Assessment of the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on UK HbA1c testing: implications for diabetes management and diagnosis. (2021)
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Holland, D., Heald, A. H., Stedman, M., Hanna, F., Wu, P., Duff, C., …Fryer, A. A. (2021). Assessment of the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on UK HbA1c testing: implications for diabetes management and diagnosis. Journal of Clinical Pathology, 76(3), https://doi.org/10.1136/jclinpath-2021-207776

AIMS: The COVID-19 pandemic, and the focus on mitigating its effects, has disrupted diabetes healthcare services worldwide. We aimed to quantify the effect of the pandemic on diabetes diagnosis/management, using glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) as surrog... Read More about Assessment of the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on UK HbA1c testing: implications for diabetes management and diagnosis..

Research priorities to address the global burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the next decade (2021)
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Pooler. (2021). Research priorities to address the global burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the next decade. Journal of Global Health, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.11.15003

Background The global prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has increased markedly in recent decades. Given the scarcity of resources available to address global health challenges and respiratory medicine being relatively under-i... Read More about Research priorities to address the global burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the next decade.

The association between socioeconomic status, sex, race/ethnicity and in-hospital mortality among patients hospitalized for heart failure (2021)
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Mamas. (2021). The association between socioeconomic status, sex, race/ethnicity and in-hospital mortality among patients hospitalized for heart failure. Journal of Cardiac Failure, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2021.09.012

Background The association between socioeconomic status (SES), sex, race/ethnicity and outcomes during hospitalization for heart failure (HF) has not previously been investigated. Methods We analyzed HF hospitalizations in the United States National... Read More about The association between socioeconomic status, sex, race/ethnicity and in-hospital mortality among patients hospitalized for heart failure.

Prevalence and factors associated with low back pain in retired Great Britain’s Olympians: a cross-sectional study (2021)
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Cooper, D., Batt, M., O'Hanlon, M., & Palmer, D. (2021). Prevalence and factors associated with low back pain in retired Great Britain’s Olympians: a cross-sectional study. Translational Sports Medicine, 807-816. https://doi.org/10.1002/tsm2.284

This study determined the point prevalence and factors associated with low back pain (LBP) in retired Great Britain’s (GB) Olympians. Six hundred and thirteen retired athletes completed a cross-sectional survey. Prevalence of LBP (pain on most days i... Read More about Prevalence and factors associated with low back pain in retired Great Britain’s Olympians: a cross-sectional study.

Changes in received quality of care for knee osteoarthritis after a multicomponent intervention in a general practice in Denmark (2021)
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Baumbach, L., Roos, E. M., Ankerst, D., Nyberg, L. A., Cottrell, E., & Lykkegaard, J. (2021). Changes in received quality of care for knee osteoarthritis after a multicomponent intervention in a general practice in Denmark. Health Science Reports, 4(4), Article e402. https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.402

Objective: First-line treatment for patients with knee osteoarthritis should ideally prescribe patient education, exercise, and if needed, weight loss. In practice, however, adjunctive treatments, including painkillers and referrals to specialists, a... Read More about Changes in received quality of care for knee osteoarthritis after a multicomponent intervention in a general practice in Denmark.

Implementing a Stratified Vocational Advice Intervention for People on Sick Leave with Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Multimethod Process Evaluation. (2021)
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Aanesen, F., Øiestad, B., Grotle, M., Løchting, I., Solli, R., Sowden, G., …Eik, H. (2021). Implementing a Stratified Vocational Advice Intervention for People on Sick Leave with Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Multimethod Process Evaluation. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-021-10007-6

Purpose To perform a process evaluation of a stratified vocational advice intervention (SVAI), delivered by physiotherapists in primary care, for people on sick leave with musculoskeletal disorders participating in a randomised controlled trial. The... Read More about Implementing a Stratified Vocational Advice Intervention for People on Sick Leave with Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Multimethod Process Evaluation..

Investigation of the blood proteome in response to spinal cord injury in rodent models (2021)
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Hulme, C. H., Fuller, H. R., Riddell, J., Shirran, S. L., Botting, C. H., Osman, A., & Wright, K. T. (2022). Investigation of the blood proteome in response to spinal cord injury in rodent models. Spinal Cord, 60(4), 320-325. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41393-021-00692-8

STUDY DESIGN: Explanatory and Mechanistic Study
OBJECTIVES: A better understanding of the ‘whole-body’ response following spinal cord injury (SCI) is needed to guide future research aimed at developing novel therapeutic interventions and identifying... Read More about Investigation of the blood proteome in response to spinal cord injury in rodent models.

Racial disparities in management and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest complicating myocardial infarction; a national study from England and Wales (2021)
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Mamas, & Rashid. (2021). Racial disparities in management and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest complicating myocardial infarction; a national study from England and Wales. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2021.09.026

Background Studies of racial disparities in patients admitted with an OHCA in the setting of AMI have shown inconsistent results. Whether these differences in care exist in a universal healthcare system in England is unknown. Methods Patients admitte... Read More about Racial disparities in management and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest complicating myocardial infarction; a national study from England and Wales.

Managing chronic wet cough in children: another piece of the puzzle. (2021)
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Gilchrist. (2021). Managing chronic wet cough in children: another piece of the puzzle. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 1078 - 1079. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600%2821%2900159-4

Chronic wet cough is the hallmark of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in older people and bronchiectasis in adults and older children. In young children, the commonest cause of chronic wet cough is protracted bacterial bronchitis (PBB) but there... Read More about Managing chronic wet cough in children: another piece of the puzzle..

Effect of the Timing of Admission of Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction on Management and Outcome. (2021)
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(2021). Effect of the Timing of Admission of Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction on Management and Outcome. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2021.06.042

There is limited data regarding the impact of time of admission on clinical outcomes of out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) complicating acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We investigated the patient characteristics, management, and outcomes of OHC... Read More about Effect of the Timing of Admission of Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction on Management and Outcome..

Dystrophin involvement in peripheral circadian SRF signalling (2021)
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Bowerman. (2021). Dystrophin involvement in peripheral circadian SRF signalling. https://doi.org/10.26508/lsa.202101014

Absence of dystrophin, an essential sarcolemmal protein required for muscle contraction, leads to the devastating muscle-wasting disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Dystrophin has an actin-binding domain, which binds and stabilises filamentous-(F)-a... Read More about Dystrophin involvement in peripheral circadian SRF signalling.

Developing a core outcome set for community and primary care musculoskeletal services: A consensus approach. (2021)
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Lewis, M., & Hill, J. (2021). Developing a core outcome set for community and primary care musculoskeletal services: A consensus approach. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 1- 10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2021.102415

BACKGROUND: At present there is no core outcome set (COS) for use in community and primary care Musculoskeletal (MSK) services across the UK. Services are therefore collecting different MSK outcomes and metrics in different ways and at different time... Read More about Developing a core outcome set for community and primary care musculoskeletal services: A consensus approach..

Distribution, management and outcomes of AMI according to principal diagnosis priority during inpatient admission. (2021)
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Mamas. (2021). Distribution, management and outcomes of AMI according to principal diagnosis priority during inpatient admission. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcp.14554

BACKGROUND: In recent years, there has been a growing interest in outcomes of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) using large administrative datasets. The present study was designed to compare the characteristics, management strategies an... Read More about Distribution, management and outcomes of AMI according to principal diagnosis priority during inpatient admission..

Clinical Prediction Models in Sports Medicine: A Guide for Clinicians and Researchers. (2021)
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(2021). Clinical Prediction Models in Sports Medicine: A Guide for Clinicians and Researchers. Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, 517 - 525. https://doi.org/10.2519/jospt.2021.10697

SYNOPSIS: Participating in sport carries inherent risk of injury. Clinicians execute high-level clinical reasoning and decision making to support athletes to achieve the best outcomes. Accurately diagnosing a problem, estimating prognosis, or selecti... Read More about Clinical Prediction Models in Sports Medicine: A Guide for Clinicians and Researchers..

Predicting pain and function outcomes in people consulting with shoulder pain: the PANDA-S clinical cohort and qualitative study protocol (2021)
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Wynne-Jones, G., Myers, H., Hall, A., Littlewood, C., Hennings, S., Saunders, B., …van der Windt, D. (2021). Predicting pain and function outcomes in people consulting with shoulder pain: the PANDA-S clinical cohort and qualitative study protocol. BMJ Open, 11(9), Article e052758. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052758

INTRODUCTION: People presenting with shoulder pain considered to be of musculoskeletal origin is common in primary care but diagnosing the cause of the pain is contentious, leading to uncertainty in management. To inform optimal primary care for pati... Read More about Predicting pain and function outcomes in people consulting with shoulder pain: the PANDA-S clinical cohort and qualitative study protocol.

How does hip osteoarthritis differ from knee osteoarthritis? (2021)
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Hall, M., van der Esch, M., Hinman, R., Peat, G., de Zwart, A., Quicke, J., …Bennell, K. (2022). How does hip osteoarthritis differ from knee osteoarthritis?. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 30(1), 32-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2021.09.010

Hip and knee osteoarthritis are leading causes of global disability. Most research to date has focused on the knee, with results often extrapolated to the hip, and this extends to treatment recommendations in clinical guidelines. Extrapolating result... Read More about How does hip osteoarthritis differ from knee osteoarthritis?.

The relationship between multisite peripheral joint pain and physical activity levels in older adults: A cross-sectional survey. (2021)
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Smith, R. D., McHugh, G. A., Quicke, J. G., Finney, A., Lewis, M., Dziedzic, K. S., & Healey, E. L. (2022). The relationship between multisite peripheral joint pain and physical activity levels in older adults: A cross-sectional survey. Musculoskeletal Care, 20(2), 341-348. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1593

INTRODUCTION: Research on levels of physical activity (PA) in those with peripheral joint pain have only focused on single sites, in the knee or hips. This study investigated the levels of PA in adults with single-site and multisite peripheral joint... Read More about The relationship between multisite peripheral joint pain and physical activity levels in older adults: A cross-sectional survey..

Corrigendum to "Implementing patient direct access to musculoskeletal physiotherapy in primary care: views of patients, general practitioners, physiotherapists and clinical commissioners in England" [Physiotherapy 111 (June) (2021) 31-39]. (2021)
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Protheroe. (2021). Corrigendum to "Implementing patient direct access to musculoskeletal physiotherapy in primary care: views of patients, general practitioners, physiotherapists and clinical commissioners in England" [Physiotherapy 111 (June) (2021) 31-39]. Physiotherapy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2021.05.003

Cervical lymphadenopathy following coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine: clinical characteristics and implications for head and neck cancer services (2021)
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(2021). Cervical lymphadenopathy following coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine: clinical characteristics and implications for head and neck cancer services. Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 1 - 6. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022215121002462

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:sec id="S0022215121002462_sec_a1"> <jats:title>Objective</jats:title> <jats:p>Patients with coronavirus disease vaccine associated lymphadenopathy are increasingly being referred to healthcare services. This wo... Read More about Cervical lymphadenopathy following coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine: clinical characteristics and implications for head and neck cancer services.

Smoking cessation after acute coronary syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis. (2021)
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Mallen. (2021). Smoking cessation after acute coronary syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Clinical Practice, https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcp.14894

BACKGROUND: Smoking cessation is an effective secondary prevention measure after acute coronary syndrome (ACS). We conducted a systematic review with the aim to better understand which patients have a greater propensity to quit smoking, and the risk... Read More about Smoking cessation after acute coronary syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis..