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Rationale, design and methods of the Study of Work and Pain (SWAP): a cluster randomised controlled trial testing the addition of a vocational advice service to best current primary care for patients with musculoskeletal pain (ISRCTN 52269669) (2014)
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Bishop, A., Wynne-Jones, G., Lawton, S. A., van der Windt, D., Main, C., Sowden, G., …Foster, N. E. (2014). Rationale, design and methods of the Study of Work and Pain (SWAP): a cluster randomised controlled trial testing the addition of a vocational advice service to best current primary care for patients with musculoskeletal pain (ISRCTN 52269669). BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 15(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-15-232

Improving the transparency of prognosis research: the role of reporting, data sharing, registration, and protocols (2014)
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Peat, G., Riley, R. D., Croft, P., Morley, K. I., Kyzas, P. A., Moons, K. G., …van der Windt, D. (2014). Improving the transparency of prognosis research: the role of reporting, data sharing, registration, and protocols. PLoS Medicine, e1001671 -?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001671

Prognosis research is concerned with predicting outcomes to make health care more effective. It has a crucial role to play in clinical and policy decision-making. The quality of much prognosis research is poor, evidenced by incomplete reporting, poor... Read More about Improving the transparency of prognosis research: the role of reporting, data sharing, registration, and protocols.

Red blood cell transfusion and mortality in trauma patients: risk-stratified analysis of an observational study (2014)
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Perel, P., Clayton, T., Altman, D. G., Croft, P., Douglas, I., Hemingway, H., …Roberts, I. (2014). Red blood cell transfusion and mortality in trauma patients: risk-stratified analysis of an observational study. PLoS Medicine, 11(6), Article e1001664. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001664

BACKGROUND: Haemorrhage is a common cause of death in trauma patients. Although transfusions are extensively used in the care of bleeding trauma patients, there is uncertainty about the balance of risks and benefits and how this balance depends on th... Read More about Red blood cell transfusion and mortality in trauma patients: risk-stratified analysis of an observational study.

Absence from work and return to work in people with back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2014)
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Wynne-Jones, G., Cowen, J., Jordan, J. L., Uthman, O., Main, C. J., Glozier, N., & van der Windt, D. (2014). Absence from work and return to work in people with back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 71(6), 448-456. https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2013-101571

Background A considerable proportion of work absence is attributed to back pain, however prospective studies in working populations with back pain are variable in setting and design, and a quantitative summary of current evidence is lacking. Objec... Read More about Absence from work and return to work in people with back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

57. Development and Validation of a Musculoskeletal Patient Reported Outcome Measure (2014)
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Hill, J. C., Thomas, E., Hill, S., Foster, N. E., Rimmer, Y., Shufflebotham, J., …van der Windt, D. (2014). 57. Development and Validation of a Musculoskeletal Patient Reported Outcome Measure. Rheumatology, 53(suppl_1), i76-i77. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keu098.012

Background: The UK government has called for clinical services to gather data from patients to evaluate quality of healthcare and monitor progress over time. However, practical, brief clinical tools for this purpose are lacking. We aimed to develop a... Read More about 57. Development and Validation of a Musculoskeletal Patient Reported Outcome Measure.

The clinical course of low back pain: a meta-analysis comparing outcomes in randomised clinical trials (RCTs) and observational studies. (2014)
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Artus, M., Van Der Windt, D., Jordan, K. P., & Croft, P. R. (2014). The clinical course of low back pain: a meta-analysis comparing outcomes in randomised clinical trials (RCTs) and observational studies. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 15, Article 68. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-15-68

BACKGROUND: Evidence suggests that the course of low back pain (LBP) symptoms in randomised clinical trials (RCTs) follows a pattern of large improvement regardless of the type of treatment. A similar pattern was independently observed in observation... Read More about The clinical course of low back pain: a meta-analysis comparing outcomes in randomised clinical trials (RCTs) and observational studies..

Reliability of Assessing Hand Osteoarthritis on Digital Photographs and Associations With Radiographic and Clinical Findings. (2013)
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Marshall, M., Jonsson, H., Helgadottir, G. P., Nicholls, E., Van Der Windt, D., Myers, H., & Dziedzic, K. (2014). Reliability of Assessing Hand Osteoarthritis on Digital Photographs and Associations With Radiographic and Clinical Findings. Arthritis Care & Research, 66(6), 828 - 836. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.22225

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the reliability and construct validity of an atlas for grading hand osteoarthritis (OA) on photographs in a separate younger community-dwelling population than the development cohort. METHODS: Participants were community-dwe... Read More about Reliability of Assessing Hand Osteoarthritis on Digital Photographs and Associations With Radiographic and Clinical Findings..

