Nutritional and social contribution of meat in diets: Interplays among young urban and rural men. (2021)
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(2021). Nutritional and social contribution of meat in diets: Interplays among young urban and rural men. Appetite, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2020.104959

Considering the recent increase in the demand for meat and its subsequent implications for health and food security, there is an increasing need to explore its nutritional and social importance among young men in settings experiencing nutrition trans... Read More about Nutritional and social contribution of meat in diets: Interplays among young urban and rural men..

Paclitaxel is effective for controlling astrocyte proliferation in vitro: Implications for generating ventral mesencephalic cultures enriched with dopamine neurons. (2020)
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Gómez-Gálvez, Y., & Gates, M. (2020). Paclitaxel is effective for controlling astrocyte proliferation in vitro: Implications for generating ventral mesencephalic cultures enriched with dopamine neurons. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 109065 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2020.109065

BACKGROUND: Primary embryonic ventral mesencephalic (VM) cultures are a high throughput tool for understanding and manipulating dopamine neurons, to study the mechanisms that trigger their degeneration during Parkinson's disease (PD), and to test new... Read More about Paclitaxel is effective for controlling astrocyte proliferation in vitro: Implications for generating ventral mesencephalic cultures enriched with dopamine neurons..

Acute glycaemic management before, during and after exercise for cardiac rehabilitation participants with diabetes mellitus: a joint statement of the British and Canadian Associations of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, the International Council for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation and the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences. (2020)
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Buckley, J., Riddell, M., Mellor, D., Bracken, R., Poirier, P., LaGerche, A., & Ross, M. (2020). Acute glycaemic management before, during and after exercise for cardiac rehabilitation participants with diabetes mellitus: a joint statement of the British and Canadian Associations of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, the International Council for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation and the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences. British Journal of Sports Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2020-102446

Type 1 (T1) and type 2 (T2) diabetes mellitus (DM) are significant precursors and comorbidities to cardiovascular disease and prevalence of both types is still rising globally. Currently,~25% of participants (and rising) attending cardiac rehabilitat... Read More about Acute glycaemic management before, during and after exercise for cardiac rehabilitation participants with diabetes mellitus: a joint statement of the British and Canadian Associations of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, the International Council for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation and the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences..

How do patients and their family members experience the transition from peritoneal dialysis to incentre haemodialysis? A multisite qualitative study in England and Australia. (2020)
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Allen, K., Damery, S. L., Sein, K., Johnson, D. W., Davies, S. J., Lambie, M., …Combes, G. M. (2020). How do patients and their family members experience the transition from peritoneal dialysis to incentre haemodialysis? A multisite qualitative study in England and Australia. Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, 42(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/0896860820975596

BACKGROUND: While numerous studies have explored the patient experience of dialysis or other end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) treatments, few have explored the process of transitioning between dialysis modalities. This study aimed to develop an in-dep... Read More about How do patients and their family members experience the transition from peritoneal dialysis to incentre haemodialysis? A multisite qualitative study in England and Australia..

Comparing the use of direct observation, standardized patients and exit interviews in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of methods of assessing quality of primary care. (2020)
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Mallen. (2020). Comparing the use of direct observation, standardized patients and exit interviews in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of methods of assessing quality of primary care. Health Policy and Planning, 341-356. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czaa152

Clinical records in primary healthcare settings in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) are often lacking or of too poor quality to accurately assess what happens during the patient consultation. We examined the most common methods for assessing h... Read More about Comparing the use of direct observation, standardized patients and exit interviews in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of methods of assessing quality of primary care..

'As easy as riding a bike': a systematic review of injuries and illness in road cycling. (2020)
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Rooney, D., Sarriegui, I., & Heron, N. (2020). 'As easy as riding a bike': a systematic review of injuries and illness in road cycling. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, e000840 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2020-000840

Objectives: To allow the implementation of effective injury and illness prevention programmes for road cyclists, we wanted to first identify the injury/illness burden to this group of athletes. We, therefore, undertook a systematic review of all repo... Read More about 'As easy as riding a bike': a systematic review of injuries and illness in road cycling..

Patients' Views on the Implementation Potential of a Stratified Treatment Approach for Low Back Pain in Germany: A Qualitative Study. (2020)
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Karstens, S., Lang, S., & Saunders, B. (2020). Patients' Views on the Implementation Potential of a Stratified Treatment Approach for Low Back Pain in Germany: A Qualitative Study. Health Services Insights, 13, https://doi.org/10.1177/1178632920977894

Stratified care for low back pain (LBP) has been shown to be clinically- and cost-effective in the UK, but its transferability to the German healthcare system is unknown. This study explores LBP patients' perspectives regarding future implementation... Read More about Patients' Views on the Implementation Potential of a Stratified Treatment Approach for Low Back Pain in Germany: A Qualitative Study..

Race and racism: are we too comfortable with comfort? (2020)
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Silverwood. (2020). Race and racism: are we too comfortable with comfort?. British Journal of General Practice Open (BJGP Open), https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2020.0143

After the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter protests, there has been a renewed appetite to tackle racism in all aspects of life. Within medicine and especially primary care, many people seem unclear about the racial disparities in hea... Read More about Race and racism: are we too comfortable with comfort?.

Validation and development of models using clinical, biochemical and ultrasound markers for predicting pre-eclampsia: an individual participant data meta-analysis. (2020)
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(2020). Validation and development of models using clinical, biochemical and ultrasound markers for predicting pre-eclampsia: an individual participant data meta-analysis. Health Technology Assessment, 1 - 252. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta24720

BACKGROUND: Pre-eclampsia is a leading cause of maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity. Early identification of women at risk is needed to plan management. OBJECTIVES: To assess the performance of existing pre-eclampsia prediction models and... Read More about Validation and development of models using clinical, biochemical and ultrasound markers for predicting pre-eclampsia: an individual participant data meta-analysis..

Trends in assisted peritoneal dialysis over the last decade: a cohort study from the French Peritoneal Dialysis Registry. (2020)
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Lambie. (2020). Trends in assisted peritoneal dialysis over the last decade: a cohort study from the French Peritoneal Dialysis Registry. Clinical Kidney Journal, 1003 - 1011. https://doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfaa051

Background: There is limited information available on the use of assisted peritoneal dialysis (PD) over time and the impact of economic incentives on its utilization. The aim of this study was to describe the trends in assisted PD utilization and the... Read More about Trends in assisted peritoneal dialysis over the last decade: a cohort study from the French Peritoneal Dialysis Registry..

Radiation dose from digital breast tomosynthesis screening - A comparison with full field digital mammography. (2020)
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(2020). Radiation dose from digital breast tomosynthesis screening - A comparison with full field digital mammography. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, 599-603

OBJECTIVES: To compare Mean Glandular Dose (MGD) and effective dose from digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) screening with that from full field digital mammography (FFDM) screening. METHOD: To simulate compressed breasts, two Perspex-polyethylene bre... Read More about Radiation dose from digital breast tomosynthesis screening - A comparison with full field digital mammography..

COVID-19 vaccination intention in the UK: results from the COVID-19 vaccination acceptability study (CoVAccS), a nationally representative cross-sectional survey. (2020)
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Sherman, S., Smith, L., Sim, J., Amlôt, R., Cutts, M., Dasch, H., …Sevdalis, N. (2020). COVID-19 vaccination intention in the UK: results from the COVID-19 vaccination acceptability study (CoVAccS), a nationally representative cross-sectional survey. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, 1 - 10. https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2020.1846397

To investigate factors associated with intention to be vaccinated against COVID-19 we conducted a cross-sectional survey of 1,500 UK adults, recruited from an existing online research panel. Data were collected between 14th and 17th July 2020. We use... Read More about COVID-19 vaccination intention in the UK: results from the COVID-19 vaccination acceptability study (CoVAccS), a nationally representative cross-sectional survey..

Risk assessments and structured care interventions for prevention of foot ulceration in diabetes: development and validation of a prognostic model. (2020)
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(2020). Risk assessments and structured care interventions for prevention of foot ulceration in diabetes: development and validation of a prognostic model. Health Technology Assessment, 1 - 198. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta24620

BACKGROUND: Diabetes-related foot ulcers give rise to considerable morbidity, generate a high monetary cost for health and social care services and precede the majority of diabetes-related lower extremity amputations. There are many clinical predicti... Read More about Risk assessments and structured care interventions for prevention of foot ulceration in diabetes: development and validation of a prognostic model..

Healthcare systems and the sciences of health professional education. (2020)
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Hassell. (2020). Healthcare systems and the sciences of health professional education. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 1149 - 1162. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-020-10010-1

Health professions education is that part of the education system which applies educational philosophy, theory, principles and practice in a complex relationship with busy clinical services, where education is not the primary role. While the goals ar... Read More about Healthcare systems and the sciences of health professional education..

Characteristics of headache in vertebral artery dissections. (2020)
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Stapleton. (2020, November). Characteristics of headache in vertebral artery dissections. Presented at Virtual Physiotherapy UK 2020, Virtual (UK based)

Purpose: A vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is a rare disorder that can masquerade as musculoskeletal head and/or neck pain and requires urgent medical referral. If diagnosis is missed or mismanaged it can progress to stroke and death. Headaches are... Read More about Characteristics of headache in vertebral artery dissections..

Physiotherapists’ identification and knowledge of Cervical Artery Dysfunction. (2020)
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Stapleton, C. (2020, November). Physiotherapists’ identification and knowledge of Cervical Artery Dysfunction. Presented at Virtual Physiotherapy UK 2020, Virtual (UK based)

Purpose: Neck pain is the fourth leading cause of global disability, with its prevalence exceeding 30%. Consequently, physiotherapists assess a significant number of patients with neck pain. However, some conditions, such as vertebral artery dissecti... Read More about Physiotherapists’ identification and knowledge of Cervical Artery Dysfunction..

Costing methodology and key drivers of healthcare costs within economic analyses in musculoskeletal community/primary care services: A systematic review (2020)
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Burgess, R., Hall, J., Bishop, A., Lewis, M., & Hill, J. (2020, November). Costing methodology and key drivers of healthcare costs within economic analyses in musculoskeletal community/primary care services: A systematic review. Presented at Virtual Physiotherapy UK 2020 Conference, Online

Breast cancer radiation therapy - Authors' reply. (2020)
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Brunt, A. M., Haviland, J. S., Wheatley, D. A., & Yarnold, J. R. (2020). Breast cancer radiation therapy - Authors' reply. The Lancet, 396(10262), 1559 - 1560. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2820%2932320-5

Barriers to access and ways to improve dementia services for a minority ethnic group in England (2020)
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(2020). Barriers to access and ways to improve dementia services for a minority ethnic group in England. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 1629-1637. https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.13361

Rationale, aims and objectives: Much emphasis has been placed on the lack of awareness and understanding of dementia that exist within the ethnic minority groups in the UK. There has been a continual dearth of research, however, among the ethnic mino... Read More about Barriers to access and ways to improve dementia services for a minority ethnic group in England.

Self-reported sports injuries and later-life health status in 3357 retired Olympians from 131 countries: a cross-sectional survey among those competing in the games between London 1948 and PyeongChang 2018 (2020)
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Palmer, D., Cooper, D., Emery, C., Batt, M., Engebretsen, L., Scammell, B., …Schamasch, P. (2020). Self-reported sports injuries and later-life health status in 3357 retired Olympians from 131 countries: a cross-sectional survey among those competing in the games between London 1948 and PyeongChang 2018. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 46 - 53. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2019-101772

<jats:sec><jats:title>Objective</jats:title><jats:p>Describe the self-reported prevalence and nature of Olympic-career injury and general health and current residual symptoms in a self-selected sample of retired Olympians.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:se... Read More about Self-reported sports injuries and later-life health status in 3357 retired Olympians from 131 countries: a cross-sectional survey among those competing in the games between London 1948 and PyeongChang 2018.