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Epilepsy and associated mortality in patients with multiple sclerosis (2018)
Journal Article
Chou, I. J., Kuo, C. F., Tanasescu, R., Tench, C. R., Tiley, C. G., Constantinescu, C. S., & Whitehouse, W. P. (2018). Epilepsy and associated mortality in patients with multiple sclerosis. European Journal of Neurology, 26(2), 342-e23. https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.13821

Background and purpose: We aimed to determine the prevalence of epilepsy in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) at diagnosis, the risk of developing epilepsy after the diagnosis of MS and the relative risk of mortality associated with epilepsy.
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Familial aggregation and heritability of type 1 diabetes mellitus and coaggregation of chronic diseases in affected families (2018)
Journal Article
Kuo, C., Chou, I., Grainge, M., Luo, S., See, L., Yu, K., Zhang, W., Doherty, M., & Valdes, A. (2018). Familial aggregation and heritability of type 1 diabetes mellitus and coaggregation of chronic diseases in affected families. Clinical Epidemiology, 10, 1447-1455. https://doi.org/10.2147/CLEP.S172207

Purpose: To estimate the extent of familial aggregation of type 1 diabetes (T1D) and coaggregation of related chronic diseases and assess the relative contribution of environmental and genetic factors on the risks.
Patients and methods: This popula... Read More about Familial aggregation and heritability of type 1 diabetes mellitus and coaggregation of chronic diseases in affected families.

Neuropathic-like knee pain and associated risk factors: a cross-sectional study in a UK community sample (2018)
Journal Article
Fernandes, G. S., Valdes, A. M., Walsh, D. A., Zhang, W., & Doherty, M. (2018). Neuropathic-like knee pain and associated risk factors: a cross-sectional study in a UK community sample. Arthritis Research and Therapy, 20(1), Article 215. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13075-018-1717-6

Background

Neuropathic-like knee pain (NKP) is often reported in individuals with knee pain (KP), but the contribution of specific central and peripheral risk factors to NKP has not been studied previously. The aims of the present study were to de... Read More about Neuropathic-like knee pain and associated risk factors: a cross-sectional study in a UK community sample.

Cross-sectional survey of the undergraduate rheumatology curriculum in European medical schools: a EULAR School of Rheumatology initiative (2018)
Journal Article
Abhishek, A., Iagnocco, A., Bijlsma, J., Doherty, M., & Lioté, F. (2018). Cross-sectional survey of the undergraduate rheumatology curriculum in European medical schools: a EULAR School of Rheumatology initiative. RMD Open, 4(2), Article e000743. https://doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2018-000743

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2018. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. Objectives To survey the undergraduate rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) curriculum content in a sample of medical schools across Europe. Methods The... Read More about Cross-sectional survey of the undergraduate rheumatology curriculum in European medical schools: a EULAR School of Rheumatology initiative.

Cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection: microbiological basis (2018)
Book Chapter
Bayston, R. (2018). Cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection: microbiological basis. In G. Cinalli, M. M. Ozek, & C. Sainte-Rose (Eds.), Pediatric hydrocephalus (1-19). Springer Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31889-9_76-1

Shunt infection rates have fallen in recent decades but are still too high, especially when infants under 6 months of age are shunted. The causative bacteria are mainly staphylococci derived from the patient’s skin during operation. Bacteria develop... Read More about Cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection: microbiological basis.

Changes in health in the countries of the UK and 150 English Local Authority areas 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 (2018)
Journal Article
Steel, N., Ford, J. A., Newton, J. N., Davis, A. C. J., Vos, T., Naghavi, M., Glenn, S., Hughes, A., Dalton, A. M., Stockton, D., Humphreys, C., Dallat, M., Schmidt, J., Flowers, J., Fox, S., Abubakar, I., Aldridge, R. W., Brayne, C., Baker, A., Brugha, T., …Murray, C. J. L. (2018). Changes in health in the countries of the UK and 150 English Local Authority areas 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Lancet, 392(10158), 1647-1661. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2818%2932207-4

Background
Previous studies have reported national and regional Global Burden of Disease (GBD) estimates for the UK. Because of substantial variation in health within the UK, action to improve it requires comparable estimates of disease burden and r... Read More about Changes in health in the countries of the UK and 150 English Local Authority areas 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016.

