A5009050493- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Hip and Femur Fractures
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Physical Activity and Health
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Tendon Structure and Treatment
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment
- Shoulder Injury and Treatment
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- Health and Well-being Studies
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
University of Exeter
2016-2025
Goodwin (United Kingdom)
2025
Peninsula Research
2023-2024
NIHR Applied Research Collaboration South West Peninsula
2022-2024
Heavitree Hospital
2021-2024
National Institute for Health Research
2014-2021
NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Greater Manchester
2017-2019
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
2018
Prince Charles Hospital
2017
Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry
2008-2016
<h3>Objectives</h3> To compare the effectiveness of an exercise programme with usual care in people Parkinson9s disease (PD) who have a history falls. <h3>Design</h3> Pragmatic randomised controlled trial. <h3>Setting</h3> Recruitment was from three primary and four secondary organisations, PD support groups South West England. The intervention delivered community settings. <h3>Participants</h3> People PD, two or more falls previous year, were able to mobilise independently....
To estimate the effect of a physiotherapist-delivered fall prevention programme for people with Parkinson's (PwP).
Background People with Parkinson’s disease are twice as likely to experience a fall healthy older person, often leading debilitating effects on confidence, activity levels and quality of life. Objective To estimate the effect physiotherapy programme for prevention among people disease. Design A multicentre, pragmatic, investigator-masked, individually randomised controlled trial (RCT) prespecified subgroup analyses. Setting Recruitment from NHS hospitals clinics community social services in...
Purpose: Exercise-after-stroke programmes are increasingly being provided to encourage more physical exercise among stroke survivors, but little is known about what motivates people with participate in them. This research aimed identify factors that motivate long-term survivors exercise, and the implications for programme design. Methods: In two separate studies, focus groups individual interviews were used investigate views of on participating programmes. Their data analysed thematically,...
The study sought to identify key design features that could be used create a new framework for group-based health interventions. We designed and tested the first session of group intervention stroke survivors with aphasia which was aimed at nurturing psychological connections between members.The session, participant focus interviews facilitators were held in local community music centre South West England.A convenience sample 10 community-dwelling people poststroke participated session....
It is estimated that people with dementia are approximately three times more likely to fracture their hip than sex and age matched controls. A report by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy found this population have poor access rehabilitation as inpatients in community. recent scoping review a paucity research area, indeed there has been no qualitative undertaken physiotherapists. In order address evidence gap, aim current study was explore experiences physiotherapists treating...
Many interventions aim to alleviate well-documented problems of malnutrition in residential care homes and improve residents' health wellbeing. Despite some positive findings, little is known about how why mealtime might be effective, particular, what effects experiences mealtimes have on outcomes. The this study was gain an insight into these explore the issues that may impact enjoyment meals, resulting wellbeing.Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eleven residents from four...
People with Parkinson's (PwP) experience frequent and recurrent falls. As these falls may have devastating consequences, there is an urgent need to identify cost-effective interventions the potential reduce in PwP. The purpose of this economic evaluation compare costs cost-effectiveness a targeted exercise programme versus usual care for PwP who were at risk falling.One hundred thirty participants recruited through specialist clinics, primary support groups randomised either intervention or...
BackgroundPeople with dementia are 2.7 times more likely to suffer a hip fracture than those without and their management is estimated cost £0.92 billion per year. Yet there has been little focus on the effectiveness of interventions for this population.ObjectiveThe aim scoping review was summarise current available evidence physiotherapy people who as well identify gaps in literature that may require further research.Data sourcesA systematic search following databases undertaken—TRIP,...