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Guidance for Implementing Best Practice Therapeutic Exercise for Patients With Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis: What Does the Current Evidence Base Tell Us? (2020)
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Holden, M. A., Button, K., Collins, N. J., Henrotin, Y., Hinman, R. S., Larsen, J. B., …Bennell, K. (2021). Guidance for Implementing Best Practice Therapeutic Exercise for Patients With Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis: What Does the Current Evidence Base Tell Us?. Arthritis Care and Research, 73(12), 1746-1753. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.24434

Therapeutic exercise is a recommended first‐line treatment for patients with knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA); however, there is little specific advice or practical resources to guide clinicians in its implementation. As the first in a series of proj... Read More about Guidance for Implementing Best Practice Therapeutic Exercise for Patients With Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis: What Does the Current Evidence Base Tell Us?.

DO ALL PATIENTS WITH IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR NEED A GENERATOR CHANGE? A HEALTH SERVICE EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT GENERATOR CHANGES FROM A SINGLE TERTIARY CENTER (2020)
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(2020). DO ALL PATIENTS WITH IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR NEED A GENERATOR CHANGE? A HEALTH SERVICE EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT GENERATOR CHANGES FROM A SINGLE TERTIARY CENTER. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipej.2020.08.003

Background: The patient characteristics, therapy received and outcomes after one or more implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) generator changes from contemporary practice is not well known.
Methods: We conducted a health service evaluation o... Read More about DO ALL PATIENTS WITH IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR NEED A GENERATOR CHANGE? A HEALTH SERVICE EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT GENERATOR CHANGES FROM A SINGLE TERTIARY CENTER.

A global pandemic is not a good time to introduce ‘opt-out’ for organ donation (2020)
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Parsons, J. A. (2020). A global pandemic is not a good time to introduce ‘opt-out’ for organ donation. Medical Law International, 155 - 166. https://doi.org/10.1177/0968533220950002

<jats:p> Following several international examples, England introduced a system of deemed consent for organ donation in May 2020. This had been planned for over a year. However, the unprecedented circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic raise issues tha... Read More about A global pandemic is not a good time to introduce ‘opt-out’ for organ donation.

Developments in medical education in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: A rapid BEME systematic review (2020)
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Rees. (2020). Developments in medical education in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: A rapid BEME systematic review. Medical Teacher, https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2020.1807484

Background
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic in March 2020. This rapid systematic review synthesised published reports of medical educational developments in response to the pandemic, considering descriptions of interv... Read More about Developments in medical education in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: A rapid BEME systematic review.

Rotational atherectomy and same day discharge: safety and growth from a national perspective (2020)
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Mamas, & Rashid. (2020). Rotational atherectomy and same day discharge: safety and growth from a national perspective. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.29228

Objectives
We explore whether same day discharge (SDD) is a feasible and safe practice following rotational atherectomy (ROTA) treatment during elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and examine which baseline characteristics are indepen... Read More about Rotational atherectomy and same day discharge: safety and growth from a national perspective.

The association between nutrient intake, nutritional status and physical function of community-dwelling ethnically diverse older adults. (2020)
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(2020). The association between nutrient intake, nutritional status and physical function of community-dwelling ethnically diverse older adults. BMC Nutrition, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-020-00363-6

Background: There are limited longitudinal data regarding nutrient intake, nutritional status and physical function in community-dwelling ethnically diverse older adults. This study explored these variables and their relationship at baseline (n?=?100... Read More about The association between nutrient intake, nutritional status and physical function of community-dwelling ethnically diverse older adults..

Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of COVID-19 Positive Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients; a multisource Electronic Healthcare Records Study from England (2020)
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Mamas, & Rashid. (2020). Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of COVID-19 Positive Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients; a multisource Electronic Healthcare Records Study from England. MedRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.20.20175091

Background: Patients with underlying cardiovascular disease and Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection are at increased risk of morbidity and mortality. However, there is limited information on management and outcomes of patients presenting wi... Read More about Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of COVID-19 Positive Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients; a multisource Electronic Healthcare Records Study from England.

Initial Evaluation of the Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire – 2 (2020)
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Ashworth. (2020). Initial Evaluation of the Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire – 2. European Journal of Pain, https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1650

Greater acceptance of chronic pain is associated with lesser levels of pain-related distress and disability and better overall functioning. Pain acceptance is most often assessed using the Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire (CPAQ), which includes... Read More about Initial Evaluation of the Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire – 2.

Supporting self-management of low back pain with an internet intervention in primary care: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial of clinical and cost-effectiveness (SupportBack 2). (2020)
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Geraghty, A. W. A., Roberts, L., Hill, J., Foster, N. E., Yardley, L., Hay, E., …Little, P. (2020). Supporting self-management of low back pain with an internet intervention in primary care: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial of clinical and cost-effectiveness (SupportBack 2). BMJ Open, 10(8), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040543

INTRODUCTION: Self-management and remaining physically active are first-line recommendations for the care of patients with low back pain (LBP). With a lifetime prevalence of up to 85%, novel approaches to support behavioural self-management are neede... Read More about Supporting self-management of low back pain with an internet intervention in primary care: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial of clinical and cost-effectiveness (SupportBack 2)..

