Evaluation of the Family Liaison Officer role during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Communication within healthcare settings is often a subject of contention for patients' families at the best of times; however, contention was greatly magnified in the United Kingdom by restrictions on hospital visitations during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. To support communication between families and patients, a central London hospital introduced the role of the family liaison officer (FLO). This study was designed to evaluate the rapid implementation of the FLO and to explore potential for it to become a standard role.

The use of interventional open MRI to assess the kinematics of the lumbar spine in patients with spondylolisthesis.

Study Design: Open interventional MRI techniques were used to investigate the intervertebral mobility of the lumbar spine in subjects with isthmic and degenerative spondylolisthesis. The findings were compared with those in a published database of subjects with no history of low back pain.

Objective: To investigate patterns of intervertebral mobility in subjects with spondylolisthesis to determine the level of spinal instability in this population.

The assessment of intersegmental motion and pelvic tilt in elite oarsmen.

Unlabelled: Low back pain (LBP) is a common problem in elite oarsmen. The relevance of spinal and pelvic flexibility to good rowing technique and the incidence of LBP is unclear.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate patterns of spinal and pelvic mobility in a group of elite oarsmen with and without a history of LBP.