Publications by authors named "A P Redmond"

Background: Midfoot pain is common but poorly understood, with radiographs often indicating no anomalies. This study aimed to describe bone, joint and soft tissue changes and to explore associations between MRI-detected abnormalities and clinical symptoms (pain and disability) in a group of adults with midfoot pain, but who were radiographically negative for osteoarthritis.

Methods: Community-based participants with midfoot pain underwent an MRI scan of one foot and scored semi-quantitatively using the Foot OsteoArthritis MRI Score (FOAMRIS).

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Background: Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome (GTPS) is a prevalent and debilitating cause of lateral hip pain. Physiotherapists often prescribe exercises and educate patients on self-management strategies. Virtual consultations have increased since COVID-19.

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  • - Group A Streptococcus (Strep A) skin infections, like impetigo, can lead to serious conditions such as acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD), particularly in Indigenous communities where these rates are significantly higher.
  • - Strep A can spread through three key ways: direct skin contact, surface contamination, and airborne transmission, highlighting the importance of addressing these pathways.
  • - The study suggests various household-level initiatives to reduce Strep A transmission, such as improving washing facilities, enhancing yard space for better social distancing, and increasing home ventilation, with an interactive tool developed to evaluate these initiatives' costs and effectiveness.
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Acoelomorpha is a broadly accepted clade of bilaterian animals made up of the fast-evolving, morphologically simple, mainly marine flatworm lineages Acoela and Nemertodermatida. Phylogenomic studies support Acoelomorpha's close relationship with the slowly evolving and similarly simplistic , together forming the phylum Xenacoelomorpha. The phylogenetic placement of Xenacoelomorpha amongst bilaterians is controversial, with some studies supporting Xenacoelomorpha as the sister group to all other bilaterians, implying that their simplicity may be representative of early bilaterians.

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One of the main causes of implant failure and revision surgery in total hip replacement (THR) is aseptic loosening often caused by the accumulation of wear debris arising between the contact surfaces of the acetabular cup and femoral head during activities of daily living (ADL's). However, limited information is available regarding the contact force pathways between these two surfaces during specific ADL's. In this study, through musculoskeletal modelling, we aimed to estimate the orientation of the hip contact force pathway on the acetabular cup.

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