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Cost-Utility Analysis of Physiotherapy Treatment Compared With Physiotherapy Advice in Low Back Pain (2006)
Journal Article
Rivero-Arias, O., Gray, A., Frost, H., Lamb, S. E., & Stewart-Brown, S. (2006). Cost-Utility Analysis of Physiotherapy Treatment Compared With Physiotherapy Advice in Low Back Pain. Spine, 31(12), 1381-1387. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.brs.0000218486.13659

STUDY DESIGN: Economic evaluation alongside a pragmatic multicenter randomized controlled trial from the National Health Service (NHS) and societal perspective. OBJECTIVE: To perform a cost-utility analysis of routine physiotherapy treatment compa... Read More about Cost-Utility Analysis of Physiotherapy Treatment Compared With Physiotherapy Advice in Low Back Pain.

Caring for people with learning disabilities in emergency care (2006)
Journal Article
Sowney, M., Brown, M., & Barr, O. (2006). Caring for people with learning disabilities in emergency care. Emergency Nurse, 14(2), 23-30. https://doi.org/10.7748/en2006.05.14.2.23.c1225

By focusing on patient journeys through emergency departments, MARGARET SOWNEY and colleagues address some of the key areas of concern in providing care for and discharging patients with learning disabilities, including communication difficulties, co... Read More about Caring for people with learning disabilities in emergency care.

Driving experiences of disabled drivers (2006)
Journal Article
Prasad, R., Hunter, J., & Hanley, J. (2006). Driving experiences of disabled drivers. Clinical Rehabilitation, 20(5), 445-450. https://doi.org/10.1191/0269215506cr957oa

Objective: To study the influence of non-standard controls on return to driving after disability, including prevalence of accidents/retraining difficulties. Design: Postal questionnaires sent within two years of assessment to 972 disabled drivers se... Read More about Driving experiences of disabled drivers.

Responsiveness of Objective, Disease-Specific, and Generic Outcome Measures in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: An Assessment for Improving, Stable, and Deteriorating Patients (2006)
Journal Article
Campbell, H., Rivero-Arias, O., Johnston, K., Gray, A., Fairbank, J., & Frost, H. (2006). Responsiveness of Objective, Disease-Specific, and Generic Outcome Measures in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: An Assessment for Improving, Stable, and Deterior

STUDY DESIGN: Analysis of outcome data collected prospectively from 250 patients recruited to the UK Spine Stabilization Trial. OBJECTIVES: To compare the responsiveness of the Shuttle Walking Test (SWT), which is an objective outcome measure, wit... Read More about Responsiveness of Objective, Disease-Specific, and Generic Outcome Measures in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: An Assessment for Improving, Stable, and Deteriorating Patients.

Looking for evidence of deep learning in constructively aligned online discussions. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Brown, N., Smyth, K., & Mainka, C. (2006). Looking for evidence of deep learning in constructively aligned online discussions. In S. Banks, V. Hodgson, C. Jones, B. Kemp, D. McConnell, & C. Smith (Eds.), Proceedings of the fifth International Conference o

Building upon previous work by the authors, this paper describes a small-scale study that involved analysing the depth of thinking evident within asynchronous discussion contributions. The discussion tasks in question, which were undertaken within th... Read More about Looking for evidence of deep learning in constructively aligned online discussions..

Class-3c compression bandaging for venous ulcers: comparison of spiral and figure-of-eight techniques (2006)
Journal Article
Coull, A., Tolson, D., & McIntosh, J. (2006). Class-3c compression bandaging for venous ulcers: comparison of spiral and figure-of-eight techniques. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 54(3), 274-283. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03816.x

Aim.  This paper reports a study to compare the differences in compression produced on a limb using a spiral and a figure-of-eight bandaging technique. Background.  Chronic leg ulcers are a major health problem in Western countries. Compression band... Read More about Class-3c compression bandaging for venous ulcers: comparison of spiral and figure-of-eight techniques.

Data mining medical information: should artificial neural networks be used to analyse trauma audit data? (2006)
Journal Article
Chesney, T., Penny, K. I., Oakley, P., Davies, S., Chesney, D., Maffulli, N., & Templeton, J. (2006). Data mining medical information: should artificial neural networks be used to analyse trauma audit data?. International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics, 1, 51-64. https://doi.org/10.4018/jhisi.2006040104

Trauma audit is intended to develop effective care for injured patients through process and outcome analysis, and dissemination of results. The system records injury details such as the patient’s sex and age, the mechanism of the injury, various meas... Read More about Data mining medical information: should artificial neural networks be used to analyse trauma audit data?.