The influence of facemasks on communication in healthcare settings: a systematic review
Journal Article
Francis, R., Leavitt, M., McLelland, C., & Hamilton, D. F. (2024)
The influence of facemasks on communication in healthcare settings: a systematic review. Disability and Rehabilitation, 46(4), 637-649. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2023.2176553
Purpose
Although a well-established aspect of healthcare practice, the impact of facemasks on verbal communication is surprisingly ambiguous.
Materials and Methods
A systemat...
Do digital interventions increase adherence to home exercise rehabilitation? A systematic review of randomised controlled trials
Journal Article
Lang, S., McLelland, C., MacDonald, D., & Hamilton, D. F. (2022)
Do digital interventions increase adherence to home exercise rehabilitation? A systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Archives of Physiotherapy, 12(1), Article 24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40945-022-00148-z
Background: Home exercise regimes are a well-utilised rehabilitation intervention for many conditions; however, adherence to prescribed programmes remains low. Digital interve...
A Cost-Utility Analysis of Robotic Arm-Assisted Total Hip Arthroplasty: Using Robotic Data from the Private Sector and Manual Data from the National Health Service
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Clement, N. D., Gaston, P., Hamilton, D. F., Bell, A., Simpson, P., Macpherson, G. J., & Patton, J. T. (2022)
A Cost-Utility Analysis of Robotic Arm-Assisted Total Hip Arthroplasty: Using Robotic Data from the Private Sector and Manual Data from the National Health Service. Advances in orthopedics, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/5962260
Purpose. The aim was to assess the cost-effectiveness of robotic arm-assisted total hip arthroplasty (rTHA) compared with manual total hip arthroplasty (mTHA) and to assess th...
Do the outcomes of hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement change over time?
Journal Article
Robinson, P., Liu, H., Wilkinson, T., Maempel, J., Murray, I., MacDonald, D., …Gaston, P. (2022)
Do the outcomes of hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement change over time?. Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research, 108(4), Article 103157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.otsr.2021.103157
Background: The purpose of this study was to search for changes in functional outcomes of patients undergoing hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) between sh...
Defining the Patient Acceptable Symptom State Using the Forgotten Joint Score 12 After Hip Arthroscopy
Journal Article
Robinson, P. G., Gaston, P., Williamson, T. R., Murray, I. R., Maempel, J. F., Rankin, C. S., …Hamilton, D. F. (2021)
Defining the Patient Acceptable Symptom State Using the Forgotten Joint Score 12 After Hip Arthroscopy. Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation, 3(6), e1705-e1712. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asmr.2021.07.027
Purpose
To contextualize the Forgotten Joint Score (FJS-12) by identifying a patient acceptable symptomatic state (PASS) threshold for patients undergoing hip arthroscopy and ...
Phase III Trials of Enhanced Versus Usual Care Physical Therapy for Patients at Risk for Poor Outcome Following Knee Arthroplasty: A Perspective on Meaning and a Way Forward
Journal Article
Riddle, D. L., Hamilton, D. F., Dumenci, L., & Beard, D. J. (2021)
Phase III Trials of Enhanced Versus Usual Care Physical Therapy for Patients at Risk for Poor