Allied Health

Research unit

2018-19

This report highlights the

successes of the Allied Health

Research Unit in 2018-2019

including current projects and

publications, through to future

developments.

Jim Richards

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CONTENTS

Overview ......................................................... 3

Members ......................................................... 3

Associated Members ...................................... 3

Knowledge Transfer & Impact ........................ 4

Biographies ..................................................... 4

Prof Jim Richards ..................................... 4

Dr Hazel Roddam .................................... 4

Dr Louise Connell .................................... 5

Dr Ambreen Chohan ............................... 5

Dr Graham Chapman .............................. 5

Dr Dave Rhodes ....................................... 6

Dr Kathryn Jarvis ..................................... 6

Dr Paula Leslie ......................................... 6

Kenneth Chance-Larsen .......................... 7

Jill Alexander ........................................... 7

Karen May ............................................... 7

Lauren Haworth ...................................... 8

Olivia Greenhalgh .................................... 8

Hannah Shore .......................................... 8

Visitors 2018-19 .............................................. 9

ERASMUS/European ................................... 9

Overseas ...................................................... 9

Research Degrees 2018-19 ........................... 10

Current Post graduate Students ................... 10

External Research Students .......................... 11

Selected Projects 2018-19 ............................ 12

Intervention development ........................ 12

ReNEURON ............................................ 12

Targeted Interventions for

Patellofemoral Pain ............................... 12

Evaluation ................................................. 13

The Innovation Clinic ............................. 13

Silentnight ............................................. 13

Implementation ........................................ 14

Informed Health Choices ...................... 14

Implementation of Intensive

Rehabilitation in Stroke ........................ 15

Networks ....................................................... 16

Council for Allied Health Professions

Research.................................................... 16

Advancing Dysphagia Practice .................. 16

ReSNet and #ReSNetSLT ........................... 17

CPLOL ........................................................ 17

International Society of Biomechanics

Motor Control Working Group ................. 18

Executive Board Members of the ISB

Motor Control Working Group ............. 18

OATech + Network .................................... 19

Collaborations ........................................... 19

Selected Funding 2018-19 ............................ 20

Invited Talks 2018-19 .................................... 21

Louise Connell ....................................... 21

Hazel Roddam ....................................... 21

Jim Richards .......................................... 22

New Books 2018 -2019 ................................. 23

Selected Research papers from 2018-2019 .. 24

2018 .......................................................... 24

2019 .......................................................... 25

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OVERVIEW

The Allied Health Research Unit (AHRu) is led

by Professor Jim Richards. Its mission is to

increase our understanding of allied health

practice and improve the quality of life of

patients treated by allied health professionals.

It pursues these goals by performing basic and

applied research; drawing upon the wide

range of research methodological expertise in

our group. The main themes that describe our

work include:

Our focus is on research across the health

care professions to help answer important

and clinically relevant research questions. Our

research spans the innovation pathway; from

intervention development, evaluation and

implementation. This includes the

development and evaluation of the

effectiveness of products designed to interact

with the body, and the effectiveness of

surgical and therapeutic treatments.

The body of research outputs from our group

includes world-leading publications across a

range of research methodologies.

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MEMBERS

Professor Jim Richards, Dr Hazel Roddam, Dr

Louise Connell, Dr Ambreen Chohan, Dr

Graham Chapman, Dr Kathryn Jarvis, Dr Paula

Leslie, Lauren Haworth, Olivia Greenhalgh,

Hannah Shore, Karen May, Jill Alexander, Ken

Chance-Larsen, Dr David Rhodes, Paul

Ashworth, Andy Cunningham, Sean Kilmurray,

Rob Hamilton, Lisa Hartley-Woodrow, Greg

Littler, Gill Rawlinson, Heather Stewart, Adam

Cook, Sharon Crane, Mark Leather, Steve

Foster, Rachel Imms, Pieter Crossley, Mike

Greaney, and Justine Whitaker.

ASSOCIATED MEMBERS

The AHRu now has over 40 active associate

members in 15 countries across 6 continents in

over 15 Universities and many Clinical centres and

Businesses.

Professor James Selfe (Manchester Metropolitan

University, UK), Dr Jessie Janssen (Krems

University of Applied Sciences), Professor Paola

Dey (Edge Hill), Professor David Levine (The

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA),

Associate Professor Yongwook Kim (Jeonju

University, Republic of Korea), Professor Areerat

Suputtitada (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand),

Professor Hayri Baran Yosmaoğlu (Baskent

University, Turkey), Professor Juliane Mühlhaus-

Leinweber (Trier University of Applied Sciences),

Professor Kerstin Bilda (Bochum University of

Applied Sciences), Professor Wiebke Scharff

Rethfeldt (Bremen University of Applied Sciences),

Professor Felix Capanni (Ulm University of Applied

Sciences), Professor Janice Eng (University of

British Colombia), Associate Prof Cathy Stinear

(University of Auckland), Associate Professor

Marienke van Middelkoop (Erasmus Medical

Centre, NL), Dr Steven Lindley (Delsys), Dr Renato

Trede (UFVJM, Brazil), Dr Liane Macedo (UFRN,

Brazil), Dr Komsak Sinsurin (Mahidol University,

Thailand), Dr David Rog (Salford Royal, UK), Dr

Barbora Kolářová (Palacký University Olomouc,

CZ), Dr Eliška Kuboňová (Ostrava University, CZ),

Alex Mbuli (Edinburgh Napier University), Chris

Curtis (Swallows Charity, UK), Dr Jose Heredia

Jimenez (University of Granada, Spain), Dr Kevin

Deschamps (KU Leuven, Belgium), Dr Ana María de

Benito Trigueros (Universidad Católica de Valencia,

Spain), Professor Jefferson Cardoso (Universidade

Estadual de Londrina, Brazil), Dr Joanne Patterson

(University of Newcastle), Dr Catherine Adams

(University of Manchester), Dr Arlene McCurtin

(University of Limerick), Anna Knowles

(Manchester Metropolitan University, UK), Jayson

Chin (Cape Town), Alessia Nicotera and Carlotta

Griseri (University of Torino, Italy), Brigit

Chesworth (UCLan), Lucy Cross (UCLan), Neil

Wilson(UCLan), Lucy Hives (UCLan).

Intervention Development

Evaluation

Implementation

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KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER & IMPACT

Our knowledge transfer has been achieved

through:

an extensive portfolio of international

networks and partnerships across

industry, commercial, strategic, and

practitioner levels

internationally recognised professional

development forums

innovative online learning communities.

The impact of our work includes influencing

changes for relevant patient groups in the

following ways:

pathways of assessment and

management for individuals

healthcare service delivery approaches

prescribing of healthcare products and

medical devices

professional education of healthcare

practitioners

continuing professional development and

post-qualification training.

We actively support many early career and

novice researchers, with a particular focus on

assisting healthcare practitioners to

undertake practice-based research and

systematic service evaluations.

BIOGRAPHIES

PROF JIM RICHARDS

Jim Richards was

appointed

Professor of

Biomechanics and

research lead for

the Allied Health

Research unit at

University of

Central Lancashire in 2004. Professor Richards

work includes the clinical application of

biomechanics, the development of new

assessment tools for chronic disease,

conservative and surgical management of

orthopaedic and neurological conditions, and

development of evidence based approaches

for improving clinical management and

rehabilitation.

Professor Richards holds a number

International Professorial Chair positions and

is an associate editor for “The Knee”.

Professor Richards has written and edited a

number of textbooks including Biomechanics

in Clinic and Research (2008) and the 5th

edition of Whittle’s Gait Analysis (2012) and

the Comprehensive Textbook of Clinical

Biomechanics (2018).

www.researchgate.net/profile/Jim_Richards3

@ProfJimRichards

DR HAZEL RODDAM

Hazel is a Speech

and Language

Therapist with 25

years’ experience

in NHS and local

authority settings

before joining the

AHRu in 2006. As a

Reader in Allied

Health Practice, Hazel has a unique and

extensive international track record for

teaching and promoting Evidence-Based

Practice (EBP) and for supporting research

capacity building across all the Allied Health

professional communities. She has worked

with individual practitioners and teams to

raise their awareness of the research

environment, to better understand evidence-

based practice (EBP), to implement research

evidence into their practice, to undertake

practice-based research and service

evaluations, and to disseminate innovative

good practice. Hazel’s knowledge transfer

work in EBP has achieved highly significant

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impact and recognition world-wide. Hazel is

the Vice Chair of the Strategy Board for the

UK Council for Allied Health Professions

Research. She is also Director of the Research

Support Network for SLTs (ReSNet), and Co-

Director of Advancing Dysphagia Practice.

www.researchgate.net/profile/Hazel_Roddam

@HazelRoddam1

DR LOUISE CONNELL

Louise is a

physiotherapist

and clinician-

scientist, with

extensive

experience in

rehabilitation

research. She is a

Reader in

Rehabilitation, and was awarded fellowship

status by the Association of Chartered

Physiotherapists in Neurology in 2015 for

advancing the specialty of neurological

physiotherapy. Her research interests include

implementation science, intensity of

rehabilitation and intervention development.

