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How to assess patients presenting with musculoskeletal conditions (2024)
Journal Article
Lethbridge, D. (online). How to assess patients presenting with musculoskeletal conditions. Nursing Times, 120, Article 11

A musculoskeletal assessment includes an assessment of the active and passive range of motion, muscle strength testing and factors such as tenderness and inflammation of the joints. Understanding the key components is imperative for advanced nurse pr... Read More about How to assess patients presenting with musculoskeletal conditions.

Emerging Technologies in Healthcare: Interpersonal and Client-Based Perspectives (2024)
Book Chapter
Killingback, C., & Naylor, J. (2024). Emerging Technologies in Healthcare: Interpersonal and Client-Based Perspectives. In C. M. Hayre, D. Muller, M. Scherer, P. M. Hackett, & A. Gordley-Smith (Eds.), Emerging Technologies in Healthcare Interpersonal and Client Based Perspectives. CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003272786-1

Modern healthcare has made substantial strides in improving the health and well-being of people through technological advances. Despite such progress, there remains a sense that something may be missing. For example, there have been growing calls fro... Read More about Emerging Technologies in Healthcare: Interpersonal and Client-Based Perspectives.

Surgical and rehabilitation outcomes of patients undergoing through knee amputation compared with above knee amputation (2023)
Journal Article
Gordon, H., Hebenton, J., Davie-Smith, F., Twiddy, M., Smith, G., & Carradice, D. (2023). Surgical and rehabilitation outcomes of patients undergoing through knee amputation compared with above knee amputation. Journal of Vascular Societies Great Britain and Ireland, 2(4), 208-214. https://doi.org/10.54522/jvsgbi.2023.081

Background: Through knee amputation (TKA) may offer benefits over above knee amputation (AKA) in patients unsuitable for below knee amputation. This retrospective analysis compared surgical and rehabilitation outcomes post TKA and AKA.

Methods: Al... Read More about Surgical and rehabilitation outcomes of patients undergoing through knee amputation compared with above knee amputation.

Telerehabilitation for patients who have been hospitalised with covid-19: a qualitative study (2023)
Journal Article
Killingback, C., Thompson, M., Nettleton, M., Hyde, L., Marshall, P., Shepherdson, J., …Simpson, A. J. (2023). Telerehabilitation for patients who have been hospitalised with covid-19: a qualitative study. Disability and Rehabilitation, https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2022.2159075

Purpose: The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the views of participants of a group-based, supervised, telerehabilitation programme, following discharge from hospital with Covid-19. This study was part of a single-centre, fast-track (wait-... Read More about Telerehabilitation for patients who have been hospitalised with covid-19: a qualitative study.

Group-based pulmonary telerehabilitation is feasible, safe, beneficial and well-received in patients who have been hospitalised with COVID-19 (2022)
Journal Article
Simpson, A. J., Green, A., Nettleton, M., Hyde, L., Shepherdson, J., Killingback, C., …Crooks, M. G. (2023). Group-based pulmonary telerehabilitation is feasible, safe, beneficial and well-received in patients who have been hospitalised with COVID-19. ERJ Open Research, 9(2), Article 00373-2022. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00373-2022

Introduction Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused worldwide mass hospitalisation. The need for multidisciplinary post-hospitalisation rehabilitation is becoming increasingly apparent, and telerehabilitation has been endorsed. The aim of stu... Read More about Group-based pulmonary telerehabilitation is feasible, safe, beneficial and well-received in patients who have been hospitalised with COVID-19.

Steroid injections in musculoskeletal conditions and COVID infection rates: What is the impact on positive rates following the injection? (2022)
Journal Article
Lethbridge, D., & O'Shea, S. (2022). Steroid injections in musculoskeletal conditions and COVID infection rates: What is the impact on positive rates following the injection?. Musculoskeletal Care, https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1707

Background and aim
Therapeutic glucocorticosteroid injections are commonly utilised to manage musculoskeletal complaints. Following the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, national guidelines advised against their use due to potential immunosuppressant effects. Th... Read More about Steroid injections in musculoskeletal conditions and COVID infection rates: What is the impact on positive rates following the injection?.

