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The 'Tricky Dance' of Advocacy: A Study of Non-legal Mental Health Advocacy
Advocacy in compulsory mental health settings is complex and contested, incorporating legal, non-legal, representational and best interests advocacy. This paper presents an approach to non-legal representational advocacy ... -
Quadriceps Arthrogenic Muscle Inhibition: The Effects of Experimental Knee Joint Effusion on Motor Cortex Excitability
(BioMed Central, 2014)Introduction Marked weakness of the quadriceps muscles is typically observed following injury, surgery or pathology affecting the knee joint. This is partly due to ongoing neural inhibition that prevents the central nervous ... -
The Effects of Resistance Training on Muscle Strength, Joint Pain, and Hand Function in Individuals With Hand Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2017)Background: Hand osteoarthritis is a common condition characterised by joint pain and muscle weakness. These factors are thought to contribute to ongoing disability. Some evidence exists that resistance training decreases ... -
Open, Trusting Relationships Underpin Safety in Rural Maternity a Hermeneutic Phenomenology Study
(BioMed Central, 2016)Background There are interwoven personal, professional and organisational relationships to be navigated in maternity in all regions. In rural regions relationships are integral to safe maternity care. Yet there is a paucity ... -
Validation of the Chinese Manchester Foot Pain and Disability Index (C-MFPDI) Among Patients With Inflammatory Arthritis
(BioMed Central, 2019)Background The Manchester Foot Pain and Disability Index (MFPDI) is a patient-reported outcome tool used to measure foot pain and foot-related disability. The English version of the MFPDI has been successfully translated ... -
Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours (KAB) Surveys on Concussion in Sports: Parents 2018 Survey Report #2 to Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC)
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Important Features of Retail Shoes for Women With Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Delphi Consensus Survey
Objectives Footwear management aims to preserve foot function, reduce the burden of foot pain and maintain joint mobility in women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Whilst retail footwear is commonly recommended by health ... -
What's Real Is Immaterial: What Are We Doing With New Materialism?
(University of Ottawa, 2020)New materialism is emerging as one of the most significant developments in healthcare research in recent years, offering radical new ways to rethink our critical relationship with forms, matter, objects and things. As with ... -
Reliability of a Two-probe Ultrasound Imaging Procedure to Measure Strain in the Achilles Tendon
(BioMed Central, 2019)Background: Alteration in the strain properties of the Achilles tendon may lead to adaptations such as pathological stiffening. Stiff tendons have reduced adaptive ability, which may increase the risk for developing ... -
The Effect of Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Motor Learning: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
(Frontiers Media, 2019)Background: Cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation (ctDCS) appears to modulate motor performance in both adaptation and motor skill tasks; however, whether the gains are long-lasting is unclear. Objectives: ... -
When Every Second Counts: Ampoule Versus Adrenaline Auto-injector Administration for Life-threatening Allergy
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Interprofessional Practice: Beyond Competence
(Springer Verlag, 2019)Interprofessional practice is commonly discussed in the literature in terms of competencies. In this study we move away from the theoretical notions of criteria, concepts and guidelines to adopt an ontological approach ... -
Best Evidence Rehabilitation for Chronic Pain Part 5: Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of chronic pain and disability in older adults, which most commonly affects the joints of the knee, hip, and hand. To date, there are no established disease modifying interventions ... -
Self-paced Online Vs. Cue-based Offline Brain-computer Interfaces for Inducing Neural Plasticity
(MDPI AG, 2019)Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), operated in a cue-based (offline) or self-paced (online) mode, can be used for inducing cortical plasticity for stroke rehabilitation by the pairing of movement-related brain activity with ... -
A Systematic Review of Paired Associative Stimulation (PAS) to Modulate Lower Limb Corticomotor Excitability: Implications for Stimulation Parameter Selection and Experimental Design
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2019)Non-invasive neuromodulatory interventions have the potential to influence neural plasticity and augment motor rehabilitation in people with stroke. Paired associative stimulation (PAS) involves the repeated pairing of ... -
Physiotherapy Treatment and Rehabilitation Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury in New Zealand: Are We Doing Enough?
(New Zealand Society of Physiotherapists Inc, 2019)Physiotherapists are lead providers of rehabilitation following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in New Zealand. Rehabilitation is considered an essential component following ACL injuries, but there is considerable ... -
Protocol: Effectiveness of Interventions To Support People With Mild-moderate Mental Health Conditions Gain Paid Work – Systematic Review
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Protocol: Barriers and Facilitators To Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment-related Support for Indigenous Peoples – Systematic Review
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Protocol: Support for Gaining Employment For People With Long-term Conditions – Qualitative Systematic Review
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Regulating Our Emergency Care Paramedics
(New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA), 2015)Ambulance paramedics administering emergency care to patients are delivering a health service as defined in the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act, 2003. Paramedics practice a wide range of skills without direct ...