She is a former NIHR Career Development

Fellow, and has over 50 peer-reviewed

publications. She is a panel member for many

funding bodies and regularly gives invited

presentations at international conferences.

researchgate.net/profile/Louise_Connell2

@researchphysio

DR AMBREEN CHOHAN

Ambreen

completed a PhD

(2008) in Human

Motor Control for

a thesis titled

“Perception-

Action coupling in

goal directed

behaviour” after

completing her initial degree in Medical

Engineering (Bachelors). Ambreen joined the

AHRu in 2009 and is currently a Research

Fellow in Biomechanics. Dr Chohan has a

growing track record in research with over 45

peer reviewed articles/abstracts/conference

papers and independently funded

collaborative work with small, medium and

large companies. She has been involved in

securing over £240,000 both as PI and CI and

is currently involved with the £2.4m ERDF

funded Innovation clinic project. She supports

UG modules and supervises a number of PhD

and MSc(Res) students in the area of

biomechanics/allied health. Her other roles

also include reviewing for around 15 peer-

reviewed journals.

researchgate.net/profile/Ambreen_Chohan

@Dr_A_Chohan

DR GRAHAM CHAPMAN

Graham was appointed as a Research Fellow within AHRu in 2019 and has extensive experience in clinical gait analysis. He has secured

£0.5M in external funding as PI and CI. Graham’s research interest focus on

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understanding the effects of musculoskeletal and neurological conditions on gait and how conservative treatments and/or surgical intervention help patients function. Graham’s research spans the use of 3D kinematics/kinetics of lower limb gait analysis through to multibody modelling of joint function. The aim of Graham’s research is to provide evidence-based outcomes which can be applied to within a clinical setting. Graham has an expanding portfolio of publications and international conference presentations.

researchgate.net/profile/Graham_Chapman

@g_j_chapman

DR DAVE RHODES

Since qualifying as

a Sports Scientist

in 2003 and

working in semi-

professional and

elite sport, Dave

developed a keen

interest in

musculoskeletal injuries and completed an

MSc in Sports Therapy at UCLan in 2008. Dave

worked as a Sports Therapist in a variety of

professional and semi-professional football

clubs and developing his own private practice.

In 2011 David became a Senior Lecturer in

Sports Therapy at Edge Hill University. During

this time he developed his research interests

and in 2017 completed his PhD. Dave’s

research interest includes performance

monitoring, injury risk, conditioning and

performance management strategies. Dave

joined the teaching staff at UCLan in

September 2015 as the Course Leader and

Senior Lecturer in Sports Therapy and is now

the Professional Lead in Sports Therapy and

Senior Lecturer in Elite Performance.

DR KATHRYN JARVIS

Following

qualification as an

occupational

therapist in 1989,

Kathryn pursued a

career in stroke

rehabilitation,

working in Stoke-

on-Trent and

Sheffield. This work raised unanswered

clinical questions which formed the

foundations of Kathryn’s research, initially

through an MSc at Loughborough University

and subsequently a PhD at Keele University.

Kathryn entered Higher Education as a

Lecturer at the University of Liverpool in 2001,

moving to UCLan in 2018 to lead the MSc

(pre-registration) Occupational Therapy. She

is committed to the provision of high-quality

learning opportunities and teaching delivery,

promotion of the occupational therapy

profession and engagement in clinical and

educational research.

DR PAULA LESLIE

Paula maintains

full clinical Speech

& language

therapy

(pathology)

licenses in the USA

and UK where she

is a Fellow of, and

Specialist Adviser

to, the Royal College of Speech and Language

Therapy in swallowing disorders. Paula started

out as a speech and language therapist

wanting to work only with adults who

stammer, worked in almost every area of

speech and language therapy in the NHS, and

ended up specializing in decision making and

ethics.

Her interests include the process of clinical

decision making, health professionals’

education and non-traditional routes to

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advanced clinical training. She publishes,

provides support to researchers, and provides

continuing education from grassroots to

international level and across the health

professions on complex clinical decision

making, ethics and end of life decisions in

vulnerable populations.

KENNETH CHANCE-LARSEN

Ken is a

Physiotherapist

with extensive

clinical and

academic

experience. His

clinical expertise is

in the

musculoskeletal

field, and he has

worked within the NHS, elite sport,

occupational health and private clinical

settings. He has experience from Higher

Education Institutions in the UK and Australia,

combining his clinical skills and research

experience into developing and delivering

evidence-based learning resources. In his role

as Physiotherapy Discipline Leader at Central

Queensland University (Australia), he led the

development of a new Bachelor of

Physiotherapy program, from inception, via

accreditation, to roll-out. Ken commenced his

post as Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy at

UCLan in 2017, and is teaching on the

Physiotherapy course, and led the

development of a new MSc Physiotherapy

(Pre-registration) course which started in

September 2018.

@KenChanceLarsen

JILL ALEXANDER

Jill qualified as a

Sports Therapist in

2008 at UCLan.

With an interest in

equine rider

posture, she then

completed her

MSc in 2011 and

continues to work

on research in the

same area. Jill has

worked in Rugby union for over ten years, with

positions including Head Therapist at

Wharfedale RUFC, Yorkshire Counties Senior

XV and the U20’s French National Squad at the

World Cup. Jill joined UCLan in 2013 working

on multiple commercial research projects

within the division and lecturing across BSc

Sports Therapy, MSc Sports Medicine and MSc

Football Science and Rehabilitation

programmes. Jill became a Senior Lecturer and

is the Course Leader for Sports Therapy. Her

research areas and publications also include

the effects of local and whole-body

cryotherapy applications in sport. She is

currently pursuing a PhD in the same area.

@JASportsInjury

KAREN MAY

Karen qualified as a physiotherapist in 1990 and held a number of different positions in the NHS and private sector. In 1995 she became the head Physiotherapist to Bradford Bulls RLFC then in 1999 she joined Huddersfield giants RLFC as head physiotherapist and joined UK Athletics in 2001. Karen is co-founder of the West

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Yorkshire ACL group, which aims to improve the rehabilitation of ACL deficient knees. Karen holds an MSc in Sports Medicine from the University of Nottingham in 1997. Karen’s research interests include; cryotherapy and functional movement with publications in both areas and is currently undertaking her Doctorate.

@karenmayphysio

LAUREN HAWORTH

Lauren graduated

from UCLan in 2014

with a degree in

Sports Therapy and

has 5 years’

experience of

working within Rugby

Union. Upon

graduating, she

worked as a research intern investigating the

impact of different breast support garments

and the conservative management of back

pain amongst larger breasted women, and is

currently completing her PhD in this area.

Alongside her PhD, Lauren has been involved

with the European Regional Development

Fund Innovation Clinic project supporting

small and medium enterprises through

product development and testing.

www.researchgate.net/profile/Lauren_Haworth

@laurenhaworth2

OLIVIA GREENHALGH

Olivia completed

her degree in Sports

Technology (BEng)

at Sheffield Hallam

University in 2016.

She joined the

University of Central

Lancashire’s as a

Research Assistant in February 2017. Olivia is

now the KTP Associate During for

“Therapeutic cooling and pressure in the

management of musculoskeletal injuries” in

collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan

University.

@OGreenhalgh4

www.researchgate.net/profile/Olivia_Greenhalgh2

HANNAH SHORE

Hannah is a recent

graduate from the

University of

Central Lancashire

where she has a

background in

sport. Following

on from her Sports

Science degree

she pursued her interest in biomechanics,

graduating with a MSc in Sports Biomechanics

in 2016. Joining the team as the Innovate UK

KTP associate in September 2017, she is

currently working with UK’s leading mattress

manufacture, Silentnight Group Ltd, to

develop the ‘Ideal Sleep Solution’.

researchgate.net/profile/Hannah_Shore

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VISITORS 2018-19

The AHRu has continued to forge and

maintain links with academic institutions

worldwide.

