Browse research from the School of Health Professions.
Submissions from 2016
Superficial warming and cooling of the leg affects walking speed and neuromuscular impairments in people with spastic paraparesis, A. Denton, L. Bunn, A. Hough, G. Bugmann, and J. Marsden
The organisation of physiotherapy for people with multiple sclerosis across Europe: a multicentre questionnaire survey, Kamila Rasova, Jenny Freeman, Patricia Martinkova, Marketa Pavlikova, Davide Cattaneo, Johanna Jonsdottir, Thomas Henze, Ilse Baert, Asch P Van, Carme Santoyo, Tori Smedal, Antonie Giæver Beiske, Małgorzata Stachowiak, Mariusz Kovalewski, Una Nedeljkovic, Daphne Bakalidou, José Manuel Alves Guerreiro, Ylva Nilsagård, Erieta Nikolikj Dimitrova, Mario Habek, Kadriye Armutlu, Cécile Donzé, Elaine Ross, Ana Maria Ilie, Andrej Martić, Anders Romberg, and Peter Feys
The use of dynamic elastomeric fabric orthosis suits as an orthotic intervention in the management of children with neuropathic onset scoliosis: A retrospective audit of routine clinical case notes, Martin Matthews, Suzanne Blandford, Jonathan Marsden, and Jennifer Freeman
Broadening understandings of occupational identity: illustrations from a research study of homeless adults., MJ Cunningham
"Holding on to What I Do": Experiences of Older Slovenians Moving into a Care Home, Tanja Križaj, Alison Warren, and Anita Slade
Effectiveness and user experience of web-based interventions for increasing physical activity in people with multiple sclerosis, Rachel Dennett, Elaine Coulter, Lorna Paul, and Jennifer Freeman
Impacts of High-Protein Oral Nutritional Supplements Among Malnourished Men and Women with Sarcopenia: A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blinded, Controlled Trial, Joel T. Cramer, Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft, Francesco Landi, Mary Hickson, Mauro Zamboni, Suzette L. Pereira, Deborah S. Hustead, and Vikkie A. Mustad
USING CREATIVE METHODS TO ENGAGE ‘MARGINALIZED’ GROUPS IN FOOD/NUTRITION ACTIVITIES: A PLYMOUTH PILOT STUDY, C Pettinger, M Cunningham, JM Parsons, R Ayres, G D'Aprano, A Whiteford, and G Letherby
Getting the right balance: insole design alters the static balance of people with diabetes and neuropathy, Joanne Paton, Sam Glasser, Richard Collings, and Jon Marsden
Increased peptide YY blood concentrations, not decreased acyl-ghrelin, are associated with reduced hunger and food intake in healthy older women: Preliminary evidence., Mary Hickson, Charlotte Moss, Waljit S. Dhillo, Jeanne Bottin, and Gary Frost
Prohealth@home: A feasibility study exploring the use of dietitians communicating with individuals at high risk of diabetes via a web based app to reduce the risk of developing diabetes., A Collinson, T Parkin, and M McMullan
Concurrent Investigation of Global Motion and Form Processing in Amblyopia: An Equivalent Noise Approach, Mahesh R. Joshi, Anita J. Simmers, and Seong T. Jeon
Randomised Feasibility Study of Physiotherapy for Patients with Functional Motor Symptoms, J. Marsden
Factors associated with limited exercise capacity and feasibility of high intensity interval training in people with mild to moderate Parkinson's disease, Bernhard Haas, Sally Cinnamond, Heather Hunter, and Jonathan Marsden
Food narratives from women in recovery (from alcohol and substance abuse), C Pettinger
Emergency Cricothyrotomy: Revised anatomy and its implications for clinical practice, T Nutbeam, DG Enki, R Clarke, T Luff, and D Gay
Mainstreaming ‘sustainable food’ as a health issue? A workshop to share best practice in sustainable public health food policy, C Pettinger and E Atherton
Nothing more than a curve: a common mechanism for the detection of radial and non-radial frequency patterns?, G Schmidtmann and F Kingdom
Factors affecting sustained engagement in walking for health: A focus group study, Rosi Raine, Anne Roberts, Lynne Callaghan, Zoe Sydenham, and Katrina Bannigan
Frailty Prevention and Treatment: Why Registered Dietitian Nutritionists Need to Take Charge, Rachel Wilkinson, Mary E. Arensberg, Mary Hickson, and Johanna T. Dwyer
An introduction to nutrition for an optometrist, NL Szostek, H Buckhurst, P Buckhurst, C Purslow, and A Collinson
Effects of Pilates-Based Core Stability Training in Ambulant People With Multiple Sclerosis: Multicenter, Assessor-Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial, Esther E. Fox, Alan D. Hough, Siobhan Creanor, Margaret Gear, and Jennifer A. Freeman
Management of the ataxias towards best clinical practice, C Bates, P Baxter, H Bonney, F Bremner, L Bunn, Perez-Tome M Carrillo, M Chung, L Cipolotti, Silva R de, K Duberley, J Ealing, A Emmanuel, P Giunti, P Greenfield, M Hadjivassiliou, N Harshavardhana, K Hayward, C Hendriksz, J Hersheson, R Horvath, J Hurford, F Jaffer, C Kilbride, A Lowit, J Marsden, A Nemeth, MHH Noordeen, J Panicker, A Pantazis, M Parkinson, L Redmond, and K Uus
Burden of treatment in the light of the international classification of functioning, disability and health: a “best fit” framework synthesis, A-CV Gonçalves, CIO Jácome, SH Demain, KJ Hunt, and ASPDD Marques
DEVELOPING PROBLEM BASED LEARNING IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, MJ Cunningham, A Warren, T Krizaj, R Twinley, and S Mitchell
EXPANDING CONCEPTUALISATIONS OF OCCUPATIONAL IDENTITY: DRAWING FROM THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF HOMELESSNESS, MJ Cunningham and A slade
EXPLORING RESIDING IN A HOMELESS HOSTEL IN THE UK THE USE OF ‘FOOD AS A LIFE-STYLE MOTIVATOR’ AMONGST HOMELESS PEOPLE: A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT, MJ Cunningham, C Pettinger, J Parsons, C Sutton, A Whiteford, R Ayres, G D'Aprano, L Withers, and G Letherby
An observational study of implicit motor imagery using laterality recognition of the hand after stroke, Jon Marsden
Getting the right balance: Insole design alters static balance in people with diabetic neuropathy, J Paton, S Glasser, R Collings, and J Marsden
The validity and reliability of the EValuation of INtervention Scale: Preliminary report, Beverley Hicks, Inga Warren, Agneta Kleberg, Joseph Eliahoo, Kanwaljeet J.S. Anand, and Mary Hickson
Benefits of walking and solo experiences in UK wild places, E Freeman, J Akhurst, K Bannigan, and H James
Advances in Ophthalmic Techniques and Technology: What should I note when assessing the retinal vasculature?, SA Mroczkowska
Assessing the impact of upper limb disability following stroke: a qualitative enquiry using internet-based personal accounts of stroke survivors, Leon Poltawski, Rhoda Allison, Simon Briscoe, Jennifer Freeman, Cherry Kilbride, Debbie Neal, Ailie J. Turton, and Sarah Dean
Standing up in multiple sclerosis (SUMS): protocol for a multi-centre randomised controlled trial evaluating the clinical and cost effectiveness of a home-based self-management standing frame programme in people with progressive multiple sclerosis., J. A. Freeman, W. Hendrie, S. Creanor, L. Jarrett, A. Barton, C. Green, J. Marsden, E. Rogers, and J. Zajicek
Process Evaluation Cities of Service ‘Grow, Share, Cook’ Project Plymouth, C Pettinger and R Bonney
Rejecting probability summation for radial frequency patterns, not so Quick!, Alex S. Baldwin, Gunnar Schmidtmann, Frederick A.A. Kingdom, and Robert F. Hess
Standardized Assessment of Hereditary Ataxia Patients in Clinical Studies, Brigitte K. Paap, Sandra Roeske, Alexandra Durr, Ludger Schöls, Tetsuo Ashizawa, Sylvia Boesch, Lisa M. Bunn, Martin B. Delatycki, Paola Giunti, Stéphane Lehéricy, Caterina Mariotti, Jörg Melegh, Massimo Pandolfo, Chantal M.E. Tallaksen, Dagmar Timmann, Shoji Tsuji, Jörg Bela Schulz, de Warrenburg BP van, and Thomas Klockgether
Dietary supplement use and nosebleeds in hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia - an observational study., B Chamali, H Finnamore, R Manning, MA Laffan, M Hickson, K Whelan, and CL Shovlin
A Case Study Exploring the Influence of a Gardening Therapy Group on Well-Being, Jenny Joyce and Alison Warren
Imagining circles – Empirical data and a perceptual model for the arc-size illusion, Gunnar Schmidtmann, Marouane Ouhnana, Gunter Loffler, and Frederick A.A. Kingdom
Rehabilitation goals of people with spinal cord injuries can be classified against the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Core Set for spinal cord injuries, B. Haas, E. D. Playford, A. Q. Ahmad, T. Yildiran, A. J. Gibbon, and J. A. Freeman
Supervising role-emerging placements: a CPD opportunity that supports innovation in practice, Alison Warren, Karina Dancza, K, Elizabeth McKay, Ann Taylor, Monica Moran, Jodie Copley, and Sylvia Rodger
International Perspectives on the State-as-Parent: Naı¨ve Idealism or Reluctant Pragmatism, PA Welbourne and J Dixon
Rater reliability and scoring duration of the Quality Function Measure in ambulant children with hyperkinetic movement disorders, Jonathan Marsden
Exploring food experiences and challenges in traditionally hard-to-reach adults through a cross-sectional questionnaire., R Burnett, C Hallam, R Kirby, H Ponting, N White, and C Pettinger
Do tilt-in-space wheelchairs increase occupational engagement: a critical literature review, J Harrand and K Bannigan
ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES OF PARAMEDIC RECRUITMENT AND ENGAGEMENT IN AIRWAYS-2, R Pilbery, J Green, H Hall, and G Whitley
An investigation of commonly prescribed stretches of the ankle plantarflexors in people with Multiple Sclerosis, J. Marsden, J. Ofori, J. Freeman, A. Logan, R. Rapson, J. Zajieck, and J. Hobart
Exploring the importance of ‘sustainability principles’ for dietetic practice and how to streamline these into the dietetic curriculum- a scoping review of the possibilities, Clare Pettinger, W Miller, Harriet Dismore, R Horsfall, and E Atheron
Fall risk in people with MS: A Physiological Profile Assessment study, Phu D. Hoang, Meryem Baysan, Hilary Gunn, Michelle Cameron, Jenny Freeman, Jennifer Nitz, Choy NL Low, and Stephen R. Lord
‘More than scaling-up’: Sustainability contexts, competencies, and consequences - a critical inquiry, Stephen Sterling, Paul Warwick, Wendy Miller, Harold Glasser, and Marco Rieckmann
Objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviour profiles of people moderately affected by Multiple Sclerosis, EH Coulter, J Freeman, L Miller, B Weller, A Mcconnachie, PG Mattiosn, O Wu, and L Paul
Reading the Mind in the Blink of an Eye - A novel database for facial expressions, G Schmidtmann, D Sleiman, J Pollack, and I Gold
Short Duration Small Sided Football and to a Lesser Extent Whole Body Vibration Exercise Induce Acute Changes in Markers of Bone Turnover, J. L. Bowtell, S. R. Jackman, S. Scott, L. J. Connolly, M. Mohr, G. Ermidis, R. Julian, F. Yousefian, E. W. Helge, N. R. Jørgensen, J. Fulford, K. M. Knapp, and P. Krustrup
Submissions from 2015
Probability, not linear summation, mediates the detection of concentric orientation-defined textures, Gunnar Schmidtmann, Ben J. Jennings, Jason Bell, and Frederick A.A. Kingdom
Development and psychometric evaluation of a new patient -reported outcome measure for stroke self -management: The Southampton Stroke Self - Management Questionnaire (SSSMQ), EJ Boger, M Hankins, SH Demain, and SM Latter
Shape recognition: convexities, concavities and things in between, Gunnar Schmidtmann, Ben J. Jennings, and Frederick A.A. Kingdom
Nutritional interventions in sarcopenia: a critical review, Mary Hickson
Tablet App halometer for the assessment of dysphotopsia, PJ Buckhurst, Shehzad A. Naroo, Leon N. Davies, Sunil Shah, H Buckhurst, Alec Kingsnorth, Tom Drew, and James S. Wolffsohn
Non-transferrin-bound iron is associated with biomarkers of oxidative stress, inflammation and endothelial dysfunction in type 2 diabetes, Husam Aljwaid, Desley L. White, Keith J. Collard, A. John Moody, and Jonathan H. Pinkney
Presbyopic LASIK Using Hybrid Bi-Aspheric Micro-Monovision Ablation Profile for Presbyopic Corneal Treatments, Michiel H.A. Luger, Colm McAlinden, Philip J. Buckhurst, James S. Wolffsohn, Shwetabh Verma, and Mosquera S Arba
Shape recognition: convexities, concavities and things in between, G Schmidtmann, B Jennings, and F Kingdom
Measurement of Scleral Thickness in Humans Using Anterior Segment Optical Coherent Tomography, Hetal D. Buckhurst, Bernard Gilmartin, Robert P. Cubbidge, and Nicola S. Logan
Self-Management and Self-Management Support Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Mixed Research Synthesis of Stakeholder Views, E Boger, J Ellis, S Latter, C Foster, A Kennedy, F Jones, V Fenerty, I Kellar, and S Demain
An occupational perspective on the lived experience of homelessness, MJ Cunningham
Living With, Managing and Minimising Treatment Burden in Long Term Conditions: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Research, S Demain, A-C Gonçalves, C Areia, R Oliveira, AJ Marcos, A Marques, R Parmar, and K Hunt
Knee posture during gait and global functioning post-stroke: a theoretical ICF framework using current measures in stroke rehabilitation, MCN Rosa, A Marques, S Demain, and CD Metcalf
Development of radial optic flow pattern sensitivity at different speeds, Mahesh Raj Joshi and Helle K. Falkenberg
Distinct lower visual field preference for object shape, Gunnar Schmidtmann, Andrew J. Logan, Graeme J. Kennedy, Gael E. Gordon, and Gunter Loffler
Modeling probability and additive summation for detection across multiple mechanisms under the assumptions of signal detection theory, Frederick A.A. Kingdom, Alex S. Baldwin, and Gunnar Schmidtmann
Lack of weight recording in patients being administered narrow therapeutic index antibiotics: a prospective cross-sectional study, Esmita Charani, Myriam Gharbi, Mary Hickson, Shokri Othman, Aisha Alfituri, Gary Frost, and Alison Holmes
Safety and effectiveness of a new toric presbyopia-correcting posterior chamber silicone intraocular lens., Jay S. Pepose, Jon Hayashida, John Hovanesian, James Davies, Phillips Kirk Labor, Jeffrey Whitman, Harvey Carter, Michael Colvard, Phillip J. Buckhurst, Omid Khodai, David Mittleman, and Gregg Feinerman
Treatment of progressive multiple sclerosis: what works, what does not, and what is needed., Anthony Feinstein, Jenny Freeman, and Albert C. Lo
Fast gait speed and self-perceived balance as valid predictors and discriminators of independent community walking at 6 months post-stroke – a preliminary study, MC Rosa, A Marques, S Demain, and CD Metcalf
Falls in people with MS - An individual data meta-analysis from studies from Australia, Sweden, United Kingdom and the United States, Y. Nilsagard, H. Gunn, J. Freeman, P. Hoang, S. Lord, Rajarshi Mazumder, and Michelle Cameron
Identifying factors which enhance capacity to engage in clinical education among podiatry practitioners: an action research project, S Abey, S Lea, L Callaghan, D Cotton, and S Shaw
Imagining Circles: A perceptual model for the Arc-Size Illusion, G Schmidtmann, M Ouhnana, and F Kingdom
Physical therapy provision in multiple sclerosis across Europe: a regional lottery?, K Rasova, P Martinkova, M Pavlikova, D Cattaneo, J Jonsdottir, T Henze, I Baert, Asch P Van, C Santoyo, T Smedal, AG Beiske, M Stachowiak, M Kovalewski, U Nedeljkovic, D Bakalidou, J Alves-Guerreiro, Y Nilsagard, EN Dimitrova, M Habek, K Armutlu, C Donze, E Ross, AM Ilie, A Martic, J Freeman, A Romberg, and P Feys
Stroke self-management: A focus group study to identify the factors influencing self-management following stroke, EJ Boger, SH Demain, and SM Latter
Submissions from 2014
Shape recognition: Convexities, concavities and things in between, G Schmidtmann, BJ Jennings, S Guimond, and FAA Kingdom
A descriptive exploratory study of how admissions caused by medication-related harm are documented within inpatients’ medical records, Matthew Reynolds, Mary Hickson, Ann Jacklin, and Bryony Dean Franklin
Translation of evidence-based Assistive Technologies into stroke rehabilitation: users’ perceptions of the barriers and opportunities, A-M Hughes, JH Burridge, SH Demain, C Ellis-Hill, C Meagher, L Tedesco-Triccas, R Turk, and I Swain
Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in glaucomatous Nepalese eyes and its relation with visual field sensitivity, Safal Khanal, Madhu Thapa, Lyne Racette, Richard Johnson, Pinakin Gunvant Davey, Mahesh Raj Joshi, and Gauri Shankar Shrestha
Time is of the Essence: Risk and the Public Law Outline, Judicial Discretion and the Determination of a Child’s Best Interests, PA Welbourne
Greater professional empathy leads to higher agreement about decisions made in the consultation, Tracey Parkin, Looy A de, and Paul Farrand
Methodologies to assess muscle co-contraction during gait in people with neurological impairment – A systematic literature review, MCN Rosa, A Marques, S Demain, CD Metcalf, and J Rodrigues
Patients' Experience of therapeutic footwear whilst living at risk of neuropathic diabetic foot ulceration: an interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA)., Joanne S. Paton, Anne Roberts, Graham K. Bruce, and Jonathan Marsden
Lower limb co-contraction during walking in subjects with stroke: A systematic review, MCN Rosa, A Marques, S Demain, and CD Metcalf
Studies on the stability and compatibility of cytotoxic drug Infusions with the Tevadaptor device, GJ Sewell and M Massimini
Submissions from 2013
Hemorrhage-Adjusted Iron Requirements, Hematinics and Hepcidin Define Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia as a Model of Hemorrhagic Iron Deficiency, Helen Finnamore, Couteur J Le, Mary Hickson, Mark Busbridge, Kevin Whelan, and Claire L. Shovlin
Detecting shapes in noise: tuning characteristics of global shape mechanisms, Gunnar Schmidtmann, Gael E. Gordon, David M. Bennett, and Gunter Loffler
Submissions from 2012
A comparison of customised and prefabricated insoles to reduce risk factors for neuropathic diabetic foot ulceration: a participant-blinded randomised controlled trial., Joanne S. Paton, Elizabeth A. Stenhouse, Graham Bruce, Daniel Zahra, and Ray B. Jones
The Effect of Tenofovir on Vitamin D Metabolism in HIV-Infected Adults Is Dependent on Sex and Ethnicity, Karen Klassen, Adrian R. Martineau, Robert J. Wilkinson, Graham Cooke, Alan P. Courtney, and Mary Hickson
Non-linear global pooling in the discrimination of circular and non-circular shapes, Gunnar Schmidtmann, Graeme J. Kennedy, Harry S. Orbach, and Gunter Loffler
Pilates based core stability training in ambulant individuals with multiple sclerosis: protocol for a multi-centre randomised controlled trial., Jennifer Freeman, Esther Fox, Margaret Gear, and Alan Hough
Exploring the effect of pelvic belt configurations upon athletic lumbopelvic pain, Leanne Sawle, Jennifer Freeman, Jonathan Marsden, and M Mathews
Food Cultures: Growing Cooking Eating - An exploration of improving food practices in young men and older adults in Plymouth, C Pettinger and E Whitelaw
Submissions from 2011
Ocular Morbidity among Children Attending Government and Private Schools of Kathmandu Valley, RK Shrestha, MR Joshi, R Ghising, and A Rizyal
