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Needle fasciotomy versus limited fasciectomy for the treatment of Dupuytren’s contractures of the fingers (Hand-2): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2024)
Journal Article

Background Dupuytren’s contractures (DC) are fibrous cords under the skin of the hand that cause one or more fingers to curl gradually and irreversibly towards the palm. These contractures are usually painless but can cause a loss of hand function.... Read More about Needle fasciotomy versus limited fasciectomy for the treatment of Dupuytren’s contractures of the fingers (Hand-2): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Tinnitus in children and adolescents (2024)
Book Chapter

Childhood tinnitus remains an under-researched topic area, though clinical and research interest in increasing. The literature indicates that childhood experiences of tinnitus are broadly as common as they are in adults and that in some cases it can... Read More about Tinnitus in children and adolescents.

Development of the impact of tinnitus in children questionnaire (iTICQ) (2024)
Journal Article

Introduction: Tinnitus is a common disorder of the auditory system. Questionnaires are essential tools for clinical assessment and research. Whilst many questionnaires are available to measure different aspects of tinnitus complaint in adults, there... Read More about Development of the impact of tinnitus in children questionnaire (iTICQ).

Prevention of infections and fever to improve outcome in older patients with acute stroke (PRECIOUS): a randomised, open, phase III, multifactorial, clinical trial with blinded outcome assessment (2023)
Journal Article

Background Infections and fever after stroke are associated with poor functional outcome or death. We assessed whether prophylactic treatment with anti-emetic, antibiotic, or antipyretic medication would improve functional outcome in older patient... Read More about Prevention of infections and fever to improve outcome in older patients with acute stroke (PRECIOUS): a randomised, open, phase III, multifactorial, clinical trial with blinded outcome assessment.

Two-Dimensional Population Receptive Field Mapping of Human Primary Somatosensory Cortex (2023)
Journal Article

Functional magnetic resonance imaging can provide detailed maps of how sensory space is mapped in the human brain. Here, we use a novel 16 stimulator setup (a 4 × 4 grid) to measure two-dimensional sensory maps of between and within-digit (D2–D4) spa... Read More about Two-Dimensional Population Receptive Field Mapping of Human Primary Somatosensory Cortex.

Early MRI Predictors of Relapse in Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma Treated with MATRix Immunochemotherapy (2023)
Journal Article

Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma (PCNSL) is a highly malignant brain tumour. We investigated dynamic changes in tumour volume and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurements for predicting outcome following treatment with MATRix chemothe... Read More about Early MRI Predictors of Relapse in Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma Treated with MATRix Immunochemotherapy.

Listening efficiency in adult cochlear-implant users compared with normally-hearing controls at ecologically relevant signal-to-noise ratios (2023)
Journal Article

Introduction: Due to having to work with an impoverished auditory signal, cochlear-implant (CI) users may experience reduced speech intelligibility and/or increased listening effort in real-world listening situations, compared to their normally-heari... Read More about Listening efficiency in adult cochlear-implant users compared with normally-hearing controls at ecologically relevant signal-to-noise ratios.

Surgery for Malignant Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Narrative Review of the Knowns and Unknowns (2023)
Journal Article

Malignant acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is characterized by acute neurological deterioration caused by progressive space-occupying brain edema, often occurring in the first hours to days after symptom onset. Without any treatment, the result is often f... Read More about Surgery for Malignant Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Narrative Review of the Knowns and Unknowns.

Prehospital transdermal glyceryl trinitrate for ultra-acute ischaemic stroke: data from the RIGHT-2 randomised sham-controlled ambulance trial (2023)
Journal Article

Background The effect of transdermal glyceryl trinitrate (GTN, a nitrovasodilator) on clinical outcome when administered before hospital admission in suspected stroke patients is unclear. Here, we assess the safety and efficacy of GTN in the prespeci... Read More about Prehospital transdermal glyceryl trinitrate for ultra-acute ischaemic stroke: data from the RIGHT-2 randomised sham-controlled ambulance trial.

Investigating the Effect of Cigarette Smoking on Serum Uric Acid Levels in Multiple Sclerosis Patients: A Cross Sectional Study (2023)
Journal Article

Objectives: The present study is aimed at determining the effect of cigarette smoking (CS) on serum uric acid (UA) levels quantitatively before and after smoking cessation among people with MS (pwMS). Additionally, a possible correlation between UA l... Read More about Investigating the Effect of Cigarette Smoking on Serum Uric Acid Levels in Multiple Sclerosis Patients: A Cross Sectional Study.

Exploring listening-related fatigue in children with and without hearing loss using self-report and parent-proxy measures (2023)
Journal Article

Children with hearing loss appear to experience greater fatigue than children with normal hearing (CNH). Listening-related fatigue is often associated with an increase in effortful listening or difficulty in listening situations. This has been observ... Read More about Exploring listening-related fatigue in children with and without hearing loss using self-report and parent-proxy measures.

Effects of intensive blood pressure lowering on cerebral ischaemia in thrombolysed patients: insights from the ENCHANTED trial (2023)
Journal Article

Background: Intensive blood pressure lowering may adversely affect evolving cerebral ischaemia. We aimed to determine whether intensive blood pressure lowering altered the size of cerebral infarction in the 2196 patients who participated in the Enhan... Read More about Effects of intensive blood pressure lowering on cerebral ischaemia in thrombolysed patients: insights from the ENCHANTED trial.

Rationale and Design of a randomized double-blind 2 × 2 factorial trial comparing the effect of a 3-month intensive statin and antiplatelet therapy for patients with acute mild ischemic stroke or high-risk TIA with intracranial or extracranial atherosclerosis (INSPIRES) (2023)
Journal Article

Background: It remains unclear if intensive antiplatelet and statin treatments begun within 24–72 hours of cerebral ischaemic events from intracranial or extracranial atherosclerosis is effective or safe. Methods: The Intensive Statin and Antiplatel... Read More about Rationale and Design of a randomized double-blind 2 × 2 factorial trial comparing the effect of a 3-month intensive statin and antiplatelet therapy for patients with acute mild ischemic stroke or high-risk TIA with intracranial or extracranial atherosclerosis (INSPIRES).

Developing a Patient Care Pathway for Emotional Support around the point of Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis: A Stakeholder Engagement Study (2023)
Journal Article

Background: Diagnosing multiple sclerosis (MS) can be a lengthy process, which can impact psychological wellbeing, condition management, and future engagement with health services. Therefore, providing timely and appropriate emotional support may imp... Read More about Developing a Patient Care Pathway for Emotional Support around the point of Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis: A Stakeholder Engagement Study.

MRI assessment of cerebral perfusion in clinical trials (2023)
Journal Article

Neurodegenerative mechanisms affect the brain through a variety of processes that are reflected as changes in brain structure and physiology. Although some biomarkers for these changes are well established, others are at different stages of developme... Read More about MRI assessment of cerebral perfusion in clinical trials.

The long-term impacts of hearing loss, tinnitus and poor balance on the quality of life of people living with and beyond cancer after platinum-based chemotherapy: a literature review (2023)
Journal Article

Purpose: To elucidate the long-term impacts of hearing loss, tinnitus and balance in people living with and beyond cancer (LWBC) treated with platinum-based chemotherapy (PBCT). Methods: A literature search was conducted between March and June 2022 u... Read More about The long-term impacts of hearing loss, tinnitus and poor balance on the quality of life of people living with and beyond cancer after platinum-based chemotherapy: a literature review.

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in care home staff: A survey of Liverpool care homes (2023)
Journal Article

Uptake of COVID-19 vaccine first doses in UK care homes has been higher among residents compared to staff. We aimed to identify causes of lower COVID-19 vaccine uptake amongst care home staff within Liverpool. An anonymised online survey was distribu... Read More about COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in care home staff: A survey of Liverpool care homes.

Key design elements of successful acute ischemic stroke treatment trials (2023)
Journal Article

Purpose: We review key design elements of positive randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) treatment and summarize their main characteristics. Method: We searched Medline, Pubmed and Cochrane databases for positive RCTs in... Read More about Key design elements of successful acute ischemic stroke treatment trials.

Genotype-Guided Dual Antiplatelet Use for Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Stroke by Imaging Status: Subgroup Analysis of the CHANCE-2 Trial (2022)
Journal Article

Objective: This study was performed to investigate whether ticagrelor/aspirin versus clopidogrel/aspirin can further reduce the residual risk of stroke recurrence in patients with positive diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in the High-Risk Patients wi... Read More about Genotype-Guided Dual Antiplatelet Use for Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Stroke by Imaging Status: Subgroup Analysis of the CHANCE-2 Trial.

Timing of head turns to upcoming talkers in triadic conversation: Evidence for prediction of turn ends and interruptions (2022)
Journal Article

In conversation, people are able to listen to an utterance and respond within only a few hundred milliseconds. It takes substantially longer to prepare even a simple utterance, suggesting that interlocutors may make use of predictions about when the... Read More about Timing of head turns to upcoming talkers in triadic conversation: Evidence for prediction of turn ends and interruptions.