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Diagnostic accuracy and clinical impact of natriuretic peptide screening for the detection of heart failure in the community: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis [version 2; peer review: awaiting peer review]
External author(s) only (2019-12)Introduction: Patients diagnosed with heart failure in primary care have a better prognosis than those diagnosed in hospital. However, most cases are missed in the community. Recent attention has focussed on the potential ... -
Dissociating Spatial Attention from Neglect Dyslexia: a Single Case Study
External author(s) only (2020-06)Word-centred neglect dyslexia is generally thought to be caused by a visuospatial neglect-like attentional deficit which impacts orientation-canonical representations of visual stimuli. However, the relationship between ... -
Does cranberry extract reduce antibiotic use for symptoms of acute uncomplicated urinary tract infections (CUTI)? Protocol for a feasibility study
External author(s) only (2019-12)Consultations in primary care for symptoms of urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common and patients are frequently treated with antibiotics. Given increasing antimicrobial resistance, there has been interest in non-antibiotic ... -
The effectiveness of interventions aimed at improving wellbeing and resilience to stress in first responders: A systematic review
External author(s) only (2020-07)First responders are routinely exposed to traumatic critical incidents, placing them at higher risk for developing stress-related psychopathology and associated health problems than the general population. Interventions ... -
Effectiveness of Vitamin D Supplementation in the Management of Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review
External author(s) only (2019-03)The main objective was to examine the extent of effect vitamin D in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) on pathology and symptoms. A literature search was performed in November 2018 (CRD42018103615). Eligibility criteria: randomised ... -
The effects of small-needle-knife therapy on pain and mobility from knee osteoarthritis: a pilot randomized-controlled study
External author(s) only (2020-06)Objective:To investigate the effect of small needle-knife therapy in people with painful knee osteoarthritis. Design:Pilot randomised, controlled trial. Setting:Rehabilitation hospital. Subjects:In-patients with ... -
Elevated iron concentration in putamen and cortical speech motor network in developmental stuttering.
External author(s) only (2021-07)Theoretical accounts of developmental stuttering implicate dysfunctional cortico-striatalthalamo-cortical motor loops through the putamen. Analysis of conventional MRI brain scans in people who stutter has failed to yield ... -
Ethics of Early Intervention in Alzheimer’s Disease
External author(s) only (2021-03)Alzheimer’s disease (AD) research, treatment, and prevention focus increasingly on developing personalized interventions based on personal genetic, biological, phenotypic data, for early intervention (EI) to limit harm. ... -
Evaluating the Feasibility of Frequent Cognitive Assessment Using the Mezurio Smartphone App: Observational and Interview Study in Adults With Elevated Dementia Risk
External author(s) only (2020-04)Background: By enabling frequent, sensitive, and economic remote assessment, smartphones will facilitate the detection of early cognitive decline at scale. Previous studies have sustained participant engagement with remote ... -
Examination of the neural basis of psychotic-like experiences in adolescence during processing of emotional faces
External author(s) only (2020-03)Contemporary theories propose that dysregulation of emotional perception is involved in the aetiology of psychosis. 298 healthy adolescents were assessed at age 14- and 19-years using fMRI while performing a facial emotion ... -
Exercise versus usual care after non-reconstructive breast cancer surgery (UK PROSPER): multicentre randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation
External author(s) only (2021-11)Objective To evaluate whether a structured exercise programme improved functional and health related quality of life outcomes compared with usual care for women at high risk of upper limb disability after breast cancer ... -
Experiences of Reframing during Self-Directed Weight Loss and Weight Loss Maintenance: Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies
External author(s) only (2018-06)Background: Reframing means changing the way that a person thinks or feels about a weight loss attempt or weight loss maintenance to enhance its experience or facilitate its success. Although participants have described ... -
Extended follow-up of a short total diet replacement programme: results of the Doctor Referral of Overweight People to Low Energy total diet replacement Treatment (DROPLET) randomised controlled trial at 3 years
External author(s) only (2021-07)To test the long-term effectiveness of a total diet replacement programme (TDR) for routine treatment of obesity in a primary care setting. Methods This study was a pragmatic, two-arm, parallel-group, open-label, ... -
Factors associated with fatigue in CNS inflammatory diseases with AQP4 and MOG antibodies
External author(s) only (2020-02)Objective: Fatigue is a common and disabling symptom amongst people withmultiple sclerosis, however it has not been compared across the central nervoussystem (CNS) inflammatory diseases associated with aquaporin-4 (AQP4) ... -
The Functional Consequences of Social Attention for Memory-guided Attention Orienting and Anticipatory Neural Dynamics
External author(s) only (2019-02)Social attention when viewing natural social (compared to non-social) images has functional consequences on contextual memory in healthy human adults. In addition to attention affecting memory performance, strong evidence ... -
Functional organisation for verb generation in children with developmental language disorder
External author(s) only (2020-12)Developmental language disorder (DLD) is characterised by difficulties in learning one's native language for no apparent reason. These language difficulties occur in 7% of children and are known to limit future academic ... -
Grey matter microstructural differencesin developmental stuttering
External author(s) only (2021-03)Theoretical accounts of developmental stuttering implicate dysfunctional cortico-striatal-thalamo-cortical motor loops through the putamen, but empirical evidence of these proposed differences is currently limited. ... -
Health Outcome Prioritization in Alzheimer's Disease: Understanding the Ethical Landscape.
External author(s) only (2020-07)BACKGROUND:Dementia has been described as the greatest global health challenge in the 21st century on account of longevity gains increasing its incidence, escalating health and social care pressures. These pressures highlight ... -
Hummingbird Study: a study protocol for a multicentre exploratory trial to assess the acceptance and performance of a digital medicine system in adults with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder or first-episode psychosis
External author(s) only (2019-06)Introduction: In patients with schizophrenia, medication adherence is important for relapse prevention, and effective adherence monitoring is essential for treatment planning. A digital medicine system (DMS) has been ... -
Identification of Substrate-specific Allosteric Fingerprints in Matrix Metalloprotease-1 on Amyloid-beta Peptide Aggregates and Drug Screening With Single Molecule Insights
External author(s) only (2022-02)Amyloid-beta peptide (Aβ) is the primary component of water-insoluble extracellular plaques, one of the critical hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Matrix metalloproteases (MMPs) are broad-spectrum proteases with ...