Development of a framework for person-centred physiotherapy (2022)
Journal Article
Killingback, C., Green, A., & Naylor, J. (2022). Development of a framework for person-centred physiotherapy. Physical Therapy Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1080/10833196.2022.2129157

Background
There is a growing call for healthcare to focus on person-centred practice. This can lead to improved outcomes for patients in terms of physical and psychological health. Challenges exist around how person-centredness is understood in phy... Read More about Development of a framework for person-centred physiotherapy.

“I Hear the Music and My Spirits Lift!” Pleasure and Ballroom Dancing for Community-Dwelling Older Adults. (2022)
Journal Article
Chipperfield, S., & Bissell, P. (2022). “I Hear the Music and My Spirits Lift!” Pleasure and Ballroom Dancing for Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, https://doi.org/10.1123/japa.2021-0332

Physical activity for older adults is recommended to encourage the maintenance of functional autonomy and improve mental health. Ballroom dancing involves aerobic, strength and balance work and is an inherently social activity. This 12-month qualitat... Read More about “I Hear the Music and My Spirits Lift!” Pleasure and Ballroom Dancing for Community-Dwelling Older Adults..

Impact of contextual factors on patient outcomes following conservative low back pain treatment: systematic review (2022)
Journal Article
Sherriff, B., Clark, C., Killingback, C., & Newell, D. (2022). Impact of contextual factors on patient outcomes following conservative low back pain treatment: systematic review. Chiropractic & manual therapies, 30(1), Article 20. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12998-022-00430-8

Background and objective
Chronic low back pain is pervasive, societally impactful, and current treatments only provide moderate relief. Exploring whether therapeutic elements, either unrecognised or perceived as implicit within clinical encounters,... Read More about Impact of contextual factors on patient outcomes following conservative low back pain treatment: systematic review.

What are the views of musculoskeletal physiotherapists and patients on person-centred practice? A systematic review of qualitative studies (2022)
Journal Article
Naylor, J., Killingback, C., & Green, A. (in press). What are the views of musculoskeletal physiotherapists and patients on person-centred practice? A systematic review of qualitative studies. Disability and Rehabilitation, https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2022.2055165

Purpose
There is a growing expectation of physiotherapists to adopt a person-centred approach to their practice. Person-centredness for musculoskeletal physiotherapy, however, remains an under-researched area. A synthesis of the findings from qualit... Read More about What are the views of musculoskeletal physiotherapists and patients on person-centred practice? A systematic review of qualitative studies.

Tele-rehabilitation for patients who have been hospitalised with Covid-19: a mixed-methods feasibility trial protocol (2022)
Journal Article
Hyde, L., Simpson, A. J., Nettleton, M., Shepherdson, J., Killingback, C., Marshall, P., …Green, A. (2022). Tele-rehabilitation for patients who have been hospitalised with Covid-19: a mixed-methods feasibility trial protocol. Physical Therapy Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1080/10833196.2022.2028963

Background: Tele-rehabilitation has been proposed as a post-hospitalisation rehabilitation pathway for Covid-19 survivors, however patients’ willingness and ability to engage with this online intervention remains unknown. Objectives: The aim of this... Read More about Tele-rehabilitation for patients who have been hospitalised with Covid-19: a mixed-methods feasibility trial protocol.

The effect of bio-banding on the anthropometric, physical fitness and functional movement characteristics of academy soccer players (2021)
Journal Article
MacMaster, C., Portas, M., Parkin, G., Cumming, S., Wilcox, C., & Towlson, C. (2021). The effect of bio-banding on the anthropometric, physical fitness and functional movement characteristics of academy soccer players. PLoS ONE, 16(11), Article e0260136. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260136

The study examined if maturity status bio-banding reduces within-group variance in anthropometric, physical fitness and functional movement characteristics of 319, under-14 and under-15 players from 19 UK professional soccer academies. Bio-banding re... Read More about The effect of bio-banding on the anthropometric, physical fitness and functional movement characteristics of academy soccer players.

Teaching person-centred practice in physiotherapy curricula: a literature review (2021)
Journal Article
Killingback, C., Tomlinson, A., Stern, J., & Whitfield, C. (2022). Teaching person-centred practice in physiotherapy curricula: a literature review. Physical Therapy Reviews, 27(1), 40-50. https://doi.org/10.1080/10833196.2021.2000287

Background: There is a growing expectation that healthcare should focus on the needs of the individual patient with the philosophy of person-centred practice as the central model for care delivery. Given the importance of person-centred practice, the... Read More about Teaching person-centred practice in physiotherapy curricula: a literature review.

