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An exploration of person-centredness among emergency department physiotherapists: a mixed methods study (2024)
Journal Article
Naylor, J., Killingback, C., & Green, A. (in press). An exploration of person-centredness among emergency department physiotherapists: a mixed methods study. Disability and Rehabilitation, https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2024.2310179

Purpose: There is a growing number of primary contact physiotherapists based in United Kingdom emergency departments (ED) who are expected to deliver person-centred practices. Perceptions of physiotherapists working in these high-pressure environment... Read More about An exploration of person-centredness among emergency department physiotherapists: a mixed methods study.

Experiences of a student with a visual impairment transitioning to higher education: A narrative inquiry (2024)
Journal Article
Tomlinson, A., & Killingback, C. (2024). Experiences of a student with a visual impairment transitioning to higher education: A narrative inquiry. British Journal of Visual Impairment, https://doi.org/10.1177/02646196231225071

Transition to higher education is a considerable period of change for students, and can be a particularly challenging time for students with a visual impairment. The aim of this study was to understand the transition experiences of an undergraduate s... Read More about Experiences of a student with a visual impairment transitioning to higher education: A narrative inquiry.

‘You must have lived it’: learning from the views of physiotherapists who worked during the COVID-19 pandemic (2023)
Journal Article
van der Westhuizen, B., & Killingback, C. (in press). ‘You must have lived it’: learning from the views of physiotherapists who worked during the COVID-19 pandemic. Physical Therapy Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1080/10833196.2023.2288478

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a total of 676 million cases of infection and 6.9 million deaths. During a pandemic, healthcare workers are exposed to psychological stressors such as high risk of infection, inadequate protection, an... Read More about ‘You must have lived it’: learning from the views of physiotherapists who worked during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Teaching person-centered practice to pre-registration physiotherapy students: a qualitative study (2023)
Journal Article
Killingback, C., Tomlinson, A., Thompson, M., Whitfield, C., & Stern, J. (2023). Teaching person-centered practice to pre-registration physiotherapy students: a qualitative study. Physiotherapy theory and practice, https://doi.org/10.1080/09593985.2023.2236195

Introduction: There has been a call for healthcare to consider more explicitly the needs of the individual patient by adopting a person-centered approach to practice. Consideration needs to be given to how this is taught to pre-registration physiothe... Read More about Teaching person-centered practice to pre-registration physiotherapy students: a qualitative study.

Student expectations of teaching and learning when starting university: a systematic review (2023)
Journal Article
Tomlinson, A., Simpson, A., & Killingback, C. (2023). Student expectations of teaching and learning when starting university: a systematic review. Journal of Further and Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2023.2212242

Student expectations are complex constructs that can influence adaptability, engagement, achievement, satisfaction and retention. A number of individual studies have been published on the expectations of students when starting university, however non... Read More about Student expectations of teaching and learning when starting university: a systematic review.

Musculoskeletal practitioners’ perceptions of contextual factors that may influence chronic low back pain outcomes: a modified Delphi study (2023)
Journal Article
Sherriff, B., Clark, C., Killingback, C., & Newell, D. (2023). Musculoskeletal practitioners’ perceptions of contextual factors that may influence chronic low back pain outcomes: a modified Delphi study. Chiropractic & manual therapies, 31(1), Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12998-023-00482-4

Background Optimal shaping of contextual factors (CFs) during clinical encounters may be associated with analgesic responses in treatments for musculoskeletal pain. These CFs (i.e., the patient-practitioner relationship, patient’s and practitioner’s... Read More about Musculoskeletal practitioners’ perceptions of contextual factors that may influence chronic low back pain outcomes: a modified Delphi study.

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.

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.

Impact of contextual factors on patient outcomes following conservative low back pain treatment: systematic review (2022)
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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.

Teaching person-centred practice in physiotherapy curricula: a literature review (2021)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.

Transitions from healthcare to self-care: a qualitative study of falls service practitioners' views on self-management (2020)
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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.

Is there a dose response relationship between soft tissue manual therapy and clinical outcomes in fibromyalgia? (2020)
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Sturman, S., & Killingback, C. (2020). Is there a dose response relationship between soft tissue manual therapy and clinical outcomes in fibromyalgia?. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, 24(3), 141-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbmt.2020.02.010

Background Current clinical guidelines do not support the use of manual therapy (MT) interventions for Fibromyalgia (FM) patients, despite evidence of positive biochemical, mechanical and psychological effects, and the popularity of hands-on treatme... Read More about Is there a dose response relationship between soft tissue manual therapy and clinical outcomes in fibromyalgia?.

Student feedback delivery modes: A qualitative study of student and lecturer views (2019)
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Killingback, C., Drury, D., Mahato, P., & Williams, J. (2020). Student feedback delivery modes: A qualitative study of student and lecturer views. Nurse education today, 84, Article 104237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2019.104237

Background Student feedback on assessment is fundamental for promoting learning. Written feedback is the most common way of providing feedback yet this has been criticised by students for its ineffectiveness. Given the wide range of feedback modes a... Read More about Student feedback delivery modes: A qualitative study of student and lecturer views.