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Dialysate Creatinine Response Patterns During Peritoneal Equilibration Test and the Association Between Cardiovascular Mortality: Findings from a Prospective Cohort Study. (2018)
Journal Article
Yu. (2018). Dialysate Creatinine Response Patterns During Peritoneal Equilibration Test and the Association Between Cardiovascular Mortality: Findings from a Prospective Cohort Study. Kidney and Blood Pressure Research, https://doi.org/10.1159/000487498

Background/Aims
During peritoneal equilibrium test (PET), intermediate measures of Dt/P (dialysate/plasma creatinine ratio), D0/P, D2/P and D4/P ratios might provide additional information regarding a patient’s cardiovascular mortality. We aimed to... Read More about Dialysate Creatinine Response Patterns During Peritoneal Equilibration Test and the Association Between Cardiovascular Mortality: Findings from a Prospective Cohort Study..

Change in physical activity level and clinical outcomes in older adults with knee pain: a secondary analysis from a randomised controlled trial (2018)
Journal Article
Holden. (2018). Change in physical activity level and clinical outcomes in older adults with knee pain: a secondary analysis from a randomised controlled trial. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-018-1968-z

Background
Exercise interventions improve clinical outcomes of pain and function in adults with knee pain due to osteoarthritis and higher levels of physical activity are associated with lower severity of pain and higher levels of physical functioni... Read More about Change in physical activity level and clinical outcomes in older adults with knee pain: a secondary analysis from a randomised controlled trial.

Age-related differences in foot mobility in individuals with patellofemoral pain (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). Age-related differences in foot mobility in individuals with patellofemoral pain. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-018-0249-2

Background
Age-related changes in midfoot mobility have the potential to influence success with foot orthoses intervention in people with patellofemoral pain (PFP). The aim of this study was to determine whether older people with PFP demonstrate les... Read More about Age-related differences in foot mobility in individuals with patellofemoral pain.

Evaluating student perceptions of using a game-based approach to aid learning: Braincept (2018)
Journal Article
Aynsley. (2018). Evaluating student perceptions of using a game-based approach to aid learning: Braincept. Higher Education Pedagogies, 70-81. https://doi.org/10.1080/23752696.2018.1435296

Gamification in higher education has steadily been gaining traction as a useful addition to the diversity of learning resources available to both teachers and students. We have invented a card-based, role-playing team game called ‘Braincept’ to help... Read More about Evaluating student perceptions of using a game-based approach to aid learning: Braincept.

The Attention Training Technique improves Children's ability to delay gratification: A controlled comparison with progressive relaxation (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). The Attention Training Technique improves Children's ability to delay gratification: A controlled comparison with progressive relaxation. Behaviour Research and Therapy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2018.02.003

The ability to delay gratification at a young age is a predictor of psychological, cognitive, health, and academic later-life outcomes. This study aimed to extend earlier research and explore whether a metacognitive intervention, Wells' (1990) Attent... Read More about The Attention Training Technique improves Children's ability to delay gratification: A controlled comparison with progressive relaxation.

Retroperitoneal Hemorrhage After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Incidence, Determinants, and Outcomes as Recorded by the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society. (2018)
Journal Article
Kontopantelis, E., Kinnaird, T., Potts, J., Rashid, M., Shoaib, A., Nolan, J., Bagur, R., de Belder, M., Ludman, P., Kwok, C., Mamas, M., & Cardiovascular Intervention Society (BCIS) and National, B. (2018). Retroperitoneal Hemorrhage After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Incidence, Determinants, and Outcomes as Recorded by the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society. Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, 11(2), Article e005866. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.117.005866

BACKGROUND: Retroperitoneal hemorrhage (RH) is a rare bleeding complication of percutaneous coronary intervention, which can result as a consequence of femoral access or can occur spontaneously. This study aims to evaluate temporal changes in RH, its... Read More about Retroperitoneal Hemorrhage After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Incidence, Determinants, and Outcomes as Recorded by the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society..