Optimising outcomes of exercise and corticosteroid injection in patients with subacromial pain (impingement) syndrome: a factorial randomised trial. (2020)
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Roddy, E., Ogollah, R., Oppong, R., Zwierska, I., Datta, P., Hall, A., …Foster, N. (2020). Optimising outcomes of exercise and corticosteroid injection in patients with subacromial pain (impingement) syndrome: a factorial randomised trial. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 55(5), https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2019-101268

OBJECTIVES: To compare the clinical effectiveness of (1) physiotherapist-led exercise versus an exercise leaflet, and (2) ultrasound-guided subacromial corticosteroid injection versus unguided injection for pain and function in subacromial pain (form... Read More about Optimising outcomes of exercise and corticosteroid injection in patients with subacromial pain (impingement) syndrome: a factorial randomised trial..

World-beating? Testing Britain's Covid response and tracing the explanation. (2020)
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(2020). World-beating? Testing Britain's Covid response and tracing the explanation. Health Economics, Policy and Law, 238-245. https://doi.org/10.1017/S174413312000033X

The UK, and England in particular, has suffered egregiously poor outcomes in managing the Covid-19 pandemic. This short perspective points to the explanation in terms of both current British politics and the public health policy inheritance. Boris Jo... Read More about World-beating? Testing Britain's Covid response and tracing the explanation..

Effect of COVID-19 on a rural orthopaedic hip fracture service (2020)
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Cool. (2020). Effect of COVID-19 on a rural orthopaedic hip fracture service. Bone & Joint Open, 1(8), 500 - 507. https://doi.org/10.1302/2633-1462.18.BJO-2020-0082.R1

Aims: Our rural orthopaedic service has undergone service restructure during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to sustain hip fracture care. All adult trauma care has been centralised to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital for assessment and medical input, be... Read More about Effect of COVID-19 on a rural orthopaedic hip fracture service.

Indirect Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Activity and Outcomes of Transcatheter and Surgical Treatment of Severe Aortic Stenosis in England (2020)
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Mamas, & Nolan. (2020). Indirect Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Activity and Outcomes of Transcatheter and Surgical Treatment of Severe Aortic Stenosis in England. MedRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.05.20168922

Background Aortic stenosis requires timely treatment with either surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) or transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). This study aimed to investigate the indirect impact of COVID-19 on national SAVR and TAVR acti... Read More about Indirect Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Activity and Outcomes of Transcatheter and Surgical Treatment of Severe Aortic Stenosis in England.

Technology versus tradition: a non-inferiority trial comparing video to face-to-face consultations with a physiotherapist for people with knee osteoarthritis. Protocol for the PEAK randomised controlled trial. (2020)
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(2020). Technology versus tradition: a non-inferiority trial comparing video to face-to-face consultations with a physiotherapist for people with knee osteoarthritis. Protocol for the PEAK randomised controlled trial. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-03523-8

BACKGROUND: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a global problem that causes significant pain and physical dysfunction, substantially impacting on quality of life and imposing enormous cost to the healthcare system. Exercise is pivotal to OA management, yet... Read More about Technology versus tradition: a non-inferiority trial comparing video to face-to-face consultations with a physiotherapist for people with knee osteoarthritis. Protocol for the PEAK randomised controlled trial..

Latent Class Growth Analysis of Gout Flare Trajectories: A Three-Year Prospective Cohort Study in Primary Care (2020)
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Muller, Watson, Belcher, Mallen, Roddy, & Nicholls. (2020). Latent Class Growth Analysis of Gout Flare Trajectories: A Three-Year Prospective Cohort Study in Primary Care. Arthritis and Rheumatology, 72(11), 1928-1935. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.41476

Objective
To investigate the existence of distinct classes of gout flare trajectories and compare their gout-specific, comorbid, and sociodemographic characteristics.

Methods
In a prospective cohort study, adults with gout who were registered wi... Read More about Latent Class Growth Analysis of Gout Flare Trajectories: A Three-Year Prospective Cohort Study in Primary Care.

Actual vs. Perceived Competency Development-How Can Virtual Patients Impact Pharmacist Pre-Registration Training? (2020)
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Thompson, J., White, S., & Chapman, S. (2020). Actual vs. Perceived Competency Development-How Can Virtual Patients Impact Pharmacist Pre-Registration Training?. Pharmacy, 8(3), Article 138. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy8030138

Virtual patients are an active learning pedagogical tool that simulate clinical scenarios. There is an established disparity in pre-registration examination pass rates depending on whether individuals complete their training in a community or hospita... Read More about Actual vs. Perceived Competency Development-How Can Virtual Patients Impact Pharmacist Pre-Registration Training?.

Natural History of Social Participation in the Very Old: Findings from the Newcastle 85+ Study. (2020)
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Wilkie. (2020). Natural History of Social Participation in the Very Old: Findings from the Newcastle 85+ Study. Journal of Aging and Health, 898264320944672 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264320944672

Objective: To describe the natural history of social participation in people aged 85 years and over. Methods: Prospective cohort study; Newcastle 85+ study. Data were collected at baseline (n = 850) and at 18-, 36- and 60-month follow-ups (n = 344).... Read More about Natural History of Social Participation in the Very Old: Findings from the Newcastle 85+ Study..

Guidelines for the use of diagnostic imaging in musculoskeletal pain conditions affecting the lower back, knee and shoulder: A scoping review. (2020)
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(2020). Guidelines for the use of diagnostic imaging in musculoskeletal pain conditions affecting the lower back, knee and shoulder: A scoping review. Musculoskeletal Care, https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1497

BACKGROUND: Musculoskeletal (MSK) pain is one of the most common reasons for primary care consultation, particularly pain in the lower back (LBP), knee and shoulder. The use of diagnostic imaging for MSK pain is increasing, but it is unclear whether... Read More about Guidelines for the use of diagnostic imaging in musculoskeletal pain conditions affecting the lower back, knee and shoulder: A scoping review..