Risk of Injury in Royal Air Force Training: Does Sex Really Matter? (2018)
Journal Article
Fallowfield, J. L., Leiper, R. G., Shaw, A. M., Whittamore, D. R., Lanham-New, S. A., Allsopp, A. J., Kluzek, S., Arden, N. K., & Sanchez-Santos, M. T. (2020). Risk of Injury in Royal Air Force Training: Does Sex Really Matter?. Military Medicine, 185(1-2), 170–177. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usy177

Introduction

Musculoskeletal injuries are common during military and other occupational physical training programs. Employers have a duty of care to reduce employees’ injury risk, where females tend to be at greater risk than males. However, quant... Read More about Risk of Injury in Royal Air Force Training: Does Sex Really Matter?.

Development of a core outcome set for therapeutic clinical trials enrolling dogs with atopic dermatitis (COSCAD’18) (2018)
Journal Article
Olivry, T., Bensignor, E., Favrot, C., Griffin, C. E., Hill, P. B., Mueller, R. S., Plant, J. D., & Williams, H. C. (2018). Development of a core outcome set for therapeutic clinical trials enrolling dogs with atopic dermatitis (COSCAD’18). BMC Veterinary Research, 14, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-018-1569-y

Background: For decades, the efficacy of interventions in clinical trials enrolling dogs with atopic dermatitis (AD) relied on heterogeneous evaluations of skin lesions and pruritus using unvalidated tools. Although some instruments for clinical sign... Read More about Development of a core outcome set for therapeutic clinical trials enrolling dogs with atopic dermatitis (COSCAD’18).

Therapeutic interventions in children and adolescents with patellar tendon related pain: a systematic review (2018)
Journal Article
Cairns, G., Owen, T., Kluzek, S., Thurley, N., Holden, S., Rathleff, M. S., & Dean, B. J. F. (2018). Therapeutic interventions in children and adolescents with patellar tendon related pain: a systematic review. BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine, 4(1), Article e000383. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2018-000383

Objective: Evaluate effectiveness and harms of interventions for patellar tendon related pain in children and adolescents.

Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Data sources: Medline via Pubmed, Embase via OVID, CINAHL via Ebsco, SportDi... Read More about Therapeutic interventions in children and adolescents with patellar tendon related pain: a systematic review.

Focus group or individual interviews for exploring children's health behaviour: the example of physical activity (2018)
Journal Article
Woolley, K., Edwards, K. L., & Glazebrook, C. (2018). Focus group or individual interviews for exploring children's health behaviour: the example of physical activity. Advances in Pediatric Research, 5(2), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.24105/apr.2018.5.11

Background: Children's health behaviours affect their current and future health. An appreciation of children’s perceptions regarding these behaviours can inform health promotion initiatives. Focus groups and individual interviews have increasingly be... Read More about Focus group or individual interviews for exploring children's health behaviour: the example of physical activity.

Contribution of central and peripheral risk factors to prevalence, incidence and progression of knee pain: a community-based cohort study (2018)
Journal Article
Sarmanova, A., Fernandes, G., Richardson, H., Valdes, A., Walsh, D., Zhang, W., & Doherty, M. (2018). Contribution of central and peripheral risk factors to prevalence, incidence and progression of knee pain: a community-based cohort study. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 26(11), 1461-1473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2018.07.013

Aim

To explore risk factors that may influence knee pain (KP) through central or peripheral mechanisms.

Methods

A questionnaire-based prospective community cohort study with KP defined as pain in or around a knee on most days for at least a... Read More about Contribution of central and peripheral risk factors to prevalence, incidence and progression of knee pain: a community-based cohort study.

Association of metabolic syndrome with knee and hand osteoarthritis: A community-based study of women (2018)
Journal Article
Sanchez-Santos, M., Judge, A., Gulati, M., Spector, T., Hart, D., Newton, J., Arden, N., & Kluzek, S. (2019). Association of metabolic syndrome with knee and hand osteoarthritis: A community-based study of women. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 48(5), 791-798. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2018.07.007

Objective

It is unclear whether the association between osteoarthritis (OA) and metabolic syndrome (MetS) varies with the site of the affected joint and the presence of pain. Our aim was to describe the association between MetS and radiographic OA... Read More about Association of metabolic syndrome with knee and hand osteoarthritis: A community-based study of women.

Small-colony variant of Staphylococcus lugdunensis in prosthetic joint infection (2018)
Journal Article
Askar, M., Bloch, B., & Bayston, R. (2018). Small-colony variant of Staphylococcus lugdunensis in prosthetic joint infection. Arthroplasty Today, 4(3), 257-260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2018.06.003

Prosthetic joint infection is usually caused by staphylococci. Among the coagulase-negative staphylococci, Staphylococcus lugdunensis is important because it behaves as a pathogen similar to S aureus. It also develops biofilms, and the biofilm phenot... Read More about Small-colony variant of Staphylococcus lugdunensis in prosthetic joint infection.

Novel insights into the aetiology of granulomatosis with polyangiitis—a case–control study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (2018)
Journal Article
Pearce, F. A., Lanyon, P. C., Watts, R. A., Grainge, M. J., Abhishek, A., & Hubbard, R. B. (2018). Novel insights into the aetiology of granulomatosis with polyangiitis—a case–control study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Rheumatology, 57(10), 1873. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/key249

This is a correction to:
Rheumatology, Volume 57, Issue 6, June 2018, Pages 1002–1010, https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kex512

Registration and outcome reporting bias in randomised controlled trials of distal radius fracture treatment: a systematic review (2018)
Journal Article
Lee, S., Khan, T., Grindlay, D., & Karantana, A. (2018). Registration and outcome reporting bias in randomised controlled trials of distal radius fracture treatment: a systematic review. JBJS Open Access, 24(3), Article e0065. https://doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.OA.17.00065

Background: The aim was to systematically evaluate the completeness of trial registration and the extent of outcome-reporting bias in modern randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of distal radius fracture treatment. This is the first study to investiga... Read More about Registration and outcome reporting bias in randomised controlled trials of distal radius fracture treatment: a systematic review.

Correction to: The incidence, prevalence, and survival of systemic sclerosis in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (2018)
Journal Article
Royle, J. G., Lanyon, P. C., Grainge, M. J., Abhishek, A., & Pearce, F. A. (2018). Correction to: The incidence, prevalence, and survival of systemic sclerosis in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Clinical Rheumatology, 37(9), 2601. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-018-4219-7

© 2018, International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR). The above article originally published with an error present in the 2nd sentence in the 4th paragraph of the discussion section and is now presented correctly in this article. The... Read More about Correction to: The incidence, prevalence, and survival of systemic sclerosis in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink.

Help for Future Research: Lessons Learned in Trial Design, Recruitment, and Delivery From the “hELP” Study (2018)
Journal Article
Simpson, R. C., Murphy, R., Bratton, D. J., Sydes, M. R., Wilkes, S., Nankervis, H., Dowey, S., Bell, H., Cruickshank, M. E., Gibbon, K., Green, C. M., Wong, C., Owen, C. M., London, K., Haque, S., & Thomas, K. S. (2018). Help for Future Research: Lessons Learned in Trial Design, Recruitment, and Delivery From the “hELP” Study. Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, 22(4), 405-408. https://doi.org/10.1097/LGT.0000000000000407

The incidence, prevalence, and survival of systemic sclerosis in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (2018)
Journal Article
Royle, J. G., Lanyon, P. C., Grainge, M. J., Abhishek, A., & Pearce, F. A. (2018). The incidence, prevalence, and survival of systemic sclerosis in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Clinical Rheumatology, 37(8), 2103-2111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-018-4182-3

Abstract
To estimate the incidence, prevalence, and survival of systemic sclerosis in the United Kingdom. We conducted a historical cohort study using data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD). We calculated the incidence and survival... Read More about The incidence, prevalence, and survival of systemic sclerosis in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink.

The incidence, prevalence and survival of systemic sclerosis in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (2018)
Journal Article
Royle, J. G., Lanyon, P. C., Grainge, M. J., Abhishek, A., & Pearce, F. A. (2018). The incidence, prevalence and survival of systemic sclerosis in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Clinical Rheumatology, 37(8), 2103–2111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-018-4182-3

Objective: To estimate the incidence, prevalence and survival of systemic sclerosis in the United Kingdom.
Methods: We conducted a historical cohort study using data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD). We calculated the incidence an... Read More about The incidence, prevalence and survival of systemic sclerosis in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink.