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Hyperacusis Questionnaire as a Tool for Measuring Hypersensitivity to Sound in a Tinnitus Research Population (2015)
Journal Article
Fackrell, K., Fearnley, C., Hoare, D. J., & Sereda, M. (2015). Hyperacusis Questionnaire as a Tool for Measuring Hypersensitivity to Sound in a Tinnitus Research Population. BioMed Research International, 2015, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/290425

Hypersensitivity to external sounds is often comorbid with tinnitus and may be significant for adherence to certain types of tinnitus management. Therefore, a clear measure of sensitivity to sound is important. The aim of this study was to evaluate t... Read More about Hyperacusis Questionnaire as a Tool for Measuring Hypersensitivity to Sound in a Tinnitus Research Population.

Recommendations to facilitate the ideal fit note: are they achievable in practice? (2015)
Journal Article
Coole, C., Nouri, F., Potgieter, I., Watson, P. J., Thomson, L., Hampton, R., & Drummond, A. (2015). Recommendations to facilitate the ideal fit note: are they achievable in practice?. BMC Family Practice, 16(138), Article 138. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-015-0360-4

Background: Although the UK fit note has been broadly welcomed as a tool to facilitate return to work, difficulties and uncertainties have resulted in wide variation in its use. Agreement on what constitutes the ‘ideal’ fit note from the perspective... Read More about Recommendations to facilitate the ideal fit note: are they achievable in practice?.

Identification of mechano-sensitive C fibre sensitization and contribution to nerve injury-induced mechanical hyperalgesia (2015)
Journal Article
Hulse, R. P. (2015). Identification of mechano-sensitive C fibre sensitization and contribution to nerve injury-induced mechanical hyperalgesia. European Journal of Pain, 20(4), https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.779

Background

C fibre hyperexcitability is fundamental to chronic pain development in humans and rodents; therefore, peripheral sensory neuronal sensitization plays a role in the development of mechanical hyperalgesia. However, the axonal properties... Read More about Identification of mechano-sensitive C fibre sensitization and contribution to nerve injury-induced mechanical hyperalgesia.

Building analytic skills to drive improvements in patient care and organisational decision making: an information analysts’ development programme (2015)
Journal Article
Howard, G., Walker, A. J., Shaw, D. E., & Hatton, J. W. (2015). Building analytic skills to drive improvements in patient care and organisational decision making: an information analysts’ development programme. Clinical Governance, 20(3), https://doi.org/10.1108/CGIJ-07-2015-0021

Purpose

This paper briefly outlines a development programme designed to improve the skills of NHS Information Analysts and assesses the extent these skills have been developed. There are significant opportunities for the NHS to utilise information... Read More about Building analytic skills to drive improvements in patient care and organisational decision making: an information analysts’ development programme.

Psychometric properties of the Tinnitus Functional Index (TFI): assessment in a UK research volunteer population (2015)
Journal Article
Fackrell, K. L., Hall, D. A., Barry, J. G., & Hoare, D. J. (2016). Psychometric properties of the Tinnitus Functional Index (TFI): assessment in a UK research volunteer population. Hearing Research, 335, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2015.09.009

Objectives

Questionnaires are essential for measuring tinnitus severity and intervention-related change but there is no standard instrument used routinely in research settings. Most tinnitus questionnaires are optimised for measuring severity but... Read More about Psychometric properties of the Tinnitus Functional Index (TFI): assessment in a UK research volunteer population.

The burden of severe asthma in childhood and adolescence: results from the paediatric U-BIOPRED cohorts (2015)
Journal Article
Fleming, L., Murray, C., Bansal, A. T., Hashimoto, S., Bisgaard, H., Bush, A., Frey, U., Hedlin, G., Singer, F., Aalderen, W. M. V., Vissing, N. H., Zolkipli, Z., Selby, A., Fowler, S., Shaw, D. E., Chung, K. F., Sousa, A. R., Wagers, S., Corfield, J., Pandis, I., …Roberts, G. (2015). The burden of severe asthma in childhood and adolescence: results from the paediatric U-BIOPRED cohorts. European Respiratory Journal, 46(5), https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.00780-2015

U-BIOPRED aims to characterise paediatric and adult severe asthma using conventional and innovative systems biology approaches.

A total of 99 school-age children with severe asthma and 81 preschoolers with severe wheeze were compared with 49 schoo... Read More about The burden of severe asthma in childhood and adolescence: results from the paediatric U-BIOPRED cohorts.

A probabilistic atlas of the cerebellar white matter (2015)
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van Baarsen, K., Kleinnijenhuis, M., Jbabdi, S., Sotiropoulos, S., Grotenhuis, J., & van Cappellen van Walsum, A. (2016). A probabilistic atlas of the cerebellar white matter. NeuroImage, 124,Pt(A), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.09.014

Imaging of the cerebellar cortex, deep cerebellar nuclei and their connectivity are gaining attraction, due to the important role the cerebellum plays in cognition and motor control. Atlases of the cerebellar cortex and nuclei are used to locate regi... Read More about A probabilistic atlas of the cerebellar white matter.

Computer and internet interventions to optimize listening and learning for people with hearing loss: accessibility, use, and adherence (2015)
Journal Article
Ferguson, M. A., & Henshaw, H. (2015). Computer and internet interventions to optimize listening and learning for people with hearing loss: accessibility, use, and adherence. American Journal of Audiology, 24, https://doi.org/10.1044/2015_AJA-14-0090

Purpose: The aim of this research forum article was to examine accessibility, use, and adherence to computerized and online interventions for people with hearing loss. Method: Four intervention studies of people with hearing loss were examined: 2 aud... Read More about Computer and internet interventions to optimize listening and learning for people with hearing loss: accessibility, use, and adherence.

A systematic review and meta-regression analysis of prophylactic gabapentin for postoperative pain (2015)
Journal Article
Doleman, B., Heinink, T., Faleiro, R., Lund, J. N., & Williams, J. P. (2015). A systematic review and meta-regression analysis of prophylactic gabapentin for postoperative pain. Anaesthesia, 70(10), https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.13179

We searched MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, AMED and CENTRAL databases until December 2014 and included 133 randomised controlled trials of peri-operative gabapentin vs placebo. Gabapentin reduced mean (95% CI) 24-h morphine-equivalent consumption by 8.44 (... Read More about A systematic review and meta-regression analysis of prophylactic gabapentin for postoperative pain.