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Effects of simultaneous soft tissue mobilization and capacitive and resistive electric transfer therapy using bracelet electrodes in women with chronic non-specific neck pain: A randomized clinical trial
No full textThe data that support the findings of this study are openly available in Zenodo at http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14262845, reference number 14262845.Item is not available in this repository.Background
Chronic non-specific neck pain (CNSNP), persisting for over 12 weeks, is commonly associated with myofascial trigger points. Soft tissue mobilization techniques (STMT) and capacitive and resistive electric transfer therapy (TECAR) may reduce pain and improve function.
Aim
To evaluate the effectiveness of combining STMT with TECAR using resistive bracelet electrodes in women with CNSNP.
Method
A parallel-group, assessor-blinded randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted in accordance with CONSORT guidelines. Eighty women were randomly assigned to an experimental group (STMT + TECAR) or control (STMT only). TECAR was applied at 500 kHz: 10 min of capacitive mode with a conventional electrode, followed by simultaneous STMT and resistive mode using bracelet electrodes. Participants received 15 sessions over five weeks. NPRS, pressure pain thresholds (PPT), cervical range of motion (ROM), and Neck Disability Index (NDI) were assessed at baseline, week 5, and 6-month follow-up.
Results
The experimental group showed significantly greater improvements at week 5 in NPRS, NDI, all PPT areas, lateral flexion, and right rotation ROM (p < .05). Clinically meaningful improvements in NPRS and NDI were observed only in the experimental group, while both groups achieved clinically significant gains in PPT. Improvements were sustained at six months; left rotation ROM differed only at follow-up. No differences were found in neck flexion or extension.
Conclusions
Combining STMT with TECAR using bracelet electrodes resulted in superior improvements in pain, function, and ROM in women with CNSNP versus STMT alone, likely due to the synergistic mechanical and thermal effects of the intervention.https://doi.org/10.1177/10538127251342557pubpu
Giving Accounts, Telling Truths: Some Reflections on Alison Brady’s Being a Teacher
No full textItem is not available in this repository.A year ago, the UK witnessed massive strikes by teachers over workload and pay. At the same time, there were rising concerns about school inspections causing increasing levels of psychological distress to educators and school leaders. These developments were not exclusive to the UK context: strikes have also took place in France, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Spain, Portugal, Czechia, and Romania in the period 2022-23, whilst a European Commission review of teacher wellbeing a year into the pandemic reported that nearly a quarter of teachers reported that their job had a negative impact on their mental health (European Commission/EACEA/Eurydice 2021, p.143). In times of such devaluation and demoralization, Alison Brady’s impressive new book emerged not only with the promise of becoming the go-to point of reference for Sartrean approaches to education, but as a timely engagement with some very present concerns. When taken together, these aspects invite us to think about who we are as educators, who we are asked to be, who we are frequently prevented from being, and who we might yet become. In what follows, I will focus on three key conceptual innovations in Brady’s work, and raise one point of dissensus.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11217-025-09989-0pubpu
Running-Centred Injury Prevention Support: A Scoping Review on Current Injury Risk Reduction Practices for Runners
Full text linkLinda Linton - ORCID: 0000-0001-5248-6442
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5248-6442Background: Runners have not benefited from the same reduction in injury rates seen in injury prevention studies conducted in other sports.
Objectives: The purpose of this scoping review was to identify and map injury risk reduction practices for running-related injury (RRI), methods of delivery and understand the views of experts and runner’s preferences in reducing RRI.
Design: Scoping review.
Methods: We conducted systematic database searches of MEDLINE, CINAHL and SPORTDiscus from 2000 to April 2024. Eligible studies included injury prevention strategies for RRI. Data synthesis was conducted according to PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews using Joanna Briggs Institute framework methodology. Extracted data were mapped and coded from intervention studies, expert opinions and reviews, and inductive thematic analysis created subthemes and themes from prospective cohorts, qualitative studies and surveys.
Results: A total of 3777 studies were identified, and 106 studies met the inclusion criteria. In intervention studies, supervision and support appeared critical for better effect. Key injury prevention topics were strengthening, gait re-education and wearables, graduated running programmes, footwear, recovery and educational advice. A multifactorial approach considering individual risk profiles was recommended by experts, but there was a disparity in what runners do to reduce injury risk compared to expert advice, with actions appearing to be related to self-efficacy rather than avoidance.
Conclusion: This scoping review highlighted runners require individualized, supported and multifactorial approaches for injury risk reduction, and runners seek knowledge on purpose. We found runners injury risk reduction practices should begin early with youth runners and facilitating this through coaching supervision is likely to support behaviour change. Strategies such as gait retraining, wearables and recovery need further exploration but provide promising strategies runners may engage with more. As runners are likely to choose familiar options minimally impacting lifestyle and running, they should be provided with education but need support with their choices to influence beliefs.https://doi.org/10.1155/tsm2/3007544pubpu
Gender Representation and Cultural Memory in Tourism Experiences: Lost Stories, Lost Opportunities at a Heritage Museum
Full text linkRebecca Finkel - ORCID: 0000-0003-2120-6211 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2120-6211Representation in the cultural sector is still a contentious issue given the dominance of a white male hegemony. This is especially relevant for tourism sites (Aitchison, 2005; Pritchard and Morgan, 2017) which focus on cultural memory, as there is often lost potential to portray more accurate tellings of the past through multiple perspectives as well as provide more appealing and unique visitor experiences (Gibson, 2001). Most notably, visibility of diverse experiences in cultural museums is not a widely explored field even though curatorial decisions are crucial to influencing whose heritage, materiality, and stories are shared and whose voices and histories are forgotten. This research aims to address the deficiency in gender representation in cultural storytelling through focusing on a historic museum, the Museum of Scottish Railways, and explores the curatorial process behind the museum’s small objects exhibitions. By shining a light on what is displayed, it became apparent that women especially are invisible in these historic showcases. Utilising a mixed methods approach, the study examines gender representation in the exhibition through content analysis and visual interpretation (Pritchard, 2011) and, through in-depth interviews with museum staff, explores the curatorial decision-making processes and rationale. This museum was selected as a case study due to its presumed masculine topic of the railroad industry; yet, research found many missed opportunities to highlight women’s contributions and narratives mainly due to museum structure and reluctance to change past decisions. Also, this is exacerbated by presumed societal expectations of the viewer. A broader overview of representation can inform decision making by museum curators, and, thus, ensure diverse stories are being remembered
Beyond grades: integrating communication skills into the undergraduate curriculum for podiatry students
Full text linkFrom Springer Nature via Jisc Publications RouterHistory: received 2024-10-14, registration 2025-03-04, accepted 2025-03-04, epub 2025-03-12, online 2025-03-12, collection 2025-12-01Publication status: PublishedDerek Santos - ORCID: 0000-0001-9936-715X https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9936-715XThis commentary paper emphasises the pivotal role of effective communication in the field of podiatry and advocates for its comprehensive integration into the educational curriculum. It argues that the combination of strong academic performance and well-developed communication skills equips podiatry students to improve diagnoses and successful future treatment outcomes. These skills should be comprehensively taught and carefully assessed as part of the patient-centered care approach for podiatry students. The paper explores the multifaceted role of communication in podiatry, highlighting its importance in various aspects of the profession. These include building rapport with patients, interpreting complex medical information, and fostering a therapeutic alliance that is conducive to successful treatment outcomes. It also underscores the significance of communication in collaborating with interdisciplinary teams and advocating for patient wellbeing. Proficiency in communicating with patients can contribute to the development of a wide range of career competencies in podiatric medicine, including clinical skills, research and innovation, cultural competence, and effective teamwork, both nationally and internationally. The paper also delves into various topics such as gathering patient history, explaining diagnoses and treatment options, providing patient education, and enhancing patient outcomes through interprofessional practice. This commentary paper explores the role of communication in research participation and the teaching and assessment of communication skills through innovative methods such as role-playing, simulations, and standardized patients. In conclusion, by reiterating that the essence of podiatry extends beyond technical proficiency to include meaningful interactions between the podiatrist and the patient, which are facilitated by strong communication skills. This paper may serve as a call to action for universities nationally and internationally to place greater emphasis in integrating and thoroughly assessing communication skills in their podiatric medicine programs.pubpu
Advancing real-world applications: A scoping review on emerging wearable technologies for recognizing activities of daily living
Full text linkMustafa Ahmed - ORCID: 0009-0009-3727-7330
https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3727-7330Wearable technologies for Activities of Daily Living (ADL) recognition have emerged as a crucial area of research, driven by the global rise in aging populations and the increase in chronic diseases. These technologies offer significant benefits for healthcare by enabling continuous monitoring and early detection of health issues. However, the field of ADL recognition with wearables remains under-explored in key areas such as user variability and data acquisition methodologies. This review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of recent advancements in ADL recognition using wearable devices, with a particular focus on commercially available devices. We systematically analyzed 157 studies from six databases following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, narrowing our focus to 77 articles that utilized proprietary datasets. These studies revealed three main categories of wearables: prototype devices (40 %), commercial research-grade devices (32 %), and consumer-grade devices (28 %) adapted for ADL recognition. Additionally, various detection algorithms were identified, with 31 % of studies utilizing basic machine learning techniques, 40 % employing advanced deep learning methods, and the remainder exploring ensemble learning and transfer learning approaches. Our findings underscore the growing adoption of accessible, commercial devices for both research and clinical applications. Furthermore, we identified two key areas for future research: the development of user-centered data preparation techniques to account for variability in ADL performance, and the enhancement of wearable technologies to better align with the practical needs of healthcare systems. These advancements are expected to enhance the usability and efficiency of wearables in improving patient care and healthcare management.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smhl.2025.10055536aheadofprintaheadofprin
Nature Connectedness as a Risk Factor for Psychological Distress After Environmental Disasters: Insights from the 2024 Attica Wildfires
No full textAlexia Barrable - ORCID: 0000-0002-5352-8330
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5352-8330AAM OA in repository as of 18/06/2025.Nature connectedness, the construct that describes how close we feel to the rest of the natural world, has been studied extensively in the past decade. There have been well-evidenced prior studies showing a positive correlation between nature connectedness and wellbeing in both children and adults, as well as sustainable attitudes and behaviour towards the environment. What has not been studied as well to date is the potential for nature connectedness to contribute to levels of distress and other negative emotions in the presence of the climate crisis and environmental disasters. This study analysed results from a sample of Greek speaking adults, collected in the 14 days after the 2024 Attica wildfires. We examined the relationship between respondents’ experience of the event, and the associations between respondents’ nature connectedness and resultant psychological distress. We found that higher nature connectedness was associated with higher psychological distress in people who had experienced forest fires. We believe that future research on nature connectedness needs to take into account the potential for psychological distress in the face of ongoing environmental disasters and the climate crisis.pubpu
Resetting the Standard: A Collaborative Approach to Community Resilience for Older People. [Case Study]
No full textItem is not available in this repository.https://www.alliance-scotland.org.uk/blog/case_studies/resetting-the-standard-a-collaborative-approach-to-community-resilience-for-older-people
A PAPER OF RECORD: CONVERGENCE AND COMMUNITY AT THE GLASGOW HERALD
Full text linkFounded in Glasgow in 1783, the Herald is among the oldest continuously published newspapers in the English-speaking world. In the late 20th century, the paper sought to cast off its reputation as an organ of once powerful local elites; with the goal of becoming the preeminent national paper of record for Scotland. This transformation necessitated an expansion in the range and extent of the Herald’s journalistic output: with a particular emphasis on culture, high literary standards, and the role of specialist correspondents with the requisite expertise to scrutinise state and civil society institutions. These developments form part of a cultural turn in Scottish journalism, facilitated by structural modernisation and energised by prefigurative impulses that emerged in the context of growing demands for enhanced political autonomy, alongside a broader revival of national identity and culture in Scotland. However, a seemingly resilient and expanding national media system, consolidated in the post-war era, was unprepared for the advent of global media convergence. Thus in 2003 Newsquest – a wholly owned subsidiary of US conglomerate Gannett – purchased the Herald and went on to substantially retrench the title’s editorial operations, resulting in a significant reduction in the range and extent of its journalistic output. This project combines a study of documentary and oral history sources which together constitute a cultural history of the Herald. Based on analysis of these sources, this project shows how Herald journalists sustained an interpretive community which resisted the pressures of media convergence by restating journalistic values and valorising institutional memory, while foregrounding the cultural value of the title. This project also situates the Herald’s cultural history and its transformations within wider theoretical debates about community, the public sphere, and modernity. Drawing on these fruitful connections, this thesis concludes by conceptualising four distinct transformations in journalistic culture and practice. These findings are grounded in the Herald’s particular interpretive community, but they also underline the broader salience of the journalistic record amid the pressures and possibilities of global media convergence
To survive and thrive – patients, staff and countries need healthy Critical Care Units [Editorial]
No full textItem is not available in this repository.Lisa Salisbury - ORCID: 0000-0002-1400-3224
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1400-3224https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.7003030pubpub
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