Outputs (48)

Stories of restitution: Family experiences of diagnosis and help-seeking for a child with cerebral palsy (2023)
Journal Article

Background: The experience of living with children with CP is dominated by the voice of the mother while others are rarely reported. Incorporation of the voices of other family members is important for a holistic understanding. Methods: Drawing on th... Read More about Stories of restitution: Family experiences of diagnosis and help-seeking for a child with cerebral palsy.

Comparative efficacy of exercise therapy and oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and paracetamol for knee or hip osteoarthritis: a network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (2023)
Journal Article

OBJECTIVE: Clinical guidelines recommend exercise as a core treatment for knee or hip osteoarthritis (OA). However, how its analgesic effect compares to analgesics, for example, oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and paracetamol-the... Read More about Comparative efficacy of exercise therapy and oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and paracetamol for knee or hip osteoarthritis: a network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Predictors of self-management in patients with chronic low back pain: a longitudinal study (2022)
Journal Article

Background: Self-management (SM) is a key recommended strategy for managing chronic low back pain (CLBP). However, SM programmes generate small to moderate benefits for reducing pain and disability in patients with CLBP. The benefits of the SM progra... Read More about Predictors of self-management in patients with chronic low back pain: a longitudinal study.

Abstracts for MASCC/ISOO Annual Meeting 2022 (2022)
Journal Article

ASSERT (Acute Sacral inSufficiEncy fractuRe augmenTation): randomised controlled, feasibility trial in older people (2022)
Journal Article

Objective To determine the feasibility of designing and conducting a definitive trial to evaluate the effectiveness of sacral fracture fixation compared with non-surgical management among older people admitted with a lateral compression pelvic fragil... Read More about ASSERT (Acute Sacral inSufficiEncy fractuRe augmenTation): randomised controlled, feasibility trial in older people.

An observational study of centrally facilitated pain in individuals with chronic low back pain (2022)
Journal Article

Central pain facilitation can hinder recovery in people with chronic low back pain (CLBP). The aim of this observational study was to investigate whether indices of centrally facilitated pain are associated with pain outcomes in a hospital-based coho... Read More about An observational study of centrally facilitated pain in individuals with chronic low back pain.

Development and Feasibility Testing of a Web Based Self-Management Intervention for Nurses with Low Back Pain: A Mixed Method Study (2022)
Presentation / Conference

Modulating Tumour Hypoxia in Prostate Cancer Through Exercise: The Impact of Redox Signalling on Radiosensitivity (2022)
Journal Article

Prostate cancer is a complex disease affecting millions of men globally. Radiotherapy (RT) is a common treatment modality although treatment efficacy is dependent upon several features within the tumour microenvironment (TME), especially hypoxia. A h... Read More about Modulating Tumour Hypoxia in Prostate Cancer Through Exercise: The Impact of Redox Signalling on Radiosensitivity.

Acceptability of a nurse-led non-pharmacological complex intervention for knee pain: Nurse and patient views and experiences (2022)
Journal Article

Objectives The overall purpose of this research programme is to develop and test the feasibility of a complex intervention for knee pain delivered by a nurse, and comprising both non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions. In this first ph... Read More about Acceptability of a nurse-led non-pharmacological complex intervention for knee pain: Nurse and patient views and experiences.

Efficacy of nonpharmacological interventions for individual features of fibromyalgia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (2021)
Journal Article

Fibromyalgia is a highly heterogeneous condition, but the most common symptoms are widespread pain, fatigue, poor sleep, and low mood. Nonpharmacological interventions are recommended as first-line treatment of fibromyalgia. However which interventio... Read More about Efficacy of nonpharmacological interventions for individual features of fibromyalgia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.