Evidence flowers: An innovative, visual method of presenting “best evidence” summaries to health professional and lay audiences (2018)
Journal Article
Babatunde, O., Tan, V., Jordan, J., Dziedzic, K., Chew-Graham, C., Jinks, C., Protheroe, J., & Van Der Windt, D. (2018). Evidence flowers: An innovative, visual method of presenting “best evidence” summaries to health professional and lay audiences. Research Synthesis Methods, 9(2), 273-284. https://doi.org/10.1002/jrsm.1295

Background & Aims
Barriers to dissemination and engagement with evidence pose a threat to implementing evidence-based medicine. Understanding, retention, and recall can be enhanced by visual presentation of information. The aim of this exploratory r... Read More about Evidence flowers: An innovative, visual method of presenting “best evidence” summaries to health professional and lay audiences.

Enhancing delivery of osteoarthritis care in the general practice consultation: evaluation of a behaviour change intervention (2018)
Journal Article
Porcheret, M., Main, C., Croft, P., & Dziedzic, K. (2018). Enhancing delivery of osteoarthritis care in the general practice consultation: evaluation of a behaviour change intervention. BMC Family Practice, 19, Article 26. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-018-0715-8

BACKGROUND: Professionally-focussed behaviour change intervention (BCI) workshops were utilised in the Management of OsteoArthritis in Consultations (MOSAICS) trial investigating the feasibility of implementing the National Institute for Health and C... Read More about Enhancing delivery of osteoarthritis care in the general practice consultation: evaluation of a behaviour change intervention.

Epidemiology of paediatric presentations with musculoskeletal problems in primary care. (2018)
Journal Article
Protheroe, & Dunn. (2018). Epidemiology of paediatric presentations with musculoskeletal problems in primary care. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 40 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-018-1952-7

BACKGROUND: Musculoskeletal disease is a common cause of morbidity, but there is a paucity of musculoskeletal research focusing on paediatric populations, particularly in primary care settings. In particular, there is limited information on populatio... Read More about Epidemiology of paediatric presentations with musculoskeletal problems in primary care..

Peer influence as a driver of technological innovation in the UK National Health Service: a qualitative study of clinicians’ experiences and attitudes (2018)
Journal Article
Greszczuk, C., Mughal, F., Mathew, R., & Rashid, A. (2018). Peer influence as a driver of technological innovation in the UK National Health Service: a qualitative study of clinicians’ experiences and attitudes. BMJ Innovations, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjinnov-2017-000208

Background
Accelerating innovation to improve quality is a key policy target for healthcare systems around the world. Effectively influencing individuals’ behaviour is crucial to the success of innovation initiatives. This study explores UK clinicia... Read More about Peer influence as a driver of technological innovation in the UK National Health Service: a qualitative study of clinicians’ experiences and attitudes.

Epidemiology of paediatric presentations with musculoskeletal problems in primary care (2018)
Journal Article
Protheroe. (2018). Epidemiology of paediatric presentations with musculoskeletal problems in primary care. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-018-1952-7

Background
Musculoskeletal disease is a common cause of morbidity, but there is a paucity of musculoskeletal research focusing on paediatric populations, particularly in primary care settings. In particular, there is limited information on populatio... Read More about Epidemiology of paediatric presentations with musculoskeletal problems in primary care.

UK Physiotherapists’ experiences and treatment priorities for patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): preliminary findings from a qualitative study. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O’Brien, A., Liddle, J., Muller, S., Thomas, M., & Mallen, C. (2018, February). UK Physiotherapists’ experiences and treatment priorities for patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): preliminary findings from a qualitative study. Presented at Society of Research in Rehabilitation Winter Programme, Bristol, UK

Twelve tips for expanding undergraduate clinical teaching capacity (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). Twelve tips for expanding undergraduate clinical teaching capacity. Medical Teacher, 1 -4. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2018.1429587

Undergraduate medical education has expanded substantially in recent years, through both establishing new programs and increasing student numbers in existing programs. This expansion has placed pressure on the capacity for training students in clinic... Read More about Twelve tips for expanding undergraduate clinical teaching capacity.

Twelve tips for expanding undergraduate clinical teaching capacity (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). Twelve tips for expanding undergraduate clinical teaching capacity. Medical Teacher, https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2018.1429587

Undergraduate medical education has expanded substantially in recent years, through both establishing new programs and increasing student numbers in existing programs. This expansion has placed pressure on the capacity for training students in clinic... Read More about Twelve tips for expanding undergraduate clinical teaching capacity.

