P182 Exercise and activity in polymyalgia rheumatica: co-creating an education resource acceptable to patients and health professionals (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O’Brien, A. V., Eng, S., Mackie, S. L., Scrafton, N., Hider, S., Tan, A. L., McClean, C., Barber, J., Gundle, J., Lonsdale, M., & Baxter, M. (2024, April). P182 Exercise and activity in polymyalgia rheumatica: co-creating an education resource acceptable to patients and health professionals. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2024

Background/Aims People with PMR report experiencing pain, stiffness and weakness, often impacting everyday tasks. Many fear exercise will exacerbate symptoms and need reassurance that exercise is helpful and not harmful. However, no PMR-specific, exe... Read More about P182 Exercise and activity in polymyalgia rheumatica: co-creating an education resource acceptable to patients and health professionals.

Co-production of an exercise patient education resource for polymyalgia rheumatica (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O’Brien, A., Eng, S., Mackie, S., Scrafton, N., Hider, S., Lyn Tan, A., McClean, C., Barber, J., Gundle, J., Lonsdale, M., & Baxter, M. (2024, January). Co-production of an exercise patient education resource for polymyalgia rheumatica. Presented at PMRGCAuk International Launch Webinar, Online

The SSOT AHP Faculty: Purpose and Projects (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O’Brien, A., & Sudron, C. (2023, November). The SSOT AHP Faculty: Purpose and Projects. Presented at The SSOT AHP Faculty: Purpose and Projects, Online

Same Content, Different Countries, Different Standards: International experienced physiotherapy educators’ opinions on online training course inclusions (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Edwards, H., Munford, V., O’Brien, A., & Pandyan, A. (2019, September). Same Content, Different Countries, Different Standards: International experienced physiotherapy educators’ opinions on online training course inclusions. Presented at Networking for Education in Healthcare 2019 conference, Keele University, UK

SAT0216 PATIENT PERCEPTIONS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AFTER A DIAGNOSIS OF GIANT CELL ARTERITIS: A SECONDARY ANALYSIS OF MULTINATIONAL QUALITATIVE DATA (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Austin, K., Dures, E., Almeida, C., Cramp, F., Gilbert, K., Guly, C., Hill, C., Mackie, S., O’brien, A., Watts, R., & Robson, J. (2019, June). SAT0216 PATIENT PERCEPTIONS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AFTER A DIAGNOSIS OF GIANT CELL ARTERITIS: A SECONDARY ANALYSIS OF MULTINATIONAL QUALITATIVE DATA. Presented at Annual European Congress of Rheumatology, EULAR 2019, Madrid, 12–15 June 2019, Madrid, Spain

Background Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common vasculitis in the UK, with an incidence of 220 cases/million in adults over 50 years of age. The physical symptoms as well as the side effects of glucocorticoids may impact patients’ ability to... Read More about SAT0216 PATIENT PERCEPTIONS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AFTER A DIAGNOSIS OF GIANT CELL ARTERITIS: A SECONDARY ANALYSIS OF MULTINATIONAL QUALITATIVE DATA.