Relative efficacy of different exercises for pain, function, performance and quality of life in knee and hip osteoarthritis: systematic review and network meta-analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Goh, S., Persson, M. S., Stocks, J., Hou, Y., Welton, N. J., Lin, J., …Zhang, W. (in press). Relative efficacy of different exercises for pain, function, performance and quality of life in knee and hip osteoarthritis: systematic review and network meta-analysis. Sports Medicine,

Background: Guidelines recommend exercise as a core treatment for osteoarthritis (OA). However, it is unclear which type of exercise is most effective, leading to inconsistency between different recommendations. Objectives: To investigate the rel... Read More

The impact of preoperative immune modulating nutrition on outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for gastrointestinal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2019)
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Adiamah, A., Skořepa, P., Weimann, A., & Lobo, D. N. (in press). The impact of preoperative immune modulating nutrition on outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for gastrointestinal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Annals of Surgery,

Objective: To define the influence of preoperative immune modulating nutrition (IMN) on postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for gastrointestinal cancer. Summary background data: Although studies have shown that perioperative IMN... Read More

A quantitative analysis of attitudes toward pornography use in secure hospitals: sexual, violent and non-offenders (2019)
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Mellor, E., & Duff, S. (in press). A quantitative analysis of attitudes toward pornography use in secure hospitals: sexual, violent and non-offenders. Journal of Forensic Practice,

Purpose: To investigate the attitudes of staff members in secure hospitals, and the general population toward pornography use and their decision making regarding access to pornography. Methodology: A between participants design was used whereby 324... Read More

Debris development in fretting contacts: debris particles and debris beds (2019)
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Kirk, A., Shipway, P., Sun, W., & Bennett, C. (2019). Debris development in fretting contacts: debris particles and debris beds. Tribology International, doi:10.1016/j.triboint.2019.01.051

In this study, the formation and destruction of compacted beds of oxidized debris particles are investigated. Fretting tests of steel specimens were conducted, employing a cylinder-on-flat geometry with displacement amplitude being varied. The debris... Read More

Modifying a paediatric rational prescribing tool (POPI) for use in the UK (2019)
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Corrick, F., Choonara, I., Conroy, S., & Sammons, H. (2019). Modifying a paediatric rational prescribing tool (POPI) for use in the UK. Healthcare, 7(1), doi:10.3390/healthcare7010033

Rational prescribing tools can be used by individual prescribers, organisations, and researchers to evaluate the quality of prescribing for research and quality improvement purposes. A literature search showed that there is only one tool for evaluati... Read More