Early and late pregnancy outcomes in women treated with cold-coagulation versus LLETZ cervical treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; a retrospective cohort study (2018)
Journal Article
Papoutsis, D., Underwood, M., Parry-Smith, W., & Panikkar, J. (2018). Early and late pregnancy outcomes in women treated with cold-coagulation versus LLETZ cervical treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; a retrospective cohort study. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 297(4), 1015-1025. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-018-4704-x

Purpose
To compare the pregnancy outcomes between women who were treated with cold-coagulation versus large loop excision of the transformation zone (LLETZ) for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.

Methods
This was a retrospective cohort study of... Read More about Early and late pregnancy outcomes in women treated with cold-coagulation versus LLETZ cervical treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; a retrospective cohort study.

Melatonin and health: an umbrella review of health outcomes and biological mechanisms of action (2018)
Journal Article
Posadzki, P. P., Bajpai, R., Kyaw, B. M., Roberts, N. J., Brzezinski, A., Christopoulos, G. I., Divakar, U., Bajpai, S., Soljak, M., Dunleavy, G., Jarbrink, K., Nang, E. E. K., Soh, C. K., & Car, J. (2018). Melatonin and health: an umbrella review of health outcomes and biological mechanisms of action. BMC Medicine, 16, Article 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-1000-8

Background
Our aims were to evaluate critically the evidence from systematic reviews as well as narrative reviews of the effects of melatonin (MLT) on health and to identify the potential mechanisms of action involved.

Methods
An umbrella review... Read More about Melatonin and health: an umbrella review of health outcomes and biological mechanisms of action.

Challenges of diagnosis and management of giant cell arteritis in general practice: a multimethods study (2018)
Journal Article
Helliwell, T., Muller, S., Hider, S. L., Prior, J. A., Richardson, J. C., & Mallen, C. D. (2018). Challenges of diagnosis and management of giant cell arteritis in general practice: a multimethods study. BMJ Open, 8(2), Article e019320. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019320

BACKGROUND: In the UK, general practitioners (GPs) are usually the first medical contact for patients with suspected giant cell arteritis (GCA). While rare, it is critical not to miss, as delayed treatment can lead to significant complications includ... Read More about Challenges of diagnosis and management of giant cell arteritis in general practice: a multimethods study.

PET-PANC: multicentre prospective diagnostic accuracy and health economic analysis study of the impact of combined modality 18fluorine-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission tomography with computed tomography scanning in the diagnosis and management of pancreatic cancer. (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). PET-PANC: multicentre prospective diagnostic accuracy and health economic analysis study of the impact of combined modality 18fluorine-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission tomography with computed tomography scanning in the diagnosis and management of pancreatic cancer. Health Technology Assessment, 1 - 114. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta22070

BACKGROUND: Pancreatic cancer diagnosis and staging can be difficult in 10-20% of patients. Positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) adds precise anatomical localisation to functional data. The use of PET/CT may add further value t... Read More about PET-PANC: multicentre prospective diagnostic accuracy and health economic analysis study of the impact of combined modality 18fluorine-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission tomography with computed tomography scanning in the diagnosis and management of pancreatic cancer..

Trajectories and predictors of the long-term course of low back pain: cohort study with 5-year follow-up (2018)
Journal Article
Jordan, K., Dunn, K., Strauss, V., Foster, N., Chen, Y., & Campbell, P. (2018). Trajectories and predictors of the long-term course of low back pain: cohort study with 5-year follow-up. PAIN, 252-260. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001097

Low back pain (LBP) is a major health challenge globally. Research has identified common trajectories of pain over time. We aimed to investigate whether trajectories described in one primary care cohort can be confirmed in another, and to determine t... Read More about Trajectories and predictors of the long-term course of low back pain: cohort study with 5-year follow-up.

Subacromial impingement syndrome - What does this mean to and for the patient? A qualitative study (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). Subacromial impingement syndrome - What does this mean to and for the patient? A qualitative study. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 24-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2017.10.008

Background
Structured exercise has been reported as the current treatment of choice for patients diagnosed with subacromial impingement syndrome (SIS). However, it has been suggested that this diagnostic term and the language used to explain this co... Read More about Subacromial impingement syndrome - What does this mean to and for the patient? A qualitative study.