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The role of physiotherapy in polymyalgia rheumatica in the United Kingdom: a mixed method study (2023)
Thesis
O'Brien, A. V. (2023). The role of physiotherapy in polymyalgia rheumatica in the United Kingdom: a mixed method study. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/674475

Background: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) is the commonest rheumatic condition affecting older people, typically treated with glucocorticoids. However, the treatment side-effects including fatigue, anxiety and other alterations in mood, are frequent a... Read More about The role of physiotherapy in polymyalgia rheumatica in the United Kingdom: a mixed method study.

A scoping review of patient self-report measures of flare in knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA): A report from the OMERACT flares in OA working group (2023)
Journal Article
Queiroga, F., Cross, M., Thomas, M. J., March, L., Epstein, J., & Guillemin, F. (2023). A scoping review of patient self-report measures of flare in knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA): A report from the OMERACT flares in OA working group. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 63, Article 152281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2023.152281

Purpose
We aimed to analyze the content validity/domain match and feasibility of self-report instruments that could measure flare in osteoarthritis (OA), by extending our 2017 literature review on the definition of flare in knee and hip OA.

Metho... Read More about A scoping review of patient self-report measures of flare in knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA): A report from the OMERACT flares in OA working group.

Osteoarthritis and premature mortality: pathways for hand, hip, knee and foot osteoarthritis (2019)
Thesis
Seale, B. (2019). Osteoarthritis and premature mortality: pathways for hand, hip, knee and foot osteoarthritis. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/417802

Purpose:
Evidence of an association between osteoarthritis (OA) and mortality is conflicting; differences in definitions and anatomical sites explain some of the discordance. The high frequency and increasing prevalence of OA highlights the need to... Read More about Osteoarthritis and premature mortality: pathways for hand, hip, knee and foot osteoarthritis.

Persistent back pain in emerging adults: an analysis of the 1970 British Birth Cohort Study (2018)
Thesis
Nell, M. (2018). Persistent back pain in emerging adults: an analysis of the 1970 British Birth Cohort Study. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/417946

Low back pain (LBP) is a common, often long-term problem which occurs at all stages of life from childhood to old age. This thesis focuses on persistent LBP in ‘emerging adulthood’ (18-29 years), a developmental stage characterised by delayed subscri... Read More about Persistent back pain in emerging adults: an analysis of the 1970 British Birth Cohort Study.