The Working Mechanism of Manual Therapy in Participants With Chronic Tension-Type Headache (2013)
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Castien, R., Blankenstein, A., van der Windt, D., Heymans, M. W., & Dekker, J. (2013). The Working Mechanism of Manual Therapy in Participants With Chronic Tension-Type Headache. Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, 43(10), 693-699. https://doi.org/10.2519/jospt.2013.4868

Study Design Prospective longitudinal study. Objective To explore the working mechanism of manual therapy, we investigated whether 3 cervical spine variables were mediators of the effect of manual therapy on headache frequency. Background Ma... Read More about The Working Mechanism of Manual Therapy in Participants With Chronic Tension-Type Headache.

Exercise for lower limb osteoarthritis: systematic review incorporating trial sequential analysis and network meta-analysis (2013)
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Uthman, O. A., Van Der Windt, D., Jordan, J., Dziedzic, K., Healey, E., Peat, G., & Foster, N. E. (2014). Exercise for lower limb osteoarthritis: systematic review incorporating trial sequential analysis and network meta-analysis. BMJ, 347, Article f5555. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f5555

To determine whether there is sufficient evidence to conclude that exercise interventions are more effective than no exercise control and to compare the effectiveness of different exercise interventions in relieving pain and improving function in pat... Read More about Exercise for lower limb osteoarthritis: systematic review incorporating trial sequential analysis and network meta-analysis.

Comparison of clinical burden between patients with erosive hand osteoarthritis and inflammatory arthritis in symptomatic community-dwelling adults: the Keele clinical assessment studies. (2013)
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Kwok, W., Kloppenburg, M., Marshall, M., Nicholls, E., Rosendaal, F. R., Van Der Windt, D. A., & Peat, G. (2013). Comparison of clinical burden between patients with erosive hand osteoarthritis and inflammatory arthritis in symptomatic community-dwelling adults: the Keele clinical assessment studies. Rheumatology, 52(12), 2260 - 2267. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/ket267

OBJECTIVE: To investigate in the general population the clinical impact of erosive OA in interphalangeal joints (IPJs) compared with symptomatic radiographic hand OA and inflammatory arthritis. METHODS: Standardized assessments with hand radiographs... Read More about Comparison of clinical burden between patients with erosive hand osteoarthritis and inflammatory arthritis in symptomatic community-dwelling adults: the Keele clinical assessment studies..

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation as adjunct to primary care management for tennis elbow: pragmatic randomised controlled trial (TATE trial) (2013)
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Chesterton, L. S., Lewis, A. M., Sim, J., Mallen, C. D., Mason, E. E., Hay, E. M., & van der Windt, D. A. (2013). Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation as adjunct to primary care management for tennis elbow: pragmatic randomised controlled trial (TATE trial). BMJ, 347(sep02 4), f5160-f5160. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f5160

Bibliometric and content analysis of the Cochrane Complementary Medicine Field specialized register of controlled trials (2013)
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Wieland, L. S., Manheimer, E., Sampson, M., Barnabas, J. P., Bouter, L. M., Cho, K., …Berman, B. M. (2013). Bibliometric and content analysis of the Cochrane Complementary Medicine Field specialized register of controlled trials. Systematic Reviews, 2(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-2-51

Background The identification of eligible controlled trials for systematic reviews of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) interventions can be difficult. To increase access to these difficult to locate trials, the Cochrane Collaboration Com... Read More about Bibliometric and content analysis of the Cochrane Complementary Medicine Field specialized register of controlled trials.

ASSESSING HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS USING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS IN A COMMUNITY-DWELLING POPULATION: RELIABILITY AND ASSOCIATIONS WITH RADIOGRAPHIC AND CLINICAL FEATURES (2013)
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Marshall, M., Jonsson, H., Helgadottir, G. P., Nicholls, E., van der Windt, D., Myers, H., & Dziedzic, K. (2013). ASSESSING HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS USING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS IN A COMMUNITY-DWELLING POPULATION: RELIABILITY AND ASSOCIATIONS WITH RADIOGRAPHIC AND CLINICAL FEATURES. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 21, S135-S135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2013.02.286

Purpose: An atlas for grading hand osteoarthritis (OA) on photographs has been shown to be reliable and associated with clinical examination and radiographic features in a population of older adults (aged ≥69 years) from the AGES-Reykjavik study. The... Read More about ASSESSING HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS USING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS IN A COMMUNITY-DWELLING POPULATION: RELIABILITY AND ASSOCIATIONS WITH RADIOGRAPHIC AND CLINICAL FEATURES.

Prognosis Research Strategy (PROGRESS) 3: prognostic model research (2013)
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Steyerberg, E. W., Moons, K. G., van der Windt, D. A., Hayden, J. A., Perel, P., Schroter, S., …Altman, D. G. (2013). Prognosis Research Strategy (PROGRESS) 3: prognostic model research. PLoS Medicine, e1001381 -?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001381

Prognostic models are abundant in the medical literature yet their use in practice seems limited. In this article, the third in the PROGRESS series, the authors review how such models are developed and validated, and then address how prognostic model... Read More about Prognosis Research Strategy (PROGRESS) 3: prognostic model research.