The Use of Social Media for Dissemination of Research Evidence to Health and Social Care Practitioners: Protocol for a Systematic Review.

Background: Effective dissemination of research to health and social care practitioners enhances clinical practice and evidence-based care. Social media use has potential to facilitate dissemination to busy practitioners.

Objective: This is a protocol for a systematic review that will quantitatively synthesize evidence of the effectiveness of social media, compared with no social media, for dissemination of research evidence to health and social care practitioners.

Validity of Fitbit activity monitoring for adults with progressive muscle diseases.

Purpose: Measuring physical activity informs activity recommendations in clinical practice and provides outcomes in clinical trials that are meaningful to patients. Activity assessment in muscle disease is challenging and there is insufficient evidence to support any single activity measure; however, multi-modal activity measurement might have potential.

Materials And Methods: This two-part study included 20 and 95 adults with progressive muscle diseases with mobility ranging from independent to assisted, including wheelchair users.

The validity of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) for adults with progressive muscle diseases.

Purpose: Measuring the physical activity of adults with progressive muscle diseases is important to inform clinical practice, for activity recommendations and for outcomes meaningful to participants in clinical trials. Despite its wide use, the measurement properties of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) have not been established in a muscle disease population.

Materials And Methods: The sample of 103 adults with progressive muscle diseases included independently mobile participants and wheelchair users.

COVID-19 lockdown impact on the physical activity of adults with progressive muscle diseases.

Introduction: This short article summarises findings about reduced physical activity of adults with progressive muscle disease as a result of COVID-19 lockdown.

Methods: As part of an ongoing longitudinal cohort study, we prospectively and objectively measured physical activity using accelerometry at baseline in 2019 and follow-up in 2020. A subset of 85 participants incidentally had follow-up data collected during the first UK COVID-19 lockdown from 23 March to 4 July 2020.

Evaluation of NHS Practitioner Health: capturing mental health outcomes using five instruments.

Background: NHS Practitioner Health is the England wide programme providing mental health and addiction healthcare to doctors and dentists. Outcomes are assessed using five measures.

Aims: To contribute to a service evaluation of NHS Practitioner Health.

The effect of combined somatosensory stimulation and task-specific training on upper limb function in chronic stroke: a double-blind randomized controlled trial.

Background: Somatosensory stimulation (SS) is a potential adjuvant to stroke rehabilitation, but the effect on function needs further investigation.

Objective: To explore the effect of combining SS with task-specific training (TST) on upper limb function and arm use in chronic stroke survivors and determine underlying mechanisms.

Methods: In this double-blinded randomized controlled trial (ISRCTN 05542931), 33 patients (mean 37.

Self-perceived utilization of the paretic arm in chronic stroke requires high upper limb functional ability.

Objective: To explore potential predictors of self-reported paretic arm use at baseline and after task-specific training (TST) in survivors of stroke.

Design: Data were obtained from a randomized controlled trial of somatosensory stimulation and upper limb TST in chronic stroke.

Setting: University laboratory.

The effect of coil type and navigation on the reliability of transcranial magnetic stimulation.

The objective of this study was to investigate reliability of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) parameters for three coil systems; hand-held circular and figure-of-eight and navigated figure-of-eight coils. Stimulus response curves, intracortical inhibition (SICI) and facilitation (ICF) were studied in the right first dorsal interosseus muscle of 10 healthy adults. Each coil system was tested twice per subject.