Validating estimates of problematic drug use in England (2007)
Journal Article
(2007). Validating estimates of problematic drug use in England. BMC Public Health, 286 -?. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-7-286

UK Government expenditure on combatting drug abuse is based on estimates of illicit drug users, yet the validity of these estimates is unknown. This study aims to assess the face validity of problematic drug use (PDU) and injecting drug use (IDU) est... Read More about Validating estimates of problematic drug use in England.

The Clinical Assessment Study of the Hand (CAS-HA): a prospective study of musculoskeletal hand problems in the general population (2007)
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Myers, H., Nicholls, E., Handy, J., Peat, G., Thomas, E., Duncan, R., Wood, L., Marshall, M., Tyson, C., Hay, E., & Dziedzic, K. (2007). The Clinical Assessment Study of the Hand (CAS-HA): a prospective study of musculoskeletal hand problems in the general population. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 8, Article 85. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-8-85

Pain in the hand affects an estimated 12-21% of the population, and at older ages the hand is one of the most common sites of pain and osteoarthritis. The association between symptomatic hand osteoarthritis and disability in everyday life has not bee... Read More about The Clinical Assessment Study of the Hand (CAS-HA): a prospective study of musculoskeletal hand problems in the general population.

Acupuncture as an adjunct to exercise based physiotherapy for osteoarthritis of the knee: randomised controlled trial. (2007)
Journal Article
(2007). Acupuncture as an adjunct to exercise based physiotherapy for osteoarthritis of the knee: randomised controlled trial. BMJ, 436 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39280.509803.BE

Objective
To investigate the benefit of adding acupuncture to a course of advice and exercise delivered by physiotherapists for pain reduction in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.

Design
Multicentre, randomised controlled trial.

Setti... Read More about Acupuncture as an adjunct to exercise based physiotherapy for osteoarthritis of the knee: randomised controlled trial..

Knee pain and osteoarthritis in the general populations: what influences patients to consult? (2007)
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(2007). Knee pain and osteoarthritis in the general populations: what influences patients to consult?. Family Practice, 443 - 453. https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmm036

Background. We examined the relationship between predisposing factors, enabling factors and need-related factors with consultation for knee pain in general practice.

Methods. This was a retrospective review of computerized medical records for knee... Read More about Knee pain and osteoarthritis in the general populations: what influences patients to consult?.

A mixed methods study to investigate needs assessment for knee pain and disability: population and individual perspectives (2007)
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Jinks, C., Nio Ong, B., & Richardson, J. (2007). A mixed methods study to investigate needs assessment for knee pain and disability: population and individual perspectives. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-8-59

The new Musculoskeletal Services Framework outlines the importance of health care needs assessment. Our aim was to provide a model for this for knee pain and disability, describing felt need (individual assessment of a need for health care) and expre... Read More about A mixed methods study to investigate needs assessment for knee pain and disability: population and individual perspectives.

The use of CAM and conventional treatments among primary care consulters with chronic musculoskeletal pain (2007)
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(2007). The use of CAM and conventional treatments among primary care consulters with chronic musculoskeletal pain. BMC Family Practice, 26 -?. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-8-26

Chronic musculoskeletal pain is the single most cited reason for use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Primary care is the most frequent conventional medical service used by patients with pain in the UK. We are unaware, however, of a d... Read More about The use of CAM and conventional treatments among primary care consulters with chronic musculoskeletal pain.

ICF core sets for low back pain: do they include what matters to patients? (2007)
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(2007). ICF core sets for low back pain: do they include what matters to patients?. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 353 -357. https://doi.org/10.2340/16501977-0059

To investigate whether the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF) Core Sets for low back pain encompass the key functional problems of patients.

Decision-making regarding total knee replacement surgery: a qualitative meta-synthesis (2007)
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O'Neill, T., Jinks, C., & Nio Ong, B. (2007). Decision-making regarding total knee replacement surgery: a qualitative meta-synthesis. BMC Health Services Research, 7(52), https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-7-52

Knee osteoarthritis is a highly prevalent condition that can result in disability and reduced quality of life. The evidence suggests that total knee replacement surgery (TKR) is an effective intervention for patients with severe knee problems, but th... Read More about Decision-making regarding total knee replacement surgery: a qualitative meta-synthesis.