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Differences in subsidence rate between alternative designs of a commonly used uncemented femoral stem. (2016)
Journal Article
Al-Najjim, M., Khattak, U., Sim, J., & Chambers, I. (2016). Differences in subsidence rate between alternative designs of a commonly used uncemented femoral stem. Journal of Orthopaedics, 322 - 326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jor.2016.06.026

INTRODUCTION: Measurement of early subsidence of uncemented femoral stems can be used to evaluate the likelihood of long term stem component loosening and therefore clinical failure. Our aim was to evaluate the factors associated with subsidence in c... Read More about Differences in subsidence rate between alternative designs of a commonly used uncemented femoral stem..

Validation and Recalibration of Two Multivariable Prognostic Models for Survival and Independence in Acute Stroke (2016)
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Sim, J., Teece, L., Dennis, M. S., & Roffe, C. (2016). Validation and Recalibration of Two Multivariable Prognostic Models for Survival and Independence in Acute Stroke. PloS one, 11(5), Article ARTN e0153527. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153527

Introduction Various prognostic models have been developed for acute stroke, including one based on age and five binary variables (‘six simple variables’ model; SSVMod) and one based on age plus scores on the National Institutes of Health Stroke Sca... Read More about Validation and Recalibration of Two Multivariable Prognostic Models for Survival and Independence in Acute Stroke.

Early Diagnosis of Pneumonia in Severe Stroke: Clinical Features and the Diagnostic Role of C-Reactive Protein (2016)
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Warusevitane, A., Karunatilake, D., Sim, J., Smith, C., & Roffe, C. (2016). Early Diagnosis of Pneumonia in Severe Stroke: Clinical Features and the Diagnostic Role of C-Reactive Protein. PloS one, 0150269-?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150269

Background Accurate diagnosis of pneumonia complicating severe stroke is challenging due to difficulties in physical examination, altered immune responses and delayed manifestations of radiological changes. The aims of this study were to describe ea... Read More about Early Diagnosis of Pneumonia in Severe Stroke: Clinical Features and the Diagnostic Role of C-Reactive Protein.

Development of the attitudes to domestic violence questionnaire for children and adolescents (2015)
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Fox, C., Gadd, D., & Sim, J. (2015). Development of the attitudes to domestic violence questionnaire for children and adolescents. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2506 - 2525. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260514553115

To provide a more robust assessment of the effectiveness of a domestic abuse prevention education program, a questionnaire was developed to measure children's attitudes to domestic violence. The aim was to develop a short questionnaire that would be... Read More about Development of the attitudes to domestic violence questionnaire for children and adolescents.

An Economic Evaluation of TENS in Addition to Usual Primary Care Management for the Treatment of Tennis Elbow: Results from the TATE Randomized Controlled Trial (2015)
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Lewis, M., Chesterton, L., Sim, J., Hay, E., Mallen, C., & Van Der Windt, D. (2015). An Economic Evaluation of TENS in Addition to Usual Primary Care Management for the Treatment of Tennis Elbow: Results from the TATE Randomized Controlled Trial. PloS one, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135460

Background The TATE trial was a multicentre pragmatic randomized controlled trial of supplementing primary care management (PCM)–consisting of a GP consultation followed by information and advice on exercises–with transcutaneous electrical nerve sti... Read More about An Economic Evaluation of TENS in Addition to Usual Primary Care Management for the Treatment of Tennis Elbow: Results from the TATE Randomized Controlled Trial.

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of chronic widespread pain in the general population. (2015)
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Mansfield, K. E., Sim, J., Jordan, J. L., & Jordan, K. P. (2015). A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of chronic widespread pain in the general population. PAIN, 157(1), 55-64. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000314

Chronic widespread pain (CWP) is common and associated with poor general health. There has been no attempt to derive a robust prevalence estimate of CWP, or assess how this is influenced by socio-demographic factors. This study therefore aimed to det... Read More about A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of chronic widespread pain in the general population..