ERASMUS/EUROPEAN

Sara Catalano, University of Ancona, Italy

Alessia Nicotera, University of Torino, Italy

Carlotta Griseri, University of Torino, Italy

Elia Mercado Palomino, University of Granada, Spain

Alejandro Molina, University of Granada, Spain

Antonín Tomáš, Palacky University in Olomouc Czech Republic.

Eliška Kuboňová, Ostrava University, Czech Republic.

Barbora Kolářová, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.

Petr Šádek, Katedra anatomie a biomechaniky FTVS UK, CKP Dobřichovice, Czech Republic.

Giuseppe Occhipinti, Department of Physiotherapy, University of L'Aquila, Italy

Chiara Fronterre, Department of Physiotherapy, University of L'Aquila, Italy

Antoine Brabants, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Leuven, Belgium.

Mathias Delnoÿ, Faculty of Kinesiology and

Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Leuven,

Belgium.

Eva Orantes, Department of Physical Education and Sports, University of Granada, Spain

Dr Jose Heredia Jimenez, Department of Physical Education and Sports, University of Granada, Spain

Fabian Mager: Faculty of Mechatronics and Medical Engineering, Ulm University of Applied Sciences, Germany.

Hakan Akkan, Institute of Health Sciences, Dumlupinar University, Turkey.

Prof Felix Capanni, Prof Thomas Engleder, Prof Michael Munz: Faculty of Mechatronics and Medical Engineering, Ulm University of Applied Sciences, Germany.

Kateřina Jinochová and Nicola Klinská: Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.

Professor Kerstin Bilda, Hochschule fur Gesundheit Bochum, Germany

Nicola Bauer and Andrea Villmar: Midwifery, Hochschule fur Gesundheit Bochum, Germany.

Raúl Valldecabres, Universidad Católica de Valencia, Spain.

Dr Ana María de Benito Trigueros, Universidad

Católica de Valencia, Spain.

Hana Ondráčková, Palacky University in

Olomouc Czech Republic.

Klára Lippertová, Palacky University in

Olomouc Czech Republic.

OVERSEAS

Liane Brito Macedo: Laboratório de Análise da

Performance, Doutoranda em Fisioterapia,

Neuromuscular Universidade Federal do Rio

Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Associate Prof Cathy Stinear, University of

Auckland, NZ.

Dr Elizabeth Lynch, University of Adelaide &

The Florey Institute of Neuroscience & Mental

Health, Australia.

Deepak Kumar, Assistant Professor, Physical

Therapy & Athletic Training, Boston

University, USA

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RESEARCH DEGREES 2018-19

2019 Melissa Sutcliffe PhD: The effect of

integrating micro spring technology into

running shoes to influence biomechanical

parameters and knee pain/comfort scores in

recreational runners with knee pain

2019 Bruno Mazuquin PhD: Does early

mobilisation after surgical repair of large

rotator cuff tears improve biomechanical and

clinical outcomes?

2019 Andy Wright MSc (Res): Does

stabilization surgery following the first

episode of traumatic anterior dislocation

influence shoulder kinematics?

2019 Paul Boland MRes: An exploration of

the barriers and enablers of using electrically

assisted bikes (e-bikes) in the development of

a stroke intervention for people after stroke

2019 Joshua Jeffreys MRes: Comparison of

isokinetic dynamometry and the Nordbord for

measures of hamstring functional strength in

elite academy footballers

2018 Tariq Kwaees MSc (Res): Exploring the

Effects of a Nonmechanical Knee Brace on

Lower Limb Kinematics & Kinetics in Healthy

Individuals & its Implications for Patients with

Osteoarthritis of the Knee

CURRENT POST GRADUATE STUDENTS

Amina Alhawaj (PhD) Biomechanical Considerations in a Novel Design of Lower Limb Rehabilitation device

Paul Ashworth (MRes) An exploration of the factors affecting spinal movement and muscle activity in cyclists with and without lower back pain

Gina Carey (PhD) Should I take disease modifying treatment for my relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis? An investigation of patient reported perceptions of risks, preferences for information, treatment goals and expectations during the decision making process.

Adrienne Day (MRes) The physiological and biomechanical effects of a short term e-bikes cycling intervention in Stroke survivors

Nicola Gaskins (MPhil) Aerobic Exercise after Stroke: Perspectives of healthcare, exercise and fitness professionals working in stroke or cardiac rehabilitation

BoWen Han (PhD) Multi-modality biological signal processing and analysis for assessment of knee joint stability

Lauren Haworth (PhD) Can we offer biomechanical support for larger breasted women with back pain?

Paul Harwood (PhD) Is a Damage Control Approach Safe and Effective in the Treatment of Multiply Injured Patients with Femoral Shaft Fractures?

Robyn Jones (MRes) Does the use of an Orthoglide device improve outcomes post-total knee replacement?

For more information on how to enrol on a research degree with us visit

www.uclan.ac.uk/research/study/research_degrees.php

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John Kiely (Prof Doc) Factors influencing coordinated control of human running

Andreas Liefeith (PhD) The role of general motor ability in sport performance

Greg Littler (MPhil/PhD) An investigation into exercise and exercise progression with patients with patellofemoral pain

Catarina Olim (MPhil/PhD) Nature of voice disorders amongst contact centre operatives and the potential impact of a preventative intervention

Zoe Posner (PhD) Development and evaluation of staff training to support resilience and wellbeing in a Mental Health setting

Sam Pywell (PhD) Discourse in the management of anxiety in palliative care: impact on clinical practice and outcomes from exploration of Occupational Therapists’ perspectives

Gillian Rawlinson (PhD) An exploration of the mechanisms for behaviour change (COM-B model) within musculoskeletal (MSK) physiotherapy practice.

Hannah Shore (MPhil) Biomechanical performance testing of sleep surfaces: Can we create the ideal sleep solution?

Heather Stewart (PhD) The use of portfolios in supporting Continuing Professional Development and employability for physiotherapists

Sue Tobin (PhD) Investigating the manipulation of the vasti muscles in patellofemoral pain.

Pongchai Watcharakeunkhan (MPhil/PhD) The Effects of Kinesio Taping on Biomechanical and Clinical Outcomes in Runners with Iliotibial Band Friction Syndrome

Andri Zeniou (MPhil/PhD) Screening for post-stroke dysphagia in Cyprus

EXTERNAL RESEARCH STUDENTS

Olivia Greenhalgh (PhD) The development of clinical protocols in a novel cooling, compression and heating device – Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Ivana Hanzlíková (PhD) The Development and Testing of a Modified Landing Error Scoring System - University of Waikato, New Zealand

James Hopwood (PhD) The Evaluation of Biomechanical and Wear Performance of Total Ankle Replacements – University of Leeds, UK

Richard Wilkins (PhD NIHR Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship) Haemarthrosis of the ankle in haemophilia A and B: prevalence, impact and intervention – University of Leeds, UK

Wolfgang Lackenbauer (PhD) Clinical decision-making in Austrian physiotherapy undergraduate students – Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Elia Mercado Palomino (PhD) – University of Granada, Spain

Rose Peel (HEE/NIHR ICA Pre-doctoral Clinical Academic Fellowship), UK

Sarah Plant (The Stroke Association Post-Graduate Fellowship) The development of a goal-setting tool for use during acute stroke rehabilitation: the Goal-setting Implementation in Stroke Tool (GIST), UK

David Rochelle (PhD) Development of a biomechanical foot and ankle simulator for evaluation of interventions for chronic ankle instability – University of Leeds, UK

Raul Valldecabres (PhD) Analysis of

performance factors, on-court movement

strategies and injury risks in badminton –

Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente

Mártir, Spain

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INTERVENTION DEVELOPMENT

RENEURON

The AHRu are working with ReNeuron plc to

develop a rehabilitation intervention for a

Phase III clinical trial of stem cells after

chronic stroke. We will be working with the

trial management team in this international

study to ensure the intervention is delivered

correctly and

monitor fidelity

over time. The

trial opened in

2019 and

recruitment is

ongoing.

Key contact: Dr Louise Connell

TARGETED INTERVENTIONS FOR

PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN

The current best evidence-based treatment

method for patellofemoral pain (PFP),

multimodal treatment, has some benefits to

patients such as improved pain, function and

quality of life, in the short term. However,

there is limited evidence to support the

longer-term outcomes of this treatment

approach. Our study, published in the BJSM,

identified three subgroups in people with

patellofemoral pain using six low cost clinical

assessment tests; strong’, ‘weak and tight’,

and ‘weak and pronated’.

In 2017-2019 we collaborated with colleagues

in Turkey, who conducted a crossover

intervention study with our algorithm.

Patients with PFP who not responded to

multimodal treatment, were treated

according to the subgroups. Almost two thirds

of the patients did not respond to multimodal

treatment, however, over 70% of these

patients demonstrated recovery after

targeted treatment. This was especially seen

in the strong subgroup, for whom currently no

treatment exists.

In the last year we

also continued to

develop the Appatella

(initially funded by

Arthritis Research UK),

an App for clinicians to

subgroup patients

with PFP and to

prescribe their

treatment.

This work demonstrates a paradigm shift by

identifying specific patient sub-groups using 6

low cost, quick and simple clinical

assessments requiring minimal equipment.

Since 2018 Appatella has been used by over

1,000 clinicians across 30 different countries

to assess patients, and ensures the most

appropriate treatments are followed. This has

resulted in improved patient outcomes from

targeted treatment through the identification

of these subgroups and has resulted in

improvements in patient outcomes, and

challenges previous statement ….

“Identification of subgroups

remains the ‘holy grail’ for PFP

research”

Key contact: Prof Jim Richards

SELECTED PROJECTS 2018-19

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EVALUATION

THE INNOVATION CLINIC

In 2019 UCLan received a further £1.2m of

funding from the European Regional

Development Fund (ERDF), this is in addition

to the £2.4 million secured in 2015. The

Innovation Clinic project aims to support

businesses within the Lancashire region. This

brings together extensive industry & academic

expertise and the use of UCLan’s state-of-the-

art facilities and technology, the project aims

to provide fully funded and tailored support at

any stage of the product development process

from initial concept and market research

through to launch.

As part of this project, the AHRu offers

bespoke biomechanical testing of products,

clinical insights, and scientific research to

assist companies in the development of their

product, to explore how each product

interacts with the user.

Since 2015, the AHRu has supported over 30

Small to Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) and

assisted in the development and testing of

new to firm and new to market products.

This work ranges from

conducting competitor

analysis and literature

searches to case study

testing or full research studies. This has

allowed companies to see if there is a market

for their products, make design changes to

products and have scientific evidence to

support their claims.

This has led to six further collaborations

between the companies and UCLan, including

the further development of products,

providing evidence into benefits of products

and creating links between companies and

other resources within the university. The

team continually strives to create links with

the business community recruiting companies

to use the services on offer and offering

workshops to companies about the benefits

of biomechanical and scientific testing to the

company and the end user.

Key contact: Prof Jim Richards

SILENTNIGHT

Established in 1946, Silentnight Group Ltd is

the UK’s leading bed and mattress

manufacturer. Their main site based in

Barnoldswick producing on average 15000

mattresses a week.

Since 2016, the AHRu have worked on

projects with Silentnight, funded through

UCLan’s Investment Voucher scheme and

through direct company funding.

In 2017 the team was successful in attaining

£121,000 of funding for a 2 year Innovate UK

funded Knowledge Transfer Partnership.

Hannah Shore joined the project and has

recently developed a unique innovative

algorithm to determine the ‘Ideal Sleep

Solution’ for individuals of different body

types.

We believe this is the first time such an

algorithm has been developed, and will be

presented at the World Sleep Society

conference later this year.

This project has had a direct impact on

Silentnight, providing an important

competitive edge, which has led to an

increase in sales and turnover through

offering scientific evidence on the effect of

different mattress components, and providing

buying advice to customers.

Key contact: Dr Ambreen Chohan

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IMPLEMENTATION

INFORMED HEALTH CHOICES

Dr Hazel Roddam has been working since December

2018 with a cross-disciplinary international group ‘The

Informed Health Choices project’. This work is based

upon the premise that ‘good health depends on good

choices’ by healthcare providers and by service-users

themselves. The project provides a range of freely

accessible resources that aim to empower people to

make critical, informed choices about healthcare

interventions

www.informedhealthchoices.org/learning-resources/

Hazel has led the involvement of the RCSLT to

contribute to one of these resources: the IHC key

concepts. These ‘key concepts’ highlight the most

important considerations for: critically appraising the

claims behind an intervention; judging whether

comparisons made between the intervention and

other approaches was done fairly; using this

information to make an informed health choice.

Please see the IHC Key Concepts for details of this

framework, which could be used to develop critical

appraisal skills for clinicians, to help service users

make informed choices about their healthcare, or to

help other professionals better understand your

evidence-based services’.

www.informedhealthchoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Key-Concepts-2018-edition.pdf

This consortium have published their first collaborative report in Nature (August 2019), led by

Professor Andy Oxman, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway: (Andrew D. Oxman,

Jeffrey K. Aronson, Astrid Dahlgren, Eric Barends, Robert Boruch, Marnie Brennan, Iain Chalmers, Joe

Chislett, Peter Cunliffe-Jones, Andy Haines, Carl Heneghan, Marie Gaarder, Robert Matthews,

Brandy Maynard, Nicola Randall, Matt Oxman, Andrew Pullin, Hazel Roddam, Anel Schoonees,

Jonathan Sharples, Ruth Stewart, Janet Stott, Raymond Tallis, Nerys Thomas, Luke Vale)

www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02407-9

Key contact: Dr Hazel Roddam

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IMPLEMENTATION OF INTENSIVE REHABILITATION IN STROKE

Despite increasing evidence on intensive task-specific practice and aerobic exercise in stroke

rehabilitation, implementation remains difficult. Working with Canadian collaborators, we used

interviews to:

We found people with stroke perceived no barriers regarding the

implementation of higher intensity rehabilitation in practice and were positive

towards working at more intense levels.

Contrastingly, from the therapists’ perspective, therapists’ beliefs about quality

of movement and issues around staffing and resources were perceived to be

barriers.

In addition, therapists and people with stroke perceived the contents of the

intervention differently, highlighting the importance of involving patients and

clinicians in the development and evaluation of rehabilitation interventions.

These findings have informed seminars for clinicians in the UK and internationally,

encouraging clinicians to think about they could make changes that are relevant to their

own practice and setting

This work has now appeared in several of Louise’s publications.

Funding: The study was supported by the Canada Research Chair

Program, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (FDN 143340.

Key contact: Dr Louise Connell

Collaborators: Jessie Janssen1, Tara Klassen 2,3, Janice Eng 2,3

1Institute of Therapeutic Sciences, IMC University of Applied

Sciences Krems, 3500, Krems, Austria

2 Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia,

212-2177 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada,

V6T 1Z3 3 Rehabilitation Research Program, GF Strong Rehab Centre,

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Phase 1 Explore therapist perspectives on the implementation of intensive rehabilitation

Phase 2 Explore people wtih stroke perspectives on the implementation of intensive rehabilitation

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COUNCIL FOR ALLIED HEALTH

PROFESSIONS RESEARCH

The Council for Allied Health Professions

Research (CAHPR) promotes capacity building

for all allied health disciplines, particularly

through fostering stronger links for clinical-

academic partnerships. There are 23 CAHPR

Hubs across UK, led by teams of facilitators to

co-ordinate events and initiatives including

research workshops, webinars etc. Dr Hazel

Roddam and Dr Kathryn Jarvis are the current

Co-Chairs of the Cumbria and Lancashire Hub.

Hazel is also the Vice Chair for CAHPR’s

national strategy board and is directly

involved in engaging new strategic

partnerships and collaborations both

nationally and internationally.

In the past year Hazel has worked on CAHPR’s

national Marketing and Communications

strategy group, and has also co-authored

guidance for supporting AHP research in NHS

service settings.

uclanahp.blogspot.co.uk

Key contact: Dr Hazel Roddam

ADVANCING DYSPHAGIA PRACTICE

Dr Hazel

Roddam

launched the

Advancing

Dysphagia

Practice (ADP)

initiative in 2011, in partnership with Tees, Esk

and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust. We

deliver international, national and regional

continuing

professional development seminars and

conferences that are open to healthcare

professionals working with people who have

dysphagia, with emphasis on the context of

the Multi-Disciplinary Team.

Our aim is to promote evidence-based

professional practice and values-based

decision-making in dysphagia care. We focus

expressly on facilitating practitioner audiences

to gain skills and confidence to engage more

actively with the research evidence base for

their own field of practice. All the ADP

initiatives and events are delivered by highly

specialist professionals who are recognised

experts in their field.

In June 2018 Hazel led a 2 Day International

Conference at UCLan Preston, with a multi-

professional audience of over 100 delegates

and 6 commercial collaborators. In June 2018

Hazel led a 2 Day International Conference at

UCLan Preston, with a multi-professional

audience of over 100 delegates and 6

commercial collaborators. In 2019 Hazel led 2

research workshops at the UCLan Preston

campus with internationally-renowned

speakers and capacity audiences.

advancingdysphagiapractice.com

Key contact: Dr Hazel Roddam

NETWORKS

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RESNET AND #RESNETSLT

The Research Support Network (ResNet) was

launched in 2015 as a web-based resource,

primarily for SLT practitioners across mainland

Europe. Hazel launched a new format blogsite

in January 2019.

ReSNet aims to promote increased

engagement by practitioners with the

research environment through increased skills

and confidence for embedding evidence-

based practice, as well as actively promoting

engagement in practice-based and practice-

led research and mentorship. A monthly

online (Twitter) journal club (#ReSNetSLT)

uses the power of social media to facilitate

greater interactive participation. The reach

and impact of engagement with this online

community is analysed from the Twitter

transcripts, web analytics and soft intelligence

feedback. In the first year of #ReSNetSLT the

automatically generated statistics showed a

cumulative impact of approximately 2 million

impressions on linked Twitter accounts, with

over 750,000 linked Twitter accounts in one

single Tweetchat. The analysis has shown that

geography is no barrier, with people regularly

joining from Australia as well as several

countries in mainland Europe. Many other

healthcare professions regularly join our

discussions, enriching the multi-professional

dimensions of the learning experience. Some

of the paper authors have also joined the

discussions.

In July 2018 Hazel gave an invited

presentation about ReSNet at the 1st

Implementation Science Conference at Kings

College London. An evaluation of the impact

of this initiative will be presented in Tai Pei in

August 2019 at the International Association

of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP).

www.resnetslt.com

Key contact: Dr Hazel Roddam

CPLOL

The Comite Permanent de Liaison des

Orthophonistes-Logopedes de l’Union

Europeenne (CPLOL) represents over 85,000

speech and language therapists across

Europe.

The core purpose is to facilitate the reciprocal

exchange of research and practice knowledge

for the profession. Dr Hazel Roddam was one

of the two UK delegates on this European

Commission from 2008 to 2019, leading

working parties to promote knowledge

transfer and best practice. She continues to

maintain close links with many CPLOL

associations.

www.cplol.eu

Key contact: Dr Hazel Roddam

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INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BIOMECHANICS MOTOR CONTROL TECHNICAL GROUP

Professor Jim Richards was elected as an

Executive Board Member to the

International Society of Biomechanics (ISB)

Motor Control working group in 2016. The

goal of the ISB Motor Control Working Group is to provide a forum to highlight and foster the

increased interest in the scientific work that bridges the fields of Motor Control and Biomechanics.

The group was established as a Seed Group affiliated with the ISB at the XXIV Congress of ISB in

Natal (Brazil), in 2013.

The Motor Control Seed Group organized symposia and meetings during ISB and World Congress of

Biomechanics conferences to bring together ISB members and Biomechanists around the world to

display their work and advance the understanding and application of Motor Control. It was then

recognized as a Working Group of ISB at the XXV

Congress of ISB in Glasgow in 2015, and was

recently announced as a full Technical Group at

the 2019 ISB/ASB Congress in Calgary, Canada.

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE ISB MOTOR CONTROL WORKING GROUP

Dr. Paola Contessa

Delsys Inc, USA

Prof. Walter Herzog

University of Calgary, Canada

Prof. Jim Richards

University of Central

Lancashire, UK

Key contact: Prof Jim Richards

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OATECH + NETWORK

The OATech+ Network is a £1m EPSRC funded project led

by Professor Cathy Holt from the University of Cardiff. The

Network aims to improve diagnosis, treatment and bring

novel therapies to market for osteoarthritis. The networks

overarching aims are to identify challenges and knowledge

gaps, support and drive multidisciplinary collaborations in

UK osteoarthritis research, supporting high-level grant

funding and high impact papers and, ultimately, improve diagnosis, treatment and bring novel

therapies to market.

This network supports; Focus Meetings, Sandpits and Hackathons. Prof Jim Richards was appointed

as one of 7 theme leaders and is responsible for the “Next Generation of Future Leaders”. In 2018,

Prof Richards launched funded discipline hopping work placements, which have supported a number

of young scientists to visit different groups around the UK.

@OATechNetwork oatechnetwork.org www.facebook.com/OATechNetwork

Key contact: Prof Jim Richards

COLLABORATIONS

Dr Hazel Roddam’s partnership working with the Hochschule für Gesundheit

(hsg) Bochum, Germany, has led to the signing of a formal collaborative

agreement in July 2019 with UCLan’s Faculty of Health and Wellbeing, to

extend teaching, research and clinical practice over the next three years.

The Hochschule fur Gesundheit, Bochum is the first state funded university for

nursing, midwifery and allied healthcare in Germany. In September 2018 Hazel

co-chaired an international conference between the two universities held in

Bochum, with the theme of collaborative clinical-academic research across

nursing, midwifery and health sciences. In September 2019 the second joint

research symposium will be held at UCLan Preston. In recognition of her

work to establish and sustain the collaborative partnership, hsg Bochum

awarded Dr Roddam the highly prestigious honorary title of ‘Associate

Member’, the first such award to be made by their institution. She will be

presented with the honour at a special ceremony in Bochum during

November which coincides with hsg

Bochum’s 10th anniversary.

In 2019 Hazel has now additionally begun collaborations with

colleagues at Trier University of Applied Sciences and Bremen

University of Applied Sciences; including supporting the launch of a

unique German language Twitter journal club and a publication in the

German Speech and Language Therapy professional association.

Key contact: Dr Hazel Roddam

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SELECTED FUNDING 2018-19

£1,200,000 ERDF continuation of UClan Innovation

Clinic approx. £200,000 to AHRu 2019-2022

£23,500 Appatella: Development of an app to

subgroup patellofemoral pain patients led by

MMU, Versus Arthritis, 2018-2019.

£1,395 UCLan Lancashire Research Institute For

Global HEalth and Wellbeing (LIFE) Pump-priming

funding for Predicting Recovery Potential (PREP2)

after stroke: implementation in the UK.

£4,291 Peel Travelling Fellowship 2018 Project:

Predicting Recovery Potential (PREP2) after stroke:

implementing Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

£14,897 UCLan Lancashire Research Institute For

Global HEalth and Wellbeing (LIFE) Writing Group

2018

£91,462 HEE/NIHR ICA Pre-doctoral Clinical

Academic Fellowship.

£105,000 The Stroke Association Post-Graduate

Fellowship. The development of a goal-setting tool

for use during acute stroke rehabilitation: the

Goal-setting Implementation in Stroke Tool (GIST)

€20,000 Canadian Institutes of Health Research:

Exploring the barriers and facilitators to

implementing the ‘Determining Optimal post-

Stroke Exercise’ (DOSE) intervention

NZD 194,868 Neurological Foundation of New

Zealand: TWIST: Time to Walk Independently after

Stroke.

£100,000 ReNeuron PISCES trial: Phase IIb

Investigations of Stem CElls in Stroke. Consultant

on rehabilitation intervention and associated

training package 2017- 2021,

£3,830 Testing of new designs of foot orthoses, Podfo Limited, 2018 £3,800 Exploration of the effect of different prototype designs of foot orthoses, Podfo Ltd, 2018. £24,765 Physiotherapy Research Foundation

Aerobic exercise after stroke: perspectives of

physiotherapists working in stroke or cardiac

rehabilitation, 2018

£6,200 MDTi A pilot RCT to investigate

differences in outcomes post total knee

replacement between patients prescribed an

Orthoglide device, 2018-2020

£130,000 Knowledge Transfer Partnership

Therapeutic cooling and pressure in the

management of musculoskeletal injuries -

Swellaway, 2018-2021

£20,000 pa International R&D research centre at

UCLan, DJO inc, 2008-2019.