Being more than “just a bog-standard knee”: the role of person-centred practice in physiotherapy: a narrative inquiry (2021)
Journal Article
Killingback, C., Clark, C., & Green, A. (2021). Being more than “just a bog-standard knee”: the role of person-centred practice in physiotherapy: a narrative inquiry. Disability and Rehabilitation, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2021.1948118

Purpose
The aim of this study was to understand how physiotherapeutic encounters were experienced over time by one service user and the extent to which the encounters were person-centred.

Methods
This narrative inquiry study had one participant... Read More about Being more than “just a bog-standard knee”: the role of person-centred practice in physiotherapy: a narrative inquiry.

Physiotherapists’ views on their role in self-management approaches: A qualitative systematic review (2021)
Journal Article
Killingback, C., Thompson, M., Chipperfield, S., Clark, C., & Williams, J. (in press). Physiotherapists’ views on their role in self-management approaches: A qualitative systematic review. Physiotherapy theory and practice, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593985.2021.1911011

Background: Self-management has been an increasingly important aspect of helping people manage their long-term conditions. The aim of this qualitative review was to synthesize the views of physiotherapists concerning their delivery of a self-manageme... Read More about Physiotherapists’ views on their role in self-management approaches: A qualitative systematic review.

‘Everyone's so kind and jolly it boosts my spirits, if you know what I mean’: A humanising perspective on exercise programme participation (2021)
Journal Article
Killingback, C., Tsofliou, F., & Clark, C. (in press). ‘Everyone's so kind and jolly it boosts my spirits, if you know what I mean’: A humanising perspective on exercise programme participation. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.12973

Background
Maintaining a physically active lifestyle across the life course can add to an individual's health and well‐being. Many people are insufficiently active to achieve these gains with a trend towards further decreases in activity as people a... Read More about ‘Everyone's so kind and jolly it boosts my spirits, if you know what I mean’: A humanising perspective on exercise programme participation.

Through-knee versus above-knee amputation for vascular and non-vascular major lower limb amputations (Protocol) (2021)
Journal Article
Crane, H., Boam, G., Carradice, D., Vanicek, N., Twiddy, M., & Smith, G. E. (2021). Through-knee versus above-knee amputation for vascular and non-vascular major lower limb amputations (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2021(1), Article CD013839. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013839

Objectives: This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows:. To assess the effects of through-knee amputation compared to above-knee amputation on clinical and rehabilitation outcomes and complication rates in... Read More about Through-knee versus above-knee amputation for vascular and non-vascular major lower limb amputations (Protocol).

Transitions from healthcare to self-care: a qualitative study of falls service practitioners' views on self-management (2020)
Journal Article
Killingback, C., Thompson, M. A., Chipperfield, S., Clark, C., & Williams, J. (2022). Transitions from healthcare to self-care: a qualitative study of falls service practitioners' views on self-management. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44(12), 2683-2690. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2020.1849423

Purpose
The aim of this study was to understand the views of falls service practitioners regarding: their role in supporting self-management of falls prevention; and a transition pathway from National Health Service (NHS) exercise-based falls interv... Read More about Transitions from healthcare to self-care: a qualitative study of falls service practitioners' views on self-management.

Ballroom Dancing for Community-dwelling Older Adults: A 12-month Study of the Effect on Well-being, Balance and Falls Risk (2020)
Journal Article
Chipperfield, S. R., & Stephenson, J. (2022). Ballroom Dancing for Community-dwelling Older Adults: A 12-month Study of the Effect on Well-being, Balance and Falls Risk. Activities, Adaptation and Aging, 46(2), 124-140. https://doi.org/10.1080/01924788.2020.1797437

Physical activities that involve muscle strengthening, balance and coordination skills such as ballroom dancing are encouraged for older adults to assist with the maintenance of functional autonomy and prevention of falls. Twenty-three community-dwel... Read More about Ballroom Dancing for Community-dwelling Older Adults: A 12-month Study of the Effect on Well-being, Balance and Falls Risk.