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Different levels of continuous training improve echocardiographic parameters, quality of life, and functional capacity in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction patients (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Atef, H., Helmy, Z. M., Elnaggar, M., Marques-Sule, E., & Abdeen, H. Different levels of continuous training improve echocardiographic parameters, quality of life, and functional capacity in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction patients. Presented at ACNAP 2024 (14 - 15 June), Wrocław (Poland)

Background Various comorbidities and physiological alterations contribute to the complexity of heart failure conditions, influencing the optimal approach to exercise-based rehabilitation. Purpose This study sought to investigate and compare the effec... Read More about Different levels of continuous training improve echocardiographic parameters, quality of life, and functional capacity in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction patients.

The quality of reporting in randomized controlled trials investigating exercise for individuals with whiplash-associated disorders; a systematic review. (2024)
Journal Article
Colombi, A., Vedani, S., Viceconti, A., & Stapleton, C. (2024). The quality of reporting in randomized controlled trials investigating exercise for individuals with whiplash-associated disorders; a systematic review. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 73, Article 103145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2024.103145

Whiplash-associated disorders are a common sequela of road traffic accidents. Exercise therapy is considered an effective intervention, and it is recommended for the management of such condition. However, the application of research findings to every... Read More about The quality of reporting in randomized controlled trials investigating exercise for individuals with whiplash-associated disorders; a systematic review..

Patient attitudes and experiences towards exercise during oncological treatment. A qualitative systematic review (2024)
Journal Article
Finch, A., & Benham, A. (2024). Patient attitudes and experiences towards exercise during oncological treatment. A qualitative systematic review. Supportive Care in Cancer, 32(8), Article 509. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-024-08649-2

Purpose
Exercise and physical activity (PA) during oncological treatment have many benefits. However, PA levels and adherence are often low. This systematic review of qualitative literature aims to explore the experience and the perceived barriers a... Read More about Patient attitudes and experiences towards exercise during oncological treatment. A qualitative systematic review.

Comparing Prefabricated and 3D Printed Foot Orthoses for the Management of Flat Foot Condition: A Randomized Controlled Trial. (2024)
Journal Article
Bari, A. Z., Ahmed, N., Farhan, M., Al-Shenqiti, A., & Zafar, M. S. (in press). Comparing Prefabricated and 3D Printed Foot Orthoses for the Management of Flat Foot Condition: A Randomized Controlled Trial. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, https://doi.org/10.1097/PHM.0000000000002585

To investigate the short-term effects of 3D-printed and prefabricated foot orthoses on the management of flat feet. In this single-blinded study, 63 patients with flat feet were enrolled via convenience sampling. They were randomly assigned to the co... Read More about Comparing Prefabricated and 3D Printed Foot Orthoses for the Management of Flat Foot Condition: A Randomized Controlled Trial..

What’s in a Name?’ (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Pheasey, C. (2024, June). What’s in a Name?’. Presented at Technical Futures Conference., Manchester

The environmental sustainability implications of contrast media supply chain disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic: A document analysis of international practice guidelines (2024)
Journal Article
Natembeya, M., Anudjo, M., Ackah, J., Osei, M., & Akudjedu, T. (2024). The environmental sustainability implications of contrast media supply chain disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic: A document analysis of international practice guidelines. Radiography, 30(S1), 43-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2024.05.017

Introduction
Travel restrictions implemented during the acute phases of the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted supply chain for critical radiology consumables including contrast media (CM) leading to shortages. Consequently, some departments had to restruc... Read More about The environmental sustainability implications of contrast media supply chain disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic: A document analysis of international practice guidelines.

Could breathing frequency become a pragmatic means to monitor exercise intensity in atrial fibrillation and coronary heart disease? (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buckley, J. P., Terada, T., Lion, A., & Reed, J. L. Could breathing frequency become a pragmatic means to monitor exercise intensity in atrial fibrillation and coronary heart disease?. Presented at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2024 (25-27 April 2024), Athens, Greece

Introduction Innovations Fund of the Alternate Funding Plan for the Academic Health Sciences Centre of the Ministry of Ontario, Canada; New Investigator Award in Clinical Rehabilitation from the Canadian Institute for Health Research; Heart and Strok... Read More about Could breathing frequency become a pragmatic means to monitor exercise intensity in atrial fibrillation and coronary heart disease?.

Scoping review: Mobility aids for people with sight loss across the ICF domains of functions, activities, and participation. (2024)
Journal Article
Knights, H. M., Benham, A. E., Durrans, R. M., & Burton, K. (in press). Scoping review: Mobility aids for people with sight loss across the ICF domains of functions, activities, and participation. Optometry and Vision Science, https://doi.org/10.1097/OPX.0000000000002141

There is little literature linking mobility aids for people with sight loss to the functions, activities, and participation domains of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). Future studies on this relationship s... Read More about Scoping review: Mobility aids for people with sight loss across the ICF domains of functions, activities, and participation..

Validity and Reliability of an Arabic Version of the Survey Instrument for Natural History, Aetiology and Prevalence of Patellofemoral Pain Studies: A Cross-Sectional Study (2024)
Journal Article
Darabseh, M. Z., Aburub, A., Altaim, T. A., Al Abbad, B., & Bashaireh, K. (in press). Validity and Reliability of an Arabic Version of the Survey Instrument for Natural History, Aetiology and Prevalence of Patellofemoral Pain Studies: A Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(6), Article 732. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21060732

Background and Objectives: Knee pain, specifically patellofemoral pain (PFP), may lead to limitations in physical activity and social participation. Identifying knee pain that is attributed to PFP is not an easy job for healthcare professionals. To o... Read More about Validity and Reliability of an Arabic Version of the Survey Instrument for Natural History, Aetiology and Prevalence of Patellofemoral Pain Studies: A Cross-Sectional Study.

What do RCTs tell us, and could they tell us more? Looking within and beyond the study sample (2024)
Book Chapter
Sim, J., Lancaster, G., & Lewis, M. (2024). What do RCTs tell us, and could they tell us more? Looking within and beyond the study sample. In A Medical Educator's Guide to Thinking Critically about Randomised Controlled Trials: Deconstructing the "Gold Standard" (109-144). Springer Nature [academic journals on nature.com]. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25859-6_5

Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are generally regarded as the gold-standard method to answer questions of treatment effectiveness. Carefully designed and rigorously implemented, they can provide unbiased estimates of average treatment effectivene... Read More about What do RCTs tell us, and could they tell us more? Looking within and beyond the study sample.

Is shockwave therapy effective in the management of greater trochanteric pain syndrome? A systematic review and meta-analysis. (2024)
Journal Article
Harding, D., Cameron, L., Monga, A., & Winter, S. (2024). Is shockwave therapy effective in the management of greater trochanteric pain syndrome? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Musculoskeletal Care, 22(2), Article e1892. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1892

Evidence is lacking for the efficacy of shockwave therapy (SWT) in the treatment of greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS). To investigate the efficacy of SWT on pain and function in the management of GTPS. A systematic search of electronic databa... Read More about Is shockwave therapy effective in the management of greater trochanteric pain syndrome? A systematic review and meta-analysis..

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.

Is breathing frequency a potential means for monitoring exercise intensity in people with atrial fibrillation and coronary heart disease when heart rate is mitigated? (2024)
Journal Article
Buckley, J. P., Terada, T., Lion, A., & Reed, J. L. (in press). Is breathing frequency a potential means for monitoring exercise intensity in people with atrial fibrillation and coronary heart disease when heart rate is mitigated?. European Journal of Applied Physiology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-024-05487-2

Moderate-intensity aerobic exercise is safe and beneficial in atrial fibrillation (AF) and coronary heart disease (CHD). Irregular or rapid heart rates (HR) in AF and other heart conditions create a challenge to using HR to monitor exercise intensity... Read More about Is breathing frequency a potential means for monitoring exercise intensity in people with atrial fibrillation and coronary heart disease when heart rate is mitigated?.

Publisher Correction: Evaluating knowledge, attitude, and physical activity levels related to cardiovascular disease in Egyptian adults with and without cardiovascular disease: a community-based cross-sectional study (2024)
Journal Article
Ramadan, A., Aboeldahab, H., Bashir, M. N., Belal, M. M., Wageeh, A., Atia, A., Elbanna, M., Alhejazi, T. J., Abouzid, M., Atef, H., Khalid, E., Elaziz, O. A. A., Eldeeb, M. I., Kamel Omar, D. O., Refaey, N., Setouhi, A., & AK, M. (in press). Publisher Correction: Evaluating knowledge, attitude, and physical activity levels related to cardiovascular disease in Egyptian adults with and without cardiovascular disease: a community-based cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health, 24(1), Article 1214 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18722-4

Value of MRI in the cervical spine imaging series of trauma patients: A state-of-the-art review (2024)
Journal Article
Sarblah, S., Rachman, P., Antwi, W., Anudjo, M., Botwe, B., & Akudjedu, T. (2024). Value of MRI in the cervical spine imaging series of trauma patients: A state-of-the-art review. Radiography, 30(3), 1001-1013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2024.04.017

Introduction
Clinical decision protocols for evaluation and assessment of traumatic cervical spine injuries (TCSI) lean more towards the use of CT imaging. Investigation with MRI is therefore considered unnecessary following negative CT findings acc... Read More about Value of MRI in the cervical spine imaging series of trauma patients: A state-of-the-art review.

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.

Evaluating knowledge, attitude, and physical activity levels related to cardiovascular disease in Egyptian adults with and without cardiovascular disease: a community-based cross-sectional study (2024)
Journal Article
Ramadan, A., Aboeldahab, H., Bashir, M. N., Belal, M. M., Wageeh, A., Atia, A., Elbanna, M., Alhejazi, T. J., Abouzid, M., Atef, H., Khalid, E., Elaziz, O. A. A., Eldeeb, M. I., Kamel Omar, D. O., Refaey, N., Setouhi, A., Mohammed, A. K., & AK, M. (in press). Evaluating knowledge, attitude, and physical activity levels related to cardiovascular disease in Egyptian adults with and without cardiovascular disease: a community-based cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health, 24(1), Article 1107. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18553-3

Background
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) represents a significant health challenge in Egypt, yet there exists limited understanding regarding the knowledge, attitudes, and physical activity levels associated with CVD. These factors play a pivotal rol... Read More about Evaluating knowledge, attitude, and physical activity levels related to cardiovascular disease in Egyptian adults with and without cardiovascular disease: a community-based cross-sectional study.

A scoping review of digital fabrication techniques applied to prosthetics and orthotics: Part 1 of 2—Prosthetics (2024)
Journal Article
Oldfrey, B. M., Morgado Ramirez, D. Z., Miodownik, M., Wassall, M., Ramstrand, N., Wong, M. S., Danemayer, J., Dickinson, A., Kenney, L., Nester, C., Lemaire, E., Gholizadeth, H., Diment, L. E., Donovan-Hall, M. K., & Holloway, C. (in press). A scoping review of digital fabrication techniques applied to prosthetics and orthotics: Part 1 of 2—Prosthetics. Prosthetics and Orthotics International, https://doi.org/10.1097/pxr.0000000000000351

Background: Traditionally, the manufacture of prostheses is time-consuming and labor-intensive. One possible route to improving access and quality of these devices is the digitalizing of the fabrication process, which may reduce the burden of manual... Read More about A scoping review of digital fabrication techniques applied to prosthetics and orthotics: Part 1 of 2—Prosthetics.

Effectiveness of low dose computed tomography to detect fractures in paediatric suspected physical abuse: a systematic review (2024)
Journal Article
Doyle, E., Bugeja, L., Dimmock, M. R., Lee, K. L., Ng, J., & Bassed, R. B. (2024). Effectiveness of low dose computed tomography to detect fractures in paediatric suspected physical abuse: a systematic review. International Journal of Legal Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-024-03214-2

The skeletal survey X-ray series is the current 'gold standard' when investigating suspected physical abuse (SPA) of children, in addition to a non-contrast computed tomography (CT) brain scan. This systematic literature review synthesised findings o... Read More about Effectiveness of low dose computed tomography to detect fractures in paediatric suspected physical abuse: a systematic review.