£121,500 Knowledge Transfer Partnership funding to use ideal sleep solutions, 2017-2019 £1,186,387 Osteoarthritis Technology Network

Plus (OATech+): a multidisciplinary approach to

the prevention and treatment of osteoarthritis, led

by Cardiff University, 2017-2019

£100,000 ReNeuron PISCES III trial: rehabilitation

consultancy, 2016-2019

£2,460,020 UClan Innovation Clinic, £700,000 to

AHRu, 2014-19

$25,000 Group for Research and Assessment of

Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA) - Is

dactylitis of the toe in psoriatic arthritis related to

plantar shear stress trauma? A case control pilot

study – Led by University of Leeds

£20,000 OA Tech+ (EPSRC) - Determining 3D

kinematics of the talus during normal walking

using video fluoroscopy: A pilot study – OA Tech+

(EPSRC) – Led by University of Leeds

£253,000 EPSRC – In-shoe sensory systems for

Diabetic Foot Ulcers – Led by University of Leeds

£1,000 Council for Allied Health Professions

Research (CAHPR) – Does rehabilitation care

following ankle surgery meet patient

expectations? – Led by University of Leeds

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INVITED TALKS 2018-19

During 2018 and 2019 members of the AHRu

have been invited to give talks at various

conferences, forums and organisational

events both nationally and internationally.

LOUISE CONNELL

Louise Connell has given invited keynote

lectures and seminars in Canada, Australia,

New Zealand and key Stroke events in 2018-

19. The highlights of Louise’s work include:

Invited speaker: UK Stroke Forum, Telford.

Dec 2018. Symposium on Enriched

Environments.

Invited for special issue- paper following

Distinguished Scholar visit:

Connell L, Smith MC, Byblow WD, Stinear

CM. (2018) Implementing biomarkers to

predict motor recovery after stroke.

Neurorehabilitation 43 (1), 41-50

NNR Perspectives paper- 127 tweets from

90 users:

Lynch E, Chesworth B, Connell L. (2018)

Implementation: the missing link in the

research translation pipeline – is it any

wonder no one ever implements

evidence-based practice?

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Invited keynote speaker: 7th Annual

Queen Square Upper Limb

Neurorehabilitation Course, 29th June

2019, UCL, London.

Invited Symposium and Chair: 3rd

International Congress on

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair.

Maastricht, Netherlands. May 2019.

Is it any wonder no one ever implements

evidence-based

practice? Chairs: Dr.Connell & Dr. E. Lynch

Perspective from a service delivery

perspective.

Invited speaker: Auckland District Health

Board Seminar. Delivering intensive

rehabilitation. May 2019, Auckland City

Hospital, New Zealand.

HAZEL RODDAM

Hazel Roddam’s invited international keynote

lectures and seminars in 2018-19 include:

Invited lecture at 1st International Health Sciences Education and Accreditation Congress 17-18 October 2019 Ankara, Turkey. Confidence in our future: Quality assurance in professional education for SLTs in UK.

Invited workshop at RCSLT Scientific

Conference 26 Sept 2019 CATs: How to

undertake a rapid appraisal of the

evidence to answer a question for your

clinical practice.

Invited lecture for Hochschulverbund

Gesundheitsfachsberufe (German national

association for Physiotherapy,

Occupational Therapy, Speech and

Language Therapy) 7 June 2019

Professional education standards and

frameworks for developing clinical

competences across the allied health

disciplines in UK

FLI Palermo Sicily 5 October 2018 Il

ragionamento clinico in Logopedia Clinical

reasoning in Speech and Language

Therapy

Public Health England Cancer Data and

Outcomes Conference University of

Manchester 20 June 2018 Living with

mouth symptoms after treatment for head

and neck cancer: a patient designed

survey.

European Society for Medical Oncology

(ESMO) Munich 19-23 October 2018

Patient reports of mouth symptoms after

radiotherapy treatment for head and neck

cancer: an international survey.

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British Aphasiology Society (BAS)

University of Sheffield 15 Nov 2018

An investigation of the feasibility of

spirituality assessment and intervention in

aphasia: exploring the use of SHALOM and

WELLHEAD

10th CPLOL Congress Lisbon 11 May 2018

Using Twitter to find credible sources and

build clinical research communities: the

#ReSNetSLT community.

10th CPLOL Congress Lisbon 12 May 2018

Using social media to encourage increased

engagement with research: experiences of

SLT students and practitioners in Germany

and UK.

1st Annual Implementation Science

Research Conference King’s College

London, London, UK 19 July 2018

#ReSNetSLT – the impact of a Twitter

journal club to promote increased

implementation of research in practice by

Speech and Language Therapists.

Strengthening partnerships between

researchers, health professionals and

policy makers

JIM RICHARDS

Jim Richards conducted invited talks, seminars

and keynote talks across 5 continents in 2018-

19 which include:

Keynote talk: Anniversary Celebrations, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic, 2018

Invited Speaker at the Malaysian Orthopaedics Association conference, Malaysia, 2018.

Seminar series: Conservative Management in Patellofemoral Pain and knee osteoarthritis, Australia and New Zealand, 2018

Keynote at Improving the Management of MSK Conditions with Orthotic and

Physical Therapy Interventions, Bangkok, Thailand, 2018

Keynote at the Asian Prosthetic and Orthotic Scientific Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand, 2018

Invited Speaker at SIGASCOT National Congress, Bologna, 2018

Motor Control Session Chair, World Congress of Biomechanics, Dublin, 2018.

Keynote at the BASES Conference UK, 2018

Sports Medicine Seminar on Functional training and bracing, Japan, 2019

Seminar on Knee OA with the Macau physiotherapy association., Macau, 2019

Seminar on Clinical gait analysis, patients with denervated muscles, Hong Kong, 2019

Seminar on Proprioceptive bracing, and Biomechanics in Prosthetics and Orthotics Practice, Hong Kong, 2019

Keynote talk: The importance and application of biomechanics in different field, Valencia, Spain, 2019.

Seminar Series on Anterior Knee Pain, Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria, South Africa, 2019.

Workshop: The use of EMG and Inertial Measurement Units in clinic and research, Czech Republic, 2019.

Seminar: Understanding Clinical Subgroups and Targeting Instability in People with Patellofemoral Pain, International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS), Mexico, 2019

Seminar Series. The use of bracing in the management of Pain Alignment Strength and Stability (PASS), Mexico and Costa Rica, 2019.

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NEW BOOKS 2018 -2019

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2018 to 2019 has seen the number of

papers produced by the AHRu

increase, with over 70 papers

published between Jan 2018 and

August 2019.

2018

Eccles, E., Thompson, J. and Roddam, H. An evaluation of Fracture Liaison Services in the detection and management of osteoporotic fragility fractures: a narrative review. Radiography 25 May 2018

Connell LA, Klassen TD, Janssen J, Thetford C, Eng JJ. Delivering intensive rehabilitation in stroke: factors influencing implementation. Physical therapy 2018 Apr 1;98(4):243-250

Alexander J, Richards J, Attah O, Cheema S, Snook J, Wisdell C, May K, Selfe J (2018). Delayed effects of a 20-minute crushed ice application on knee joint position sense assessed by a functional task during a re-warming period. Gait and Posture 62, 173-178

Kim Y, Richards J, Lidtke RH, Trede R (2018). Characteristics of clinical measurements between biomechanical responders and non-responders to a shoe designed for knee osteoarthritis. Gait and Posture, 59:23–27.

Janssen J, Nixon J, Jones S, Benstead J, Jeanes Y, Dunbar M, Selfe J, Richards J (2018). A clinical case series investigating the effectiveness of an exercise intervention in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). 39 (1), 37-44.

Mazuquin B, Wright A, Russell S, Monga P, Selfe J, Richards J (2018). The effectiveness of early mobilisation for patients having rotator cuff repair surgery: An overview of systematic reviews. British Journal of Sports Medicine 52 (2), 111-121.

Gechev A, Richards J, Lindley S, Macedo LB, Alexander J, May K. (2018) The relationship between Motor Unit (MU) behaviour and nerve conduction velocity follow cooling at the elbow: An exploration of conduction dependent MUs rate block. 129, e31

Alexander J, Richards J, Attah O, Cheema S, Snook J, Wisdell C, May K, Selfe J (2018). Delayed effects of a 20-minute crushed ice application on knee joint position sense

assessed by a functional task during a re-warming period. Gait and Posture 62, 173-178

Burston J, Selfe J, Richards J. (2018) The effects of three quarter and full length foot orthoses on knee mechanics in healthy subjects and patellofemoral pain patients when walking and descending stairs. Gait and Posture 62, 518-522

Uboldi FM, Ferrua P, Tradati D, Zedde P, Richards J, Manunta A, Berruto M. (2018) Use of an Elastomeric Knee Brace in Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome: Short-Term Results. Joints.

Liefeith A, Kiely J, Collins D, Richards J. (2018) Back to the Future – in support of a renewed emphasis on generic agility training within sports-specific developmental pathways. Journal of Sports Sciences (in press)

Sinclair JK, Vincent H, Richards JD (2018). Effects of prophylactic knee bracing on knee joint kinetics and kinematics during netball specific movements. Physical Therapy in Sport 23, 93-98.

Gechev A, Richards J, Lindley S, Macedo LB, Alexander J, May K. (2018) The relationship between Motor Unit (MU) behaviour and nerve conduction velocity follow cooling at the elbow: An exploration of conduction dependent MUs rate block. Clinical Neurophysiology 129, e31

Budini K, Richards J, Cole T, Levine D, Trede R, St. George L, Selfe J. (2018) An exploration of the use of Inertial Measurement Units in the assessment of dynamic postural control of the knee and the effect of bracing and taping. Physiotherapy Practice and Research.

Mager F, Richards J, Hennies M, Dötzel E, Chohan A, Mbuli A, Capanni F. (2018) Determination of ankle and metatarsophalangeal stiffness during walking and jogging. Journal of Applied Biomechanics.

Harput G, Ozer H, Baltaci G, Richards J. (2018) Self-reported outcomes are associated with knee strength and functional symmetry in individuals who have undergone ACL reconstruction with hamstring tendon autograft. The Knee.

Bonifácio D, Richards J, Selfe J, Curran S, Trede R. (2018) Influence and benefits of foot orthoses on kinematics, kinetics and muscle activation during step descent task. Gait and Posture.

Brabants A, Chohan A, Connell L, Janssen J, Deschamps K, Richards J. (2018) An exploration of segment acceleration and angular velocity during different balance conditions measures in the assessment of stability. PRM+. 1(2): 111-111.

Richards J. (2018) Editorial. The Knee.

SELECTED RESEARCH PAPERS FROM 2018-2019

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Sinclair J, Janssen J, Richards JD, Butters B, Taylor PJ, Hobbs SJ (2018). Effects of a 4-week intervention using semi-custom insoles on perceived pain and patellofemoral loading in targeted subgroups of recreational runners with patellofemoral pain. Physical Therapy in Sport. 15;34:21-27.

Macedo LB, Richards J, Borges DT, Melo SA, Brasileiro JS. Kinesio Taping reduces pain and improves disability in Low Back Pain patients: a randomised controlled trial. Physiotherapy (in press)

Klein T, Laštovička O, Janura M, Richards J. (2018) Effect of sensorimotor foot orthoses on kinematics of knee. Gait & Posture

Carson H, Richards J. (2018) Examining the Influence of Grip Type on Wrist and Club Head Kinematics during the Golf Swing: Benefits of a Local Co-ordinate System. European Journal of Sport Science (in press)

B Kolářová, M Tomsa, J Richards, P Kolář, O Hana. (2018) Lower limb muscles activity during imagination of gait. Gait & Posture.

St. George L, Hobbs SJ, Richards J, Sinclair J, Roy S. (2018).The effect of cut-off frequency when high-pass filtering equine sEMG signals during locomotion. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology (in press)

Sinsurin K, Vachalathiti R, Srisangboriboon S, Richards J. (2018). Knee joint coordination during single-leg landing in different directions. Sports Biomechanics. Oct 2:1-13. doi: 10.1080/14763141.2018.1510024.

Kwaees TA, Richards J, Rawlinson G, Charalambous CP, Chohan A. (2018). Can the use of proprioceptive knee braces have implications in the management of osteoarthritic knees: An exploratory study. Prosthet Orthot Int.

Valldecabres R, de Benito AM, Littler G, Richards J. (2018). Does the use of a knee brace change the biomechanics during a badminton lunge to the net, and what are the implications to injury mechanisms? PeerJ

Janssen J, Dey P, Celik C, Richards J, Selfe J. (2018). How useful is a single measurement of patellar mobility in the assessment of patients with patellofemoral pain? Physiotherapy Practice and Research (in press).Mbuli A, Chohan A, Janssen J,

Mbuli A, Chohan A, Janssen J, Greenhalgh O, Haworth L, Shore H, Olivier M, Roddam H, Connell LA, Richards J. (2018) Assessment and Management of Pain, Alignment, Strength and Stability (PASS) in Patellofemoral Pain and Low Back Pain. Profese Online. 11(2)

Connell L, Lynch E, Chesworth B. (2018) Implementation: the missing link in the stroke rehabilitation research pipeline BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine 23 (Suppl 1), A31-A31 2018

Connell L, Smith MC, Byblow WD, Stinear CM. (2018) Implementing biomarkers to predict motor recovery after stroke. Neurorehabilitation 43 (1), 41-50

Lynch E, Chesworth B, Connell L. (2018) Implementation: the missing link in the research translation pipeline – is it any wonder no one ever implements evidence-based practice? Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair 32(9), 751-761

Roddam, H (2018) Clinical reasoning in Speech

and Language Therapy Logopedia e

comunicazione Vol. 15, n. 1, gennaio 2019pp15-

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Curtis, Chris, Nicotera, Alessia, Griseri, Carlotta

and Roddam, Hazel (2018) Patient Reports of

Mouth Symptoms after Radiotherapy Treatment

for Head and Neck Cancer: An International

Survey. European Medical Journal, 6 (1). pp. 73-

74.

Curtis, C, Nicotera, Alessia, Griseri, Carlotta and

Roddam, Hazel. (2018) 1110P Patient reports of

mouth symptoms after radiotherapy treatment

for head and neck cancer: An international

survey. Annals of Oncology, 29 (S8). ISSN 0923-

7534

Lackenbauer W, Janssen J, Roddam H, Selfe J.

(2018) Keep/refer decision making abilities of

European final year undergraduate physiotherapy

students: a cross-sectional survey using clinical

vignettes. European Journal of Physiotherapy;

20(3): 128-34

Rhodes D, McNaughton L, Greig M. 2018. The

Temporal Pattern of Recovery in Eccentric

Hamstring Strength Post-Soccer Specific Fatigue.

Res in Sports Med.

2019

Alexander J, Rhodes D. 2019. Temporal patterns

of knee extensor isokinetic torque strength in

male and female athletes following comparison

of anterior thigh and knee cooling, over a

rewarming period. Journal of Sports Rehab.

Rhodes D, Alexander J. 2018. The Effect of Knee

Joint Cooling on Isokinetic Torque Production of

the Knee Extensors: Considerations for

Application. Int Jour Sports Phys Therapy. 13(6):

985-992.

Alexander J, Selfe J, Rhodes D, Fowler E, May KA,

Richards J. 2019. Mapping Knee Skin Surface

Sensitivity and Temperature Following

Cryotherapy. PRM+ 2: 1: 1-5.

Alexander J, Selfe J, Birdsall D, Rhodes D. 2019.

Comparison of cryotherapy modality application

over the anterior thigh across rugby union

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positions; A Crossover Randomized Controlled

Trial. Int Jour Sports Phys Therapy.

Yosmaoğlu HB, Sonmezer E, Ozkoslu J, Janssen J.

Targeted Treatment Protocol in Patellofemoral

Pain (TIPPs): Does Treatment Designed According

to Subgroups Improve Clinical Outcomes in

Patients Unresponsive to Multimodal Treatment?

Sports Health (in press)

de Brito Macedo L, Richards J, Borges DT, Melo

SA, Brasileiro JS (2019). Kinesio Taping reduces

pain and improves disability in low back pain

patients: a randomised controlled trial.

Physiotherapy,105,1,65-75.

Hanzlíková I, Richards J, Hébert-Losier K, Smékal

D (2019). The effect of proprioceptive knee

bracing on knee stability after anterior cruciate

ligament reconstruction. Gait & Posture,67, 242-

247

Janssen J, Dey P, Celik C, Richards J, Selfe J

(2019). How useful is a single measurement of

patellar mobility in the assessment of patients

with patellofemoral pain? Physiotherapy Practice

and Research,40,1,29-35.

Hébert-Losier K, Yin NS, Beaven CM, Tee CCL,

Richards, J (2019). "Physiological, kinematic, and

electromyographic responses to kinesiology-type

patella tape in elite cyclists". Journal of

Electromyography and Kinesiology. 44,36-45.

Brabants A, Tassin M, Debugne G, Richards J,

Kubonova E, Deschamps K (2019). Relationship

between in-shoe pressure measurements and

fear of falling among noncommunity-dwelling

elderly: a pilot study. PRM+,1,3,67-72.

Osipow J, Geronimo A, Willard T, Lin C, Brus V,

Guermazi A, Richards J, Kumar D (2019).

Validation Of Wearable Sensors For Assessment

Of Varus Thrust In Knee Osteoarthritis. Journal of

Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy,49,1.

Rosic G, Milston AM, Richards J, Dey P (2019).

Fear of Falling in Women under 50 years of age: a

cross-sectional study with exploration of the

relationship with physical activity. BMC Obesity

(in press)

Kishmishian B, Richards J, Selfe J (2019). A

randomised feasibility study using an

acupuncture protocol to the Achilles tendon in

Achilles tendinopathy. Physiotherapy Practice

and Research,40,1,59-67.

Richards J, Selfe J, Kelly S, Callaghan M, Atkins L

(2019). Are there differences in Knee Stability

between Patients with Patellofemoral Pain and

Healthy Subjects during a Slow Step Descent Task?

PRM+ (in press)

George L St, Hobbs SJ, Sinclair J, Richards J, Roddam H

(2019). Does equestrian knowledge and experience

influence selection and training practices for show

jumping horses? Comparative Exercise Physiology: 0

(0):1-14

Scott C.E. Brandon, Marcus J. Brown, Allison L. Clouthier,

Aaron Campbell, Jim D. Richards, Kevin J. Deluzio.

Contributions of muscles and external forces to medial

knee load reduction due to osteoarthritis braces, The

Knee 2019.

Lunn DE, Chapman GJ, Redmond AC (2019). Hip

kinematics and kinetics in total hip replacement patients

stratified by age and functional capacity. Journal of

Biomechanics 87, 19-27 doi:

10.1016/j.jbiomech.2019.02.002

De Pieri E, Lunn DE, Chapman GJ, Rasmussen KP,

Ferguson SJ, Redmond AC (2019). Patient characteristics

affect hip contact forces during gait. Osteoarthritis and

Cartilage 27(6), 895-905. doi:

10.1016/j.joca.2019.01.016

Askren, A., & Leslie, P. (2019). Complexity of clinical

decision making: consent, capacity, and ethics. Seminars

in Speech & Language, 40(3), 162-169.

Harrison AS, Gaskins NJ, Connell LA, Doherty P (under

review). Factors influencing the uptake of cardiac

rehabilitation by cardiac patients with a comorbidity of

stroke. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

RC Stockley, R Peel, LA Connell, K Jarvis (Revisions

submitted) Current therapy for the upper-limb after

stroke: a cross-sectional survey of UK therapists. BMJ

Open

Janssen J, Klassen T, Eng J, Connell L. (Revisions

submitted) Factors influencing the delivery of intensive

rehabilitation in stroke: Patients’ versus rehabilitation

therapists’ perceptions. Physical Therapy

ML Bird, T Miller, LA Connell, JJ Eng (2019) Moving

stroke rehabilitation evidence into practice: a systematic

review of randomized controlled trials. Clinical

rehabilitation. (Epub ahead of print

https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215519847253)

Morris JH, Bernhardsson S, Bird M-L, Connell L, Lynch E,

Jarvis K, Kayes N, Miller K, Mudge S Fisher R. (2019).

Implementation in rehabilitation: A roadmap for

practitioners and researchers. Disability &

Rehabilitation. 1-102019

O Greenhalgh, N Mcmahon, N Gaskins, A Khan, M

Frings, J Janssen, CE Lightbody, R Weston, J Fry, L

Connell, MT Dooris, H Roddam, CL Watkins (2019, in

press) An exploration of stroke survivors’ perspectives

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on cycling and the use of electric bikes. Physiotherapy

Practice and Research.

Holehouse, Kelly, Oliver, Karen, Rawlinson, Gillian and

Roddam, Hazel (2019) Collaborative cross agency service

delivery to address public health issues within an MSK

setting: evaluation of the Healthy Mind, Health Body

project. International Journal of Therapy and

Rehabilitation. ISSN 1741-1645 (In Press)

Lewis, Felicity, Stewart, Heather Christine, Roddam,

Hazel (2019) Effects of exercise interventions on physical

function, mobility, frailty status and strength in the pre-

frail population: A review of the evidence base for

practice. European Journal of Physiotherapy. ISSN 2167-

9169

McCurtin, Arlene, Murphy, Carol-Anne Roddam, Hazel

(2019) Moving beyond traditional understandings of

evidence based practice: A total evidence and

knowledge approach (TEKA) to treatment evaluation

and clinical decision-making in speech-language

pathology. Seminars in Speech and Language. Volume

40 Number 5 ISSN 0734-0478

Deaves A, Grant E, Trainor K & Jarvis K (2019) Students’

perceptions of the educational value of Twitter: a mixed-

methods investigation. Research in Learning Technology

27: 2139 –

Stewart HC, Wisby DA, Roddam H (2019).

Physiotherapists’ reported attitudes and perceived

influences to their continuing professional development

– results of an online questionnaire. International

Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation. ISSN 1741-1645

Roddam, Hazel , Rog, David, Janssen, Jessie , Wilson,

Neil, Cross, Lucy , Olajide, Olufemi and Dey, Paola (2019)

Inequalities in access to health and social care among

adults with multiple sclerosis: A scoping review of the

literature. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 28 .

pp. 290-304. ISSN 2211-0348

Skeat, Jemma and Roddam, Hazel (2019) What do

parents think about their involvement in speech-

language pathology intervention? A Qualitative Critically

Appraised Topic. Evidence Based Communication

Assessment and Intervention, 13 (1-2). pp. 15-31. ISSN

1748-9539

Skeat, Jemma and Roddam, Hazel (2019) The qual-CAT:

applying a rapid review approach to qualitative research

to support clinical decision-making in speech-language

pathology practice. Evidence-Based Communication

Assessment and Intervention, 13 (1-2). pp. 3-14. ISSN

1748-9539

Andrew D. Oxman, Jeffrey K. Aronson, Astrid Dahlgren,

Eric Barends, Robert Boruch, Marnie Brennan, Iain

Chalmers, Joe Chislett, Peter Cunliffe-Jones, Andy

Haines, Carl Heneghan, Marie Gaarder, Robert

Matthews, Brandy Maynard, Nicola Randall, Matt

Oxman, Andrew Pullin, Hazel Roddam, Anel

Schoonees, Jonathan Sharples, Ruth Stewart,

Janet Stott, Raymond Tallis, Nerys Thomas, Luke

Vale (2019) Key concepts for making informed

choices. Nature Vol 572: 303-306

Hazel Roddam, Lucy Cross, Rachel Georgiou,

Josephine Gibson, Stephanie Jones, Philippa

Olive, Grete Smith, Lois Thomas (2019)

Developing clinical academic researchers in

practice: insights from practitioners and

managers in nursing, midwifery and allied health.

British Journal of Healthcare Management (in

press)

Lackenbauer W, Janssen J, Roddam H, Selfe, J.

(2019) Keep/refer-decision-making abilities and

screening for serious pathologies as integral

components of physiotherapy education and

profession: The perspective of Austrian

physicians. Physioscience, 15:1-9.

Roddam H and Skeat J (2019). Best practice in

working with children who have developmental

language disorder: a focused review of the

current research evidence base. Listy klinické

logopedie Varia December

Griffel J, Leinweber J, Spelter B, Roddam H (2019).

Patient-centred Design of Aphasia Therapy Apps:

A scoping review. Aphasie und verwandte

Gebiete | Aphasie et domaines associés

Chohan A, Haworth L, Sumner S, Olivier M,

Birdsall D, Whitaker J (2019). Examination of the

effects of a new compression garment on skin

tissue oxygenation in healthy volunteers. Journal

of Wound care. 28 (7).

Chance-Larsen K, Backhouse M, Collier R, Wright

C, Gosling S, Harden B, Marsh S, Kay P, Wyles H,

Erwin J, Woolf A (2019). Developing a national

musculoskeletal core capabilities framework for

first point of contact practitioners. Rheumatology

Advances in Practice.

Haworth L, Sumner S, Mercado-Palomino E, Mbuli

A, Stockley RC, Chohan A. (2019) Postural

management system for bedbound patients.

PRM+ 2(2): pg 24-28.

Alexander J, Selfe J, May K, Richards J, Chohan A.

(2019) Determining effectiveness of passive

gravity assisted traction (PGAT) device in

management of low back pain. PRM+ 2(1). Pg. 11-

15.

Chohan A, Ramli K, Cook A, May K, Selfe J,

Richards J. (2019) “Spinal alignment” cushion in

the management of low back pain – a randomised

controlled study. PRM+ 2(2) 35-40.

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