Outputs (103)

Time-efficient physical activity interventions to reduce blood pressure in older adults: a randomized controlled trial (2020)
Journal Article
Herrod, P., Lund, J., & Phillips, B. (2021). Time-efficient physical activity interventions to reduce blood pressure in older adults: a randomized controlled trial. Age and Ageing, 50(3), 980-984. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaa211

Background
Hypertension is a risk factor for both cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, with an increasing incidence with advancing patient age. Exercise interventions have the potential to reduce blood pressure in older adults, however, rates... Read More about Time-efficient physical activity interventions to reduce blood pressure in older adults: a randomized controlled trial.

Near Fibre Electromyography (2020)
Preprint / Working Paper
Piasecki, M., C Estruch, O. G., & Stashuk, D. W. Near Fibre Electromyography

Near fibre electromyography (NFEMG) is the use of specifically high-pass filtered motor unit potential (MUPs) (i.e. near fibre MUPs (NFMs)) extracted from needle-detected EMG signals for the examination of changes in motor unit (MU) morphology and el... Read More about Near Fibre Electromyography.

Improving the Quality of Care in Care Homes Using the Quality Improvement Collaborative Approach: Lessons Learnt from Six Projects Conducted in the UK and The Netherlands (2020)
Journal Article
Devi, R., Martin, G., Banerjee, J., Butler, L., Pattison, T., Cruickshank, L., Maries-Tillott, C., Wilson, T., Damery, S., Meyer, J., Poot, A., Chamberlain, P., Harvey, D., Giebel, C., Hinsliff-Smith, K., Chadborn, N., & Gordon, A. L. (2020). Improving the Quality of Care in Care Homes Using the Quality Improvement Collaborative Approach: Lessons Learnt from Six Projects Conducted in the UK and The Netherlands. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(20), Article 7601. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207601

The Breakthrough Series Quality Improvement Collaborative (QIC) initiative is a well-developed and widely used approach, but most of what we know about it has come from healthcare settings. In this article, those leading QICs to improve care in care... Read More about Improving the Quality of Care in Care Homes Using the Quality Improvement Collaborative Approach: Lessons Learnt from Six Projects Conducted in the UK and The Netherlands.

Associations between plasma branched chain amino acids and health biomarkers in response to resistance exercise training across age (2020)
Journal Article
Sayda, M. H., Phillips, B. E., Williams, J. P., Greenhaff, P. L., Wilkinson, D. J., Smith, K., & Atherton, P. J. (2020). Associations between plasma branched chain amino acids and health biomarkers in response to resistance exercise training across age. Nutrients, 12(10), Article 3029. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12103029

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Leucine, isoleucine and valine (i.e., the branched chain amino acids, BCAA) play a key role in the support and regulation of tissue protein regulation and also as energy substrates. However, p... Read More about Associations between plasma branched chain amino acids and health biomarkers in response to resistance exercise training across age.

Observational cohort study to determine the degree and causes of variation in the rate of surgery or primary endocrine therapy in older women with operable breast cancer (2020)
Journal Article
Morgan, J. L., Holmes, G., Ward, S., Martin, C., Burton, M., Walters, S. J., Cheung, K. L., Audisio, R. A., Reed, M. W., Wyld, L., Lifford, K., Edwards, A., Brain, K., Ring, A., Robinson, T., Chater, T., Pemberton, K., Shrestha, A., Nettleship, A., Richards, P., …Parmeshwar, R. (2021). Observational cohort study to determine the degree and causes of variation in the rate of surgery or primary endocrine therapy in older women with operable breast cancer. EJSO - European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 47(2), 261-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2020.09.029

© 2020 The Authors Background: In the UK there is variation in the treatment of older women with breast cancer, with up to 40% receiving primary endocrine therapy (PET), which is associated with inferior survival. Case mix and patient choice may expl... Read More about Observational cohort study to determine the degree and causes of variation in the rate of surgery or primary endocrine therapy in older women with operable breast cancer.

Symptom-burden in people living with frailty and chronic kidney disease (2020)
Journal Article
Nixon, A. C., Wilkinson, T. J., Young, H. M. L., Taal, M. W., Pendleton, N., Mitra, S., Brady, M. E., Dhaygude, A. P., & Smith, A. C. (2020). Symptom-burden in people living with frailty and chronic kidney disease. BMC Nephrology, 21, Article 411. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-020-02063-6

Background: Frailty is independently associated with worse health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, the relationship between frailty and symptom experience is not well described in people living with CKD. This... Read More about Symptom-burden in people living with frailty and chronic kidney disease.

Seeking Answers for Care Homes during the COVID-19 pandemic (COVID SEARCH) (2020)
Journal Article
Spilsbury, K., Devi, R., Griffiths, A., Akrill, C., Astle, A., Goodman, C., Gordon, A., Hanratty, B., Hodkinson, P., Marshall, F., Meyer, J., & Thompson, C. (2021). Seeking Answers for Care Homes during the COVID-19 pandemic (COVID SEARCH). Age and Ageing, 50(2), 335–340. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaa201

The care and support of older people residing in long-term care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic has created new and unanticipated uncertainties for staff. In this short report, we present our analyses of the uncertainties of care home manager... Read More about Seeking Answers for Care Homes during the COVID-19 pandemic (COVID SEARCH).

The care of older cancer patients in the United Kingdom (2020)
Journal Article
Gomes, F., Lewis, A., Morris, R., Parks, R., Kalsi, T., Babic-Illamn, G., Baxter, M., Colquhoun, K., Rodgers, L., Smith, E., Greystoke, A., Bayman, N., Cree, A., Ng, C., de Liguori Carino, N., Basile, S., Moore, J., Merchant, Z., Swinson, D., Parbhoo, A., …Simcock, R. (2020). The care of older cancer patients in the United Kingdom. ecancermedicalscience, 14, Article 1101. https://doi.org/10.3332/ECANCER.2020.1101

The ageing population poses new challenges globally. Cancer care for older patients is one of these challenges, and it has a significant impact on societies. In the United Kingdom (UK), as the number of older cancer patients increases, the management... Read More about The care of older cancer patients in the United Kingdom.

Nutritional status assessment: a neglected biomarker in persons with end- stage kidney disease (2020)
Journal Article
Viramontes-Hörner, D., & Taal, M. W. (2020). Nutritional status assessment: a neglected biomarker in persons with end- stage kidney disease. Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension, 29(6), 547-554. https://doi.org/10.1097/MNH.0000000000000651

Purpose of review: Malnutrition is a frequent complication and risk factor for adverse outcomes in the dialysis population that is often underrecognized and neglected. This article reviews published literature on the associations between malnutrition... Read More about Nutritional status assessment: a neglected biomarker in persons with end- stage kidney disease.

The PrEscription of intraDialytic exercise to improve quAlity of Life in patients with chronic kidney disease trial: study design and baseline data for a multicentre randomized controlled trial (2020)
Journal Article
Greenwood, S. A., Koufaki, P., Macdonald, J., Bhandari, S., Burton, J., Dasgupta, I., Farrington, K., Ford, I., Kalra, P. A., Kean, S., Kumwenda, M., Macdougall, I. C., Messow, C.-M., Mitra, S., Reid, C., Smith, A. C., Taal, M. W., Thomson, P. C., Wheeler, D. C., White, C., …Mercer, T. H. (2021). The PrEscription of intraDialytic exercise to improve quAlity of Life in patients with chronic kidney disease trial: study design and baseline data for a multicentre randomized controlled trial. Clinical Kidney Journal, 14(5), 1345–1355. https://doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfaa107

Background
Exercise interventions designed to improve physical function and reduce sedentary behaviour in haemodialysis (HD) patients might improve exercise capacity, reduce fatigue and lead to improved quality of life (QOL). The PrEscription of int... Read More about The PrEscription of intraDialytic exercise to improve quAlity of Life in patients with chronic kidney disease trial: study design and baseline data for a multicentre randomized controlled trial.