The nature and ethics of natural experiments (2015)
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Dawson, A., & Sim, J. (2015). The nature and ethics of natural experiments. Journal of Medical Ethics, 41(10), 848-853. https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2014-102254

Living Well With Chronic Pain in Later Life: The Role and Meaning of Activity and Involvement (2015)
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Richardson, J. C., Moore, A. J., Bernard, M., Jordan, K. P., & Sim, J. (2015). Living Well With Chronic Pain in Later Life: The Role and Meaning of Activity and Involvement. Activities, adaptation & aging, 39(3), 200-213. https://doi.org/10.1080/01924788.2015.1063329

PATIENT PREFERENCES FOR THE PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS: A FEASIBILITY STUDY USING ADAPTIVE CHOICE-BASED CONJOINT ANALYSIS (ACBCA) (2015)
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Al-Omari, B., Sim, J., Croft, P., & Frisher, M. (in press). PATIENT PREFERENCES FOR THE PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS: A FEASIBILITY STUDY USING ADAPTIVE CHOICE-BASED CONJOINT ANALYSIS (ACBCA). European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare, 3(2), 253. https://doi.org/10.5750/ejpch.v3i2.975

Rationale, aims and objectives: Patient preferences, increasingly solicited as part of person-centered healthcare approaches, are an important part of optimizing the pharmacological treatment of osteoarthritis (OA). Recent choice experiments have exp... Read More about PATIENT PREFERENCES FOR THE PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS: A FEASIBILITY STUDY USING ADAPTIVE CHOICE-BASED CONJOINT ANALYSIS (ACBCA).

Safety and Effect of Metoclopramide to Prevent Pneumonia in Patients With Stroke Fed via Nasogastric Tubes Trial (2015)
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Warusevitane, A., Karunatilake, D., Sim, J., Lally, F., & Roffe, C. (2015). Safety and Effect of Metoclopramide to Prevent Pneumonia in Patients With Stroke Fed via Nasogastric Tubes Trial. Stroke, 46(2), 454-460. https://doi.org/10.1161/strokeaha.114.006639

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation as adjunct to primary care management for tennis elbow: (2014)
Journal Article
Chesterton, L. S., Lewis, A. M., Sim, J., Mallen, C. D., Mason, E. E., Hay, E. M., & van der Windt, D. A. (2014). Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation as adjunct to primary care management for tennis elbow:. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 1458 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2013-f5160rep

Can transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), as a patient controlled adjunct to primary care management for tennis elbow, provide superior pain relief to primary care management alone.

A systematic review finds variable use of the intention-to-treat principle in musculoskeletal randomized controlled trials with missing data (2014)
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Joseph, R., Sim, J., Ogollah, R., & Lewis, M. (2015). A systematic review finds variable use of the intention-to-treat principle in musculoskeletal randomized controlled trials with missing data. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 15 - 24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.09.002

OBJECTIVES: In randomized trials, the primary analysis should be consistent with the intention-to-treat (ITT) principle and should address missing data appropriately to draw valid inferences. This review focuses on current practices relating to the I... Read More about A systematic review finds variable use of the intention-to-treat principle in musculoskeletal randomized controlled trials with missing data.

Statistical analysis plan for the Stroke Oxygen Study (SO2S): a multi-center randomized controlled trial to assess whether routine oxygen supplementation in the first 72 hours after a stroke improves long-term outcome. (2014)
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Ives, N., Sim, J., Gray, R., Roffe, C., Nevatte, T., & Howman, A. (2014). Statistical analysis plan for the Stroke Oxygen Study (SO2S): a multi-center randomized controlled trial to assess whether routine oxygen supplementation in the first 72 hours after a stroke improves long-term outcome. Trials, 15, Article ARTN 229. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-229

BACKGROUND: The Stroke Oxygen Study (SO2S) is a multi-center randomized controlled trial of oxygen supplementation in patients with acute stroke. The main hypothesis for the trial is that fixed-dose oxygen treatment during the first 3 days after an a... Read More about Statistical analysis plan for the Stroke Oxygen Study (SO2S): a multi-center randomized controlled trial to assess whether routine oxygen supplementation in the first 72 hours after a stroke improves long-term outcome..

Older People’s Perceptions of Remaining Physically Active and Living With Chronic Pain (2014)
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Moore, A. J., Richardson, J. C., Sim, J., Bernard, M., & Jordan, K. P. (2014). Older People’s Perceptions of Remaining Physically Active and Living With Chronic Pain. Qualitative Health Research, 24(6), 761-772. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732314529663

Heart rate and perceived muscle pain responses to a functional walking test in McArdle disease (2014)
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Buckley, J. P., Quinlivan, R. M., Sim, J., Eston, R. G., & Short, D. S. (2014). Heart rate and perceived muscle pain responses to a functional walking test in McArdle disease. Journal of Sports Sciences, 32(16), 1561-1569. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2014.906045

Bias, precision and statistical power of analysis of covariance in the analysis of randomized trials with baseline imbalance: a simulation study (2014)
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Egbewale, B. E., Lewis, M., & Sim, J. (2014). Bias, precision and statistical power of analysis of covariance in the analysis of randomized trials with baseline imbalance: a simulation study. BMC medical research methodology, 14(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-14-49

Analysis of variance (ANOVA), change-score analysis (CSA) and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) respond differently to baseline imbalance in randomized controlled trials. However, no empirical studies appear to have quantified the differential bias and... Read More about Bias, precision and statistical power of analysis of covariance in the analysis of randomized trials with baseline imbalance: a simulation study.

The Stroke Oxygen Study (SO2S) - a multi-center, study to assess whether routine oxygen treatment in the first 72 hours after a stroke improves long-term outcome: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. (2014)
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Roffe, C., Nevatte, T., Crome, P., Gray, R., Sim, J., Pountain, S., …Handy, P. (2014). The Stroke Oxygen Study (SO2S) - a multi-center, study to assess whether routine oxygen treatment in the first 72 hours after a stroke improves long-term outcome: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 15, Article 99. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-99

BACKGROUND: Mild hypoxia is common in stroke patients and may have significant adverse effects on the ischemic brain after stroke. The use of oxygen treatment is rapidly increasing in European stroke units but is not without side effects. It impedes... Read More about The Stroke Oxygen Study (SO2S) - a multi-center, study to assess whether routine oxygen treatment in the first 72 hours after a stroke improves long-term outcome: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial..

Evaluating the effectiveness of domestic abuse prevention education: Are certain children more or less receptive to the messages conveyed? (2014)
Journal Article
Fox, C., Corr, M., Gadd, D., & Sim, J. (2014). Evaluating the effectiveness of domestic abuse prevention education: Are certain children more or less receptive to the messages conveyed?. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 212-227. https://doi.org/10.1111/lcrp.12046

Purpose A number of school-based domestic abuse prevention programmes have been developed in the United Kingdom, but evidence as to the effectiveness of such programmes is limited. The aim of the research was to evaluate the effectiveness of one suc... Read More about Evaluating the effectiveness of domestic abuse prevention education: Are certain children more or less receptive to the messages conveyed?.

Identifying vulnerability in grief: psychometric properties of the Adult Attitude to Grief scale (2013)
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Bartlam, B., Sim, J., & Machin, L. (2013). Identifying vulnerability in grief: psychometric properties of the Adult Attitude to Grief scale. Quality of Life Research, 1211-1220. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-013-0551-1

Purpose Grief is a reaction to a significant loss that can profoundly affect all aspects of life and capacity to function well. The consequences can vary from severe psychological distress through to physical disturbances and significant social probl... Read More about Identifying vulnerability in grief: psychometric properties of the Adult Attitude to Grief scale.

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation as adjunct to primary care management for tennis elbow: pragmatic randomised controlled trial (TATE trial) (2013)
Journal Article
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