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How do clinicians prescribe bridging glucocorticoids in people starting or escalating disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs for rheumatoid arthritis: a service evaluation survey (2023)
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Prior, J. A., Roddy, E., Solis-Trapala, I., Cornwall, N., Jinks, C., Abhishek, A., …Hider, S. (2023). How do clinicians prescribe bridging glucocorticoids in people starting or escalating disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs for rheumatoid arthritis: a service evaluation survey. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 7(3), Article rkad102. https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rkad102

The metabolic effects of intermittent versus continuous feeding in critically ill patients (2023)
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Wilkinson, D., Gallagher, I. J., McNelly, A., Bear, D. E., Hart, N., Montgomery, H. E., …Puthucheary, Z. A. (2023). The metabolic effects of intermittent versus continuous feeding in critically ill patients. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article 19508. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-46490-5

Intermittent (or bolus) feeding regimens in critically ill patients have been of increasing interest to clinicians and scientists. Changes in amino acid, fat and carbohydrate metabolites over time might yet deliver other benefits (e.g. modulation of... Read More about The metabolic effects of intermittent versus continuous feeding in critically ill patients.

Data Collection in Care Homes for Older Adults: A National Survey in England (2023)
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Hanratty, B., Wolters, A. T., Towers, A. M., Spilsbury, K., Meyer, J., Killett, A., …Goodman, C. (2023). Data Collection in Care Homes for Older Adults: A National Survey in England. Journal of Long-Term Care, 2023, 288-296. https://doi.org/10.31389/jltc.199

Context: In many countries, there is a specification for information that should be collected by care homes. So-called ‘minimum data-sets’ (MDS) are often lengthy, and report on resident health and wellbeing, staff, and facilities. In the UK, the abs... Read More about Data Collection in Care Homes for Older Adults: A National Survey in England.

Whether from a position of strength or weakness, geriatric medicine has work to do to drive up standards in health care for older people (2023)
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Gordon, A. L., Martin, F., Mistry, S., Harwood, R. H., & Dhesi, J. (2023). Whether from a position of strength or weakness, geriatric medicine has work to do to drive up standards in health care for older people. Age and Ageing, 52(11), Article afad208. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afad208

• Geriatric medicine is the largest physicianly specialty in the UK, with high levels of competition for available training posts. • Improving care of older people has been the focus of multiple national policy initiatives in the UK over the past dec... Read More about Whether from a position of strength or weakness, geriatric medicine has work to do to drive up standards in health care for older people.

The Web-Based Pain-at-Work Toolkit With Telephone Support for Employees With Chronic or Persistent Pain: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Feasibility Trial (2023)
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Blake, H., Chaplin, W., Wainwright, E., Taylor, G., McNamee, P., McWilliams, D., …Walker-Bone, K. (2023). The Web-Based Pain-at-Work Toolkit With Telephone Support for Employees With Chronic or Persistent Pain: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Feasibility Trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 12, Article e51474. https://doi.org/10.2196/51474

Background: Chronic or persistent pain affects people’s ability to work or be productive at work, generating high societal and economic burden. However, the provision of work-related advice and support for people with chronic pain is variable or lack... Read More about The Web-Based Pain-at-Work Toolkit With Telephone Support for Employees With Chronic or Persistent Pain: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Feasibility Trial.

Causal association between subtypes of osteoarthritis and common comorbidities: A Mendelian randomisation study (2023)
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Thompson, W., Swain, S., Zhao, S. S., Kamps, A., Coupland, C., Kuo, C., …Zhang, W. (2023). Causal association between subtypes of osteoarthritis and common comorbidities: A Mendelian randomisation study. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open, 5(4), Article 100414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocarto.2023.100414

Objective To investigate the causal association between Osteoarthritis (OA) and five comorbidities: depression, tiredness, multisite chronic pain, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and gout.... Read More about Causal association between subtypes of osteoarthritis and common comorbidities: A Mendelian randomisation study.

Diagnosis of calcium pyrophosphate crystal deposition disease by ultrasonography: how many and which sites should be scanned? (2023)
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Cipolletta, E., Moscioni, E., Sirotti, S., Di Battista, J., Abhishek, A., Rozza, D., …Filippucci, E. (2023). Diagnosis of calcium pyrophosphate crystal deposition disease by ultrasonography: how many and which sites should be scanned?. Rheumatology, https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kead565

Objective To develop the optimal US scanning protocol for the diagnosis of CPPD disease. Methods In this cross-sectional study, consecutive patients with a crystal-proven diagnosis of CPPD disease, and age-, sex-matched disease controls and... Read More about Diagnosis of calcium pyrophosphate crystal deposition disease by ultrasonography: how many and which sites should be scanned?.

Menstrual Cycle Associated Alteration of Vastus Lateralis Motor Unit Function (2023)
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Piasecki, J., Guo, Y., Jones, E. J., Phillips, B. E., Stashuk, D. W., Atherton, P. J., & Piasecki, M. (2023). Menstrual Cycle Associated Alteration of Vastus Lateralis Motor Unit Function. Sports Medicine - Open, 9, Article 97. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-023-00639-8

Background: Estrogen and progesterone are the primary female sex hormones and have net excitatory and inhibitory effects, respectively, on neuronal function. Fluctuating concentrations across the menstrual cycle has led to several lines of research i... Read More about Menstrual Cycle Associated Alteration of Vastus Lateralis Motor Unit Function.

Identifying and Managing Frailty: A Survey of UK Healthcare Professionals (2023)
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Frost, R., Robinson, K., Gordon, A., Caldeira de Melo, R., Villas-Boas, P. J. F., Azevedo, P. S., …Gavin, J. P. (2024). Identifying and Managing Frailty: A Survey of UK Healthcare Professionals. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 43(4), 402-412. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648231206321

Frailty is a common condition that leads to multiple adverse outcomes. Frailty should be identified and managed in a holistic, evidence-based and patient-centered way. We aimed to understand how UK healthcare professionals (HCPs) identify and manage... Read More about Identifying and Managing Frailty: A Survey of UK Healthcare Professionals.

Protein dose requirements to maximise skeletal muscle protein synthesis after repeated bouts of resistance exercise in young trained women (2023)
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MALLINSON, J., WARDLE, S., O'LEARY, T., GREEVES, J., CEGIELSKI, J., BASS, J., …GREENHAFF, P. (2023). Protein dose requirements to maximise skeletal muscle protein synthesis after repeated bouts of resistance exercise in young trained women. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 33(12), 2470-2481. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14506

Studies examining the effect of protein (PRO) feeding on post resistance exercise (RE) muscle protein synthesis (MPS) have primarily been performed in men, and little evidence is available regarding the quantity of PRO required to maximally stimulate... Read More about Protein dose requirements to maximise skeletal muscle protein synthesis after repeated bouts of resistance exercise in young trained women.

The student patient alliance: development and formative evaluation of an initiative to support collaborations between patient and public involvement partners and doctoral students (2023)
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Simons, G., Birch, R., Stocks, J., Insch, E., Rijckborst, R., Neag, G., …Falahee, M. (2023). The student patient alliance: development and formative evaluation of an initiative to support collaborations between patient and public involvement partners and doctoral students. BMC Rheumatology, 7(1), Article 36. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41927-023-00359-2

Background While the integration of patient and public involvement (PPI) in clinical research is now widespread and recommended as standard practice, meaningful PPI in pre-clinical, discovery science research is more difficult to achieve. One potent... Read More about The student patient alliance: development and formative evaluation of an initiative to support collaborations between patient and public involvement partners and doctoral students.

ACE I/D genotype associates with strength in sarcopenic men but not with response to ACE inhibitor therapy in older adults with sarcopenia: Results from the LACE trial (2023)
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Rossios, C., Bashir, T., Achison, M., Adamson, S., Akpan, A., Aspray, T., …Kemp, P. R. (2023). ACE I/D genotype associates with strength in sarcopenic men but not with response to ACE inhibitor therapy in older adults with sarcopenia: Results from the LACE trial. PLoS ONE, 18(10), Article e0292402. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292402

Background: Angiotensin II (AII), has been suggested to promote muscle loss. Reducing AII synthesis, by inhibiting angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) activity has been proposed as a method to inhibit muscle loss. The LACE clinical trial was designed... Read More about ACE I/D genotype associates with strength in sarcopenic men but not with response to ACE inhibitor therapy in older adults with sarcopenia: Results from the LACE trial.

Clinicians’ views of prescribing oral and intravenous bisphosphonates for osteoporosis: a qualitative study (2023)
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Bishop, S., Narayanasamy, M. J., Paskins, Z., Corp, N., Bastounis, A., Griffin, J., …Sahota, O. (2023). Clinicians’ views of prescribing oral and intravenous bisphosphonates for osteoporosis: a qualitative study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 24, Article 770. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-023-06865-1

Background Bisphosphonate medications, including alendronate, ibandronate and risedronate administered orally and zoledronate, administered intravenously, are commonly prescribed for the treatment of osteoporosis based on evidence that, correctly tak... Read More about Clinicians’ views of prescribing oral and intravenous bisphosphonates for osteoporosis: a qualitative study.

Associations of Muscle Strength with Central Aspects of Pain: Data from the Knee Pain and Related Health in the Community (KPIC) Cohort (2023)
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McWilliams, D. F., Yue, B., Smith, S. L., Stocks, J., Doherty, M., Valdes, A. M., …Walsh, D. A. (2023). Associations of Muscle Strength with Central Aspects of Pain: Data from the Knee Pain and Related Health in the Community (KPIC) Cohort. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 13(10), Article 1450. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm13101450

Knee pain is associated with lower muscle strength, and both contribute to disability. Peripheral and central neurological mechanisms contribute to OA pain. Understanding the relative contributions of pain mechanisms to muscle strength might help fut... Read More about Associations of Muscle Strength with Central Aspects of Pain: Data from the Knee Pain and Related Health in the Community (KPIC) Cohort.

Impact of Frailty on Emergency Department Encounters for Cardiovascular Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Study (2023)
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Sokhal, B. S., Matetić, A., Abhishek, A., Banerjee, A., Partington, R., Roddy, E., …Mamas, M. A. (2023). Impact of Frailty on Emergency Department Encounters for Cardiovascular Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Study. American Journal of Cardiology, 206, 210-218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.08.138

Data are limited on whether the causes of emergency department (ED) encounters for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and associated clinical outcomes vary by frailty status. Using the United States Nationwide ED Sample, selected CVD encounters (acute my... Read More about Impact of Frailty on Emergency Department Encounters for Cardiovascular Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

A Fecal Metabolite Signature of Impaired Fasting Glucose: Results From Two Independent Population-Based Cohorts (2023)
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Nogal, A., Tettamanzi, F., Dong, Q., Louca, P., Visconti, A., Christiansen, C., …Menni, C. (2023). A Fecal Metabolite Signature of Impaired Fasting Glucose: Results From Two Independent Population-Based Cohorts. Diabetes, 72(12), 1870–1880. https://doi.org/10.2337/db23-0170

Prediabetes is a metabolic condition associated with gut microbiome composition, though mechanisms remain elusive. We searched for faecal metabolites, a readout of gut microbiome function, associated with impaired fasting glucose (IFG) in 142 individ... Read More about A Fecal Metabolite Signature of Impaired Fasting Glucose: Results From Two Independent Population-Based Cohorts.

Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in early dementia and mild cognitive impairment (PrAISED): randomised controlled trial (2023)
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Harwood, R. H., Goldberg, S. E., Brand, A., van Der Wardt, V., Booth, V., Di Lorito, C., …Adams, E. (2023). Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in early dementia and mild cognitive impairment (PrAISED): randomised controlled trial. BMJ, 382, Article e074787. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-074787

Objective: To determine the effectiveness of an exercise and functional activity therapy intervention in adults with early dementia or mild cognitive impairment compared with usual care. Design: Randomised controlled trial. Setting: Participant... Read More about Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in early dementia and mild cognitive impairment (PrAISED): randomised controlled trial.

The facilitators and barriers to improving functional activity and wellbeing in people with dementia: A qualitative study from the Process Evaluation of Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia (PrAISED) (2023)
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Lorito, C. D., Van Der Wardt, V., Pollock, K., Howe, L., Booth, V., Logan, P., …Harwood, R. H. (2023). The facilitators and barriers to improving functional activity and wellbeing in people with dementia: A qualitative study from the Process Evaluation of Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia (PrAISED). Age and Ageing, 52(8), Article afad166. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afad166

Background. The PRomoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia (PrAISED) study delivered an exercise and functional activity programme to participants living with dementia. A Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) showed no measurable be... Read More about The facilitators and barriers to improving functional activity and wellbeing in people with dementia: A qualitative study from the Process Evaluation of Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia (PrAISED).

The impact of ageing on adults with cerebral palsy (2023)
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Bell, B., Shah, S., Coulson, N., McLaughlin, J., Logan, P., Luke, R., & Avery, A. J. (2023). The impact of ageing on adults with cerebral palsy. British Journal of General Practice Open, 7(4), Article 0028. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2023.0028

Background Cerebral palsy (CP) is one of the most common neurological disorders in children and results in lifelong physical impairments. Adults with CP have approximately the same life expectancy as their non-disabled peers, so helping them to stay... Read More about The impact of ageing on adults with cerebral palsy.

The use of non‐invasive brain stimulation techniques to reduce body weight and food cravings: A systematic review and meta‐analysis (2023)
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Alhindi, Y. A., Khalifa, N., Al-Khyatt, W., & Idris, I. (2023). The use of non‐invasive brain stimulation techniques to reduce body weight and food cravings: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Clinical Obesity, 13(6), Article e12611. https://doi.org/10.1111/cob.12611

Several studies demonstrated non‐invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) techniques such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) are safe and simple techniques that can reduce body weight, food cravings... Read More about The use of non‐invasive brain stimulation techniques to reduce body weight and food cravings: A systematic review and meta‐analysis.