Publications by authors named "Jean Barnish"

Background: High-heeled shoes (high heels) are frequently worn by many women and form an important part of female gender identity. Issues of explicit and implicit compulsion to wear high heels have been noted. Previous studies and reviews have provided evidence that high heels are detrimental to health.

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Background: There is evidence that participation in performing arts brings psychosocial benefits in the general population and in recent years there has been substantial interest in the potential therapeutic benefit of performing arts, including singing, for people with chronic medical conditions including those of neurological aetiology.

Objective: To systematically review the existing body of evidence regarding the potential benefit of singing on clinical outcomes of people with PD.

Methods: Seven online bibliographic databases were systematically searched in January 2016 and supplementary searches were conducted.

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Objectives: To conduct the first systematic review from an epidemiological perspective regarding the association between high-heeled shoe wear and hallux valgus, musculoskeletal pain, osteoarthritis (OA) and both first-party and second-party injury in human participants without prior musculoskeletal conditions.

Setting: A systematic review of international peer-reviewed scientific literature across seven major languages.

Data Sources: Searches were conducted on seven major bibliographic databases in July 2015 to initially identify all scholarly articles on high-heeled shoes.

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