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Expert Opinion: Transradial Coronary Artery Procedures: Tips for Success (2017)
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Sandhu, K., Butler, R., & Nolan, J. (2017). Expert Opinion: Transradial Coronary Artery Procedures: Tips for Success. Interventional Cardiology: Reviews, Research, Resources, 12(01), 18-24. https://doi.org/10.15420/icr.2017%3A2%3A2

Historically, the majority of coronary procedures have been performed via the femoral artery. However, since the inception of the transradial approach, a number of studies have confirmed that this technique is associated with a significant reduction... Read More about Expert Opinion: Transradial Coronary Artery Procedures: Tips for Success.

Patterns of routine primary care for osteoarthritis in the UK: a cross-sectional electronic health records study (2017)
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Jackson, H., Barnett, L. A., Jordan, K. P., Dziedzic, K. S., Cottrell, E., Finney, A. G., …Edwards, J. J. (2017). Patterns of routine primary care for osteoarthritis in the UK: a cross-sectional electronic health records study. BMJ Open, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019694

Abstract Objective To determine common patterns of recorded primary care for osteoarthritis (OA), and patient and provider characteristics associated with the quality of recorded care. Design An observational study nested within a cluster-randomi... Read More about Patterns of routine primary care for osteoarthritis in the UK: a cross-sectional electronic health records study.

The symptomatic course of foot osteoarthritis phenotypes: an 18-month prospective analysis of community-dwelling older adults. (2017)
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Downes, T. J., Chesterton, L., Whittle, R., Roddy, E., Menz, H. B., Marshall, M., & Thomas, M. J. (2018). The symptomatic course of foot osteoarthritis phenotypes: an 18-month prospective analysis of community-dwelling older adults. Arthritis Care and Research, 70(7), 1107-1112. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.23502

OBJECTIVE: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a heterogeneous disease with symptom progression at the foot unclear. This study investigated the symptomatic course of three pre-defined foot OA phenotypes over an 18-month period. METHODS: The Clinical Assessment S... Read More about The symptomatic course of foot osteoarthritis phenotypes: an 18-month prospective analysis of community-dwelling older adults..

Population-level impact of diabetes integrated care on commissioner payments for inpatient care among people with type 2 diabetes in Cambridgeshire: a postintervention cohort follow-up study (2017)
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Yu. (2017). Population-level impact of diabetes integrated care on commissioner payments for inpatient care among people with type 2 diabetes in Cambridgeshire: a postintervention cohort follow-up study. BMJ Open, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-015816

Objectives Few studies have estimated the effect of diabetes integrated care at a population level. We have assessed the impact of introducing a community service-led diabetes integrated care programme on commissioner payments (tariff) for inpatient... Read More about Population-level impact of diabetes integrated care on commissioner payments for inpatient care among people with type 2 diabetes in Cambridgeshire: a postintervention cohort follow-up study.

Twins as Participants in Randomized Controlled Trials: A Review of Published Literature (2017)
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Sumathipala, A., Yelland, L., Green, D., Shepherd, T., Jayaweera, K., Ferreira, P., & Craig, J. M. (2017). Twins as Participants in Randomized Controlled Trials: A Review of Published Literature. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 21(1), 51-56. https://doi.org/10.1017/thg.2017.67

Monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ) twins participate in research that partitions variance in health, disease, and behavior into genetic and environmental components. However, there are other innovative roles for twins in medical research. One such w... Read More about Twins as Participants in Randomized Controlled Trials: A Review of Published Literature.

Influence of operator experience and PCI volume on transfemoral access techniques: A collaboration of international cardiovascular societies (2017)
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Nelson, D. W., Damluji, A. A., Patel, N., Valgimigli, M., Windecker, S., Byrne, R., …Cohen, M. G. (2018). Influence of operator experience and PCI volume on transfemoral access techniques: A collaboration of international cardiovascular societies. Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine, 19(2), 143-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carrev.2017.12.013

Introduction Transfemoral access (TFA) is widely used for coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The influence of operator age, gender, experience, and procedural volume on performance of femoral arterial access has not b... Read More about Influence of operator experience and PCI volume on transfemoral access techniques: A collaboration of international cardiovascular societies.

Subgrouping and TargetEd Exercise pRogrammes for knee and hip OsteoArthritis (STEER OA): a systematic review update and individual participant data meta-analysis protocol. (2017)
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Van Der Windt, Holden, & Dziedzic. (2017). Subgrouping and TargetEd Exercise pRogrammes for knee and hip OsteoArthritis (STEER OA): a systematic review update and individual participant data meta-analysis protocol. BMJ Open, e018971 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018971

INTRODUCTION: Knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of disability worldwide. Therapeutic exercise is a recommended core treatment for people with knee and hip OA, however, the observed effect sizes for reducing pain and improving physic... Read More about Subgrouping and TargetEd Exercise pRogrammes for knee and hip OsteoArthritis (STEER OA): a systematic review update and individual participant data meta-analysis protocol..

Meta-QSAR: a large-scale application of meta-learning to drug design and discovery. (2017)
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(2017). Meta-QSAR: a large-scale application of meta-learning to drug design and discovery. Machine Learning, 285 - 311. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10994-017-5685-x

We investigate the learning of quantitative structure activity relationships (QSARs) as a case-study of meta-learning. This application area is of the highest societal importance, as it is a key step in the development of new medicines. The standard... Read More about Meta-QSAR: a large-scale application of meta-learning to drug design and discovery..

Polycystic ovarian syndrome: Assessment of approaches to diagnosis and cardiometabolic monitoring in UK primary care (2017)
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Heald, A. H., Livingston, M., Holland, D., Robinson, J., Moreno, G. Y., Donnahey, G., …Fryer, A. A. (2018). Polycystic ovarian syndrome: Assessment of approaches to diagnosis and cardiometabolic monitoring in UK primary care. International Journal of Clinical Practice, 72(1), Article ARTN e13046. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcp.13046

Introduction Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is one of the commonest endocrine disorders affecting women of reproductive age. We examined the specific tests that are done in primary care to lead to the diagnosis of PCOS, and to support the diagno... Read More about Polycystic ovarian syndrome: Assessment of approaches to diagnosis and cardiometabolic monitoring in UK primary care.

Multisite peripheral joint pain: a cross-sectional study of prevalence and impact on general health, quality of life, pain intensity and consultation behaviour (2017)
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Finney, A., Dziedzic, K., Lewis, A., & Healey, E. (2017). Multisite peripheral joint pain: a cross-sectional study of prevalence and impact on general health, quality of life, pain intensity and consultation behaviour. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 18, Article 535. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-017-1896-3

Background Research into musculoskeletal conditions often focusses on pain at single sites, such as the knee, yet several studies have previously reported the high prevalence of multiple sites of musculoskeletal pain. The most common form of musculo... Read More about Multisite peripheral joint pain: a cross-sectional study of prevalence and impact on general health, quality of life, pain intensity and consultation behaviour.

Possible giant cell arteritis symptoms are common in newly diagnosed patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica: results from an incident primary care PMR cohort (2017)
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Masson, W., Muller, S., Whittle, R., Prior, J., Helliwell, T., Mallen, C., & Hider, S. (2017). Possible giant cell arteritis symptoms are common in newly diagnosed patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica: results from an incident primary care PMR cohort. BMC Rheumatology, 1, Article 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41927-017-0007-2

Background: To examine the frequency of possible giant cell arteritis (GCA) symptoms (including headache, temporal/scalp tenderness, jaw claudication and visual symptoms) in newly diagnosed polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) patients in UK primary care. Me... Read More about Possible giant cell arteritis symptoms are common in newly diagnosed patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica: results from an incident primary care PMR cohort.

Development of an individualised, supervised and progressed therapist led exercise programme for Plantar Heel Pain (Plantar Fasciitis) (2017)
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Humphreys, K., Larkin, T., Chesterton, L., Thomas, M., Roddy, E., Hendry, G., …Thomas, M. (2017). Development of an individualised, supervised and progressed therapist led exercise programme for Plantar Heel Pain (Plantar Fasciitis). Physiotherapy, 103(S1), e145-e146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2017.11.140

Purpose: To describe the development, and content of a physiotherapist and podiatrist led individualised, supervised and progressed exercise programme for use in a feasibility and pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT) testing interventions for Plan... Read More about Development of an individualised, supervised and progressed therapist led exercise programme for Plantar Heel Pain (Plantar Fasciitis).

Stroke Prevention Rehabilitation Intervention Trial of Exercise (SPRITE) - a randomised feasibility study (2017)
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Heron. (2017). Stroke Prevention Rehabilitation Intervention Trial of Exercise (SPRITE) - a randomised feasibility study. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-017-0717-9

Background The value of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) after a transient ischaemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke is untested despite these conditions sharing similar pathology and risk factors to coronary heart disease. We aimed to evaluate the feasibil... Read More about Stroke Prevention Rehabilitation Intervention Trial of Exercise (SPRITE) - a randomised feasibility study.

Surgery for Tennis Elbow: a Systematic Review (2017)
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(2017). Surgery for Tennis Elbow: a Systematic Review. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, 35-44. https://doi.org/10.1177/1758573217745041

Background There is no consensus on the most suitable treatment for tennis elbow but, in the USA, surgical intervention is increasing despite a lack of supportive research evidence. The aim of this systematic review was to provide a balanced update... Read More about Surgery for Tennis Elbow: a Systematic Review.

The effect of variation in interpretation of the La Trobe radiographic foot atlas on the prevalence of foot osteoarthritis in older women: the Chingford general population cohort. (2017)
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McQueen, P., Gates, L., Marshall, M., Doherty, M., Arden, N., & Bowen, C. (in press). The effect of variation in interpretation of the La Trobe radiographic foot atlas on the prevalence of foot osteoarthritis in older women: the Chingford general population cohort. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 10, Article 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-017-0239-9

Background: The prevalence of foot osteoarthritis (OA) is much less understood than hip, knee and hand OA. The foot is anatomically complex and different researchers have investigated different joints with lack of methodological standardisation acros... Read More about The effect of variation in interpretation of the La Trobe radiographic foot atlas on the prevalence of foot osteoarthritis in older women: the Chingford general population cohort..

The feasibility and acceptability of a physical activity intervention for older people with chronic musculoskeletal pain: The iPOPP pilot trial protocol (2017)
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Healey, E., Jinks, C., Foster, N., Chew-Graham, Chew-Graham, C., Pincus, T., …McBeth, J. (2017). The feasibility and acceptability of a physical activity intervention for older people with chronic musculoskeletal pain: The iPOPP pilot trial protocol. Musculoskeletal Care, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1222

INTRODUCTION: This pilot trial will inform the design and methods of a future full-scale randomized controlled trial (RCT) and examine the feasibility, acceptability and fidelity of the Increasing Physical activity in Older People with chronic Pain (... Read More about The feasibility and acceptability of a physical activity intervention for older people with chronic musculoskeletal pain: The iPOPP pilot trial protocol.