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Impact of COVID-19 on an established physical activity and behaviour change support programme for cancer survivors: An exploratory survey of the Macmillan Move More service for Northern Ireland (2021)
Journal Article
Brown, M., O’Connor, D., Murphy, C., McClean, M., McMeekin, A., & Prue, G. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 on an established physical activity and behaviour change support programme for cancer survivors: An exploratory survey of the Macmillan Move More service for Northern Ireland. Supportive Care in Cancer, 29(10), 6135-6143. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-021-06165-1

Purpose
The recent coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has affected the delivery of routine cancer care and supportive services. The Macmillan Move More Northern Ireland (MMNI) programme provides access to physical activity and behavioural change suppor... Read More about Impact of COVID-19 on an established physical activity and behaviour change support programme for cancer survivors: An exploratory survey of the Macmillan Move More service for Northern Ireland.

Efficacy and safety of multiple intra-articular corticosteroid injections for osteoarthritis—a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and observational studies (2021)
Journal Article
Ayub, S., Kaur, J., Espahbodi, S., Hall, M., Doherty, M., & Zhang, W. (2021). Efficacy and safety of multiple intra-articular corticosteroid injections for osteoarthritis—a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and observational studies. Rheumatology, 60(4), 1629–1639. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaa808

Objectives
To investigate the efficacy and safety of multiple intra-articular corticosteroid (IACS) injections for the treatment of OA.

Methods
We conducted electronic searches of several databases for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and obs... Read More about Efficacy and safety of multiple intra-articular corticosteroid injections for osteoarthritis—a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and observational studies.

Exercise efficacy and prescription during treatment for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a systematic review (2021)
Journal Article
O’Connor, D., Brown, M., Eatock, M., Turkington, R. C., & Prue, G. (2021). Exercise efficacy and prescription during treatment for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a systematic review. BMC Cancer, 21(1), Article 43. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-020-07733-0

Background: Surgical resection remains the only curative treatment for pancreatic cancer and is associated with significant post-operative morbidity and mortality. Patients eligible for surgery, increasingly receive neo-adjuvant therapy before surger... Read More about Exercise efficacy and prescription during treatment for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a systematic review.

East Midlands knee pain multiple randomised controlled trial cohort study: cohort establishment and feasibility study protocol (2020)
Journal Article
Hall, M., Fuller, A., Nomikos, P. A., Millar, B., Ogollah, R., Valdes, A., Greenhaff, P., Das Nair, R., Doherty, M., Walsh, D. A., & Abhishek, A. (2020). East Midlands knee pain multiple randomised controlled trial cohort study: cohort establishment and feasibility study protocol. BMJ Open, 10(9), Article e037760. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037760

© 2020 BMJ Open Introduction Knee pain due to osteoarthritis (OA) is a common cause of disability. The UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence OA guidelines recommend education, exercise and weight loss advice (if overweight) as core int... Read More about East Midlands knee pain multiple randomised controlled trial cohort study: cohort establishment and feasibility study protocol.

Interventions for improving adherence to airway clearance treatment and exercise in people with cystic fibrosis (2020)
Journal Article
Jones, M., Moffatt, F., Harvey, A., & Ryan, J. M. (2020). Interventions for improving adherence to airway clearance treatment and exercise in people with cystic fibrosis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2020(5), Article CD013610. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd013610

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows:
To assess the effects of interventions to enhance adherence to airway clearance treatment and exercise therapy in people with CF and theireffects on health outco... Read More about Interventions for improving adherence to airway clearance treatment and exercise in people with cystic fibrosis.

Long-Term Trends in Stroke Survivors Discharged to Care Homes: The South London Stroke Register (2019)
Journal Article
Clery, A., Bhalla, A., Bisquera, A., Skolarus, L. E., Marshall, I., McKevitt, C., Rudd, A., Sackley, C., Martin, F. C., Manthorpe, J., Wolfe, C., & Wang, Y. (2020). Long-Term Trends in Stroke Survivors Discharged to Care Homes: The South London Stroke Register. Stroke, 51(1), 179-185. https://doi.org/10.1161/strokeaha.119.026618

Background and Purpose—

Care homes provide care to many stroke survivors, yet little is known about changes in care home use over time. We aim to determine trends in discharge to care homes, to explore the characteristics of stroke survivors over... Read More about Long-Term Trends in Stroke Survivors Discharged to Care Homes: The South London Stroke Register.

Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) in the Management of Glioblastoma Multiforme: A Case Report (2019)
Journal Article
O'Connor, D., Caulfield, B., Wright, S., & Lennon, O. (2021). Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) in the Management of Glioblastoma Multiforme: A Case Report. Rehabilitation Oncology, 39(2), E1-E8. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.REO.0000000000000189

Background and Purpose:
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is associated with debilitating physical and psychosocial side effects. Voluntary exercise recommended as an adjunct therapy is often limited by physical and neurological impairments. The potent... Read More about Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) in the Management of Glioblastoma Multiforme: A Case Report.

ASSERT (Acute Sacral inSufficiEncy fractuRe augmenTation) randomised controlled, feasibility in older people trial: a study protocol (2019)
Journal Article
van Berkel, D., Ong, T., Drummond, A., Hendrick, P., Leighton, P., Jones, M., Salem, K., Quraishi, N., Brookes, C., Suazo Di Paola, A., Edwards, S., & Sahota, O. (2019). ASSERT (Acute Sacral inSufficiEncy fractuRe augmenTation) randomised controlled, feasibility in older people trial: a study protocol. BMJ Open, 9(7), Article 032111. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032111