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Embedding mentoring to support trial processes and implementation fidelity in a randomised controlled trial of vocational rehabilitation for stroke survivors (2021)
Journal Article
Craven, K., Holmes, J., Powers, K., Clarke, S., Cripps, R. L., Lindley, R., …Radford, K. (2021). Embedding mentoring to support trial processes and implementation fidelity in a randomised controlled trial of vocational rehabilitation for stroke survivors. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 21, Article 203. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-021-01382-y

Background: Little guidance exists regarding how best to upskill and support those delivering complex healthcare
interventions to ensure robust trial outcomes and implementation fidelity. Mentoring was provided to occupational
therapists (OTs) deli... Read More about Embedding mentoring to support trial processes and implementation fidelity in a randomised controlled trial of vocational rehabilitation for stroke survivors.

Factors Affecting the Delivery and Acceptability of the ROWTATE Telehealth Vocational Rehabilitation Intervention for Traumatic Injury Survivors: A Mixed-Methods Study (2021)
Journal Article
Kettlewell, J., Lindley, R., Radford, K., Patel, P., Bridger, K., Kellezi, B., …Kendrick, D. (2021). Factors Affecting the Delivery and Acceptability of the ROWTATE Telehealth Vocational Rehabilitation Intervention for Traumatic Injury Survivors: A Mixed-Methods Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(18), Article 9744. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189744

Background: Returning to work after traumatic injury can be problematic. We developed a vocational telerehabilitation (VR) intervention for trauma survivors, delivered by trained occupational therapists (OTs) and clinical psychologists (CPs), and exp... Read More about Factors Affecting the Delivery and Acceptability of the ROWTATE Telehealth Vocational Rehabilitation Intervention for Traumatic Injury Survivors: A Mixed-Methods Study.

Patient Perspectives on Key Outcomes for Vocational Rehabilitation Interventions Following Traumatic Injury (2021)
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Bridger, K., Kellezi, B., Kendrick, D., Radford, K., Timmons, S., Rennoldson, M., …Kettlewell, J. (2021). Patient Perspectives on Key Outcomes for Vocational Rehabilitation Interventions Following Traumatic Injury. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(4), Article 2035. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18042035

Returning to work after traumatic injury can have a range of benefits, but there is currently little research that incorporates patient perspectives to identify outcomes of vocational rehabilitation interventions that are important to survivors. Trau... Read More about Patient Perspectives on Key Outcomes for Vocational Rehabilitation Interventions Following Traumatic Injury.

Vocational rehabilitation to enhance return to work after trauma (ROWTATE): protocol for a non-randomised single-arm mixed-methods feasibility study (2021)
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Kendrick, D., das Nair, R., Kellezi, B., Morriss, R., Kettlewell, J., Holmes, J., …Radford, K. (2021). Vocational rehabilitation to enhance return to work after trauma (ROWTATE): protocol for a non-randomised single-arm mixed-methods feasibility study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 7(1), Article 29. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-021-00769-4

Background
Traumatic injuries are common amongst working age adults. Survivors often experience physical and psychological problems, reduced quality of life and difficulty returning to work. Vocational rehabilitation improves work outcomes for a ran... Read More about Vocational rehabilitation to enhance return to work after trauma (ROWTATE): protocol for a non-randomised single-arm mixed-methods feasibility study.

Feasibility study and process evaluation of MRI plus physiotherapy vs. physiotherapy alone in non-specific chronic low back pain among patients in Saudi Arabia (2020)
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Alhowimel, A., Alotiabi, M., Coulson, N., & Radford, K. (2020). Feasibility study and process evaluation of MRI plus physiotherapy vs. physiotherapy alone in non-specific chronic low back pain among patients in Saudi Arabia. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 6(1), Article 188. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-020-00731-w

© 2020, The Author(s). Aim: To determine the feasibility of conducting a definitive randomised control trial (RCT) to answer the following questions: (1) Is early physiotherapy treatment acceptable and feasible for patients and direct healthcare prov... Read More about Feasibility study and process evaluation of MRI plus physiotherapy vs. physiotherapy alone in non-specific chronic low back pain among patients in Saudi Arabia.

A study of mapping usual care and unmet need for vocational rehabilitation and psychological support following major trauma in five health districts in the UK (2020)
Journal Article
Kettlewell, J., Timmons, S., Bridger, K., Kendrick, D., Kellezi, B., Holmes, J., …Radford, K. (2021). A study of mapping usual care and unmet need for vocational rehabilitation and psychological support following major trauma in five health districts in the UK. Clinical Rehabilitation, 35(5), 750-764. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215520971777

Objective: To identify where and how trauma survivors’ rehabilitation needs are met after trauma, to map rehabilitation across five UK major trauma networks, and to compare with recommended pathways. Design: Qualitative study (interviews, focus group... Read More about A study of mapping usual care and unmet need for vocational rehabilitation and psychological support following major trauma in five health districts in the UK.

Psychosocial consequences of diagnosing nonspecific low-back pain radiologically: a qualitative study (2020)
Journal Article
Alhowimel, A., Alotaibi, M., Coulson, N., & Radford, K. (2022). Psychosocial consequences of diagnosing nonspecific low-back pain radiologically: a qualitative study. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 38(7), 890-896. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593985.2020.1802799

Background

Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a complex biopsychosocial problem with financial implications for society. Most LBP is categorized as nonspecific CLBP (NS-CLBP); magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is increasingly used in the investigation... Read More about Psychosocial consequences of diagnosing nonspecific low-back pain radiologically: a qualitative study.

Describing return to work after stroke: A feasibility trial of 12-month outcomes (2020)
Journal Article
Radford, K., Grant, M. I., Sinclair, E. J., Kettlewell, J., & Watkin, C. (2020). Describing return to work after stroke: A feasibility trial of 12-month outcomes. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 52(4), Article 00048. https://doi.org/10.2340/16501977-2647

Objective: Stroke is the greatest cause of disability in adults. A quarter of strokes in the UK affect people of working age, yet under half of them return to work after stroke. There has been little investigation into what constitutes "return to wor... Read More about Describing return to work after stroke: A feasibility trial of 12-month outcomes.

Proceedings of BSRM and SRR (2020)
Journal Article
Kettlewell, J., Radford, K., Timmons, S., Bridger, K., Kendrick, D., de Dios Perez, B., & das Nair, R. (2020). Proceedings of BSRM and SRR. Clinical Rehabilitation, 34(4), 551-567. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215520902499

The Society for Research in Rehabilitation (SRR) is the major multidisciplinary rehabilitation research society in the United Kingdom (www.srr.org.uk). Its aim is to advance education and research into all aspects of rehabilitation medicine and to di... Read More about Proceedings of BSRM and SRR.

Comparing face-to-face with online training for occupational therapists in advising on fitness for work: Protocol for the CREATE study (2020)
Journal Article
Coole, C., Konstantinidis, S. T., Ablewhite, J., Radford, K., Thomson, L., Khan, S., & Drummond, A. (2020). Comparing face-to-face with online training for occupational therapists in advising on fitness for work: Protocol for the CREATE study. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 83(3), 172-178. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308022619893563

© The Author(s) 2020. Introduction: Occupational therapists play a key role in advising on fitness for work; however, there is a concern that they lack knowledge and confidence in using the Allied Health Professions health and work report (formerly t... Read More about Comparing face-to-face with online training for occupational therapists in advising on fitness for work: Protocol for the CREATE study.

A systematic review of personal smart technologies used to improve outcomes in adults with acquired brain injuries (2019)
Journal Article
Kettlewell, J., das Nair, R., & Radford, K. (2019). A systematic review of personal smart technologies used to improve outcomes in adults with acquired brain injuries. Clinical Rehabilitation, 33(11), 1705-1712. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215519865774

Objective:
This review aimed to determine the effectiveness of personal smart technologies on outcomes in adults with acquired brain injury.

Data sources:
A systematic literature search was conducted on 30 May 2019. Twelve electronic databases,... Read More about A systematic review of personal smart technologies used to improve outcomes in adults with acquired brain injuries.

A scoping review of the needs of children and young people with acquired brain injuries and their families (2019)
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Keetley, R., Radford, K., & Manning, J. C. (2019). A scoping review of the needs of children and young people with acquired brain injuries and their families. Brain Injury, 33(9), 1117-1128. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2019.1637542

Understanding the needs of children and young people (CYP) with acquired brain injuries (ABI) isessential in delivering pathways of care and providing effective rehabilitation.
Aim: To identify relevant literature and key themes relating to the natu... Read More about A scoping review of the needs of children and young people with acquired brain injuries and their families.

Getting back to life after stroke: co-designing a peer-led coaching intervention to enable stroke survivors to rebuild a meaningful life after stroke (2018)
Journal Article
Masteron-Algar, P., Williams, S., Burton, C. R., Arthur, C., Hoare, Z., Morrison, V., …Elghenzai, S. (2018). Getting back to life after stroke: co-designing a peer-led coaching intervention to enable stroke survivors to rebuild a meaningful life after stroke. Disability and Rehabilitation, https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2018.1524521

Purpose
Rebuilding one’s life after stroke is a key priority persistently identified by patients yet professionally led interventions have little impact. This co-design study constructs and tests a novel peer-led coaching intervention to improve pos... Read More about Getting back to life after stroke: co-designing a peer-led coaching intervention to enable stroke survivors to rebuild a meaningful life after stroke.

Return to work after stroke: feasibility of 6-year follow-up (2018)
Journal Article
Phillips, J., Gaffney, K., Phillips, M., & Radford, K. (2018). Return to work after stroke: feasibility of 6-year follow-up. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 82(1), 27-37. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308022618791976

Introduction
Little is known about long-term work sustainability of stroke survivors. A feasibility trial of early stroke specialist vocational rehabilitation had 32/46 (69.5%) participants available for follow-up at 12 months post stroke. Of these,... Read More about Return to work after stroke: feasibility of 6-year follow-up.

Early, specialist vocational rehabilitation to facilitate return to work after traumatic brain injury: the FRESH feasibility RCT (2018)
Journal Article
Radford, K. A., Sutton, C., Sach, T., Holmes, J., Watkins, C. L., Forshaw, D., Jones, T., Hoffman, K., O’Connor, R. C., Tyerman, R., Merchán-Baeza, J. A., Morris, R., McManus, E., Drummond, A., Walker, M., Duley, L., Shakespeare, D., Hammond, A., & Phillips, J. (2018). Early, specialist vocational rehabilitation to facilitate return to work after traumatic brain injury: the FRESH feasibility RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 22(33), https://doi.org/10.3310/hta22330

Background

Up to 160,000 people incur traumatic brain injury (TBI) each year in the UK. TBI can have profound effects on many areas of human functioning, including participation in work. There is limited evidence of the clinical effectiveness and... Read More about Early, specialist vocational rehabilitation to facilitate return to work after traumatic brain injury: the FRESH feasibility RCT.

Informing evaluation of a smartphone application for people with acquired brain injury: a stakeholder engagement study (2018)
Journal Article
Kettlewell, J., Phillips, J., Radford, K. A., & das Nair, R. (2018). Informing evaluation of a smartphone application for people with acquired brain injury: a stakeholder engagement study. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 18(1), Article 33. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-018-0611-0

Background

Brain in Hand is a smartphone application (app) that allows users to create structured diaries with problems and solutions, attach reminders, record task completion and has a symptom monitoring system. Brain in Hand was designed to supp... Read More about Informing evaluation of a smartphone application for people with acquired brain injury: a stakeholder engagement study.

Return to work after stroke: feasibility six year follow-up (2018)
Journal Article
Phillips, J., Radford, K., Phillips, M., Gaffney, K., Stevens, J., & Coult, M. (2018). Return to work after stroke: feasibility six year follow-up

Background: In a feasibility trial of early occupational therapy vocational rehabilitation (VR), more VR participants were in work at 12 months compared to those who received usual NHS rehabilitation after stroke (UC) (11 [65%] v 6 [35%]) (Radford e... Read More about Return to work after stroke: feasibility six year follow-up.

Psychosocial factors associated with change in pain and disability outcomes in chronic low back pain patients treated by physiotherapist: a systematic review (2018)
Journal Article
Alhowimel, A., Alotaibi, M., Radford, K. A., & Coulson, N. S. (in press). Psychosocial factors associated with change in pain and disability outcomes in chronic low back pain patients treated by physiotherapist: a systematic review. SAGE Open Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1177/2050312118757387

Background: Almost 80% of people have low back pain at least once in their life. Clinical guidelines emphasize the use of conservative physiotherapy and the importance of staying active. While the psychological factors predicting poor recovery follow... Read More about Psychosocial factors associated with change in pain and disability outcomes in chronic low back pain patients treated by physiotherapist: a systematic review.

Interventions to reduce dependency in bathing in community dwelling older adults: a systematic review (2017)
Journal Article
Golding-Day, M., Whitehead, P., Radford, K., & Walker, M. (2017). Interventions to reduce dependency in bathing in community dwelling older adults: a systematic review. Systematic Reviews, 6(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-017-0586-4

Background

The onset of bathing disability for older adults has been found to be an indicator and potential precursor of further disability. Thus interventions targeting bathing may prevent or delay further disability and the use of health and soc... Read More about Interventions to reduce dependency in bathing in community dwelling older adults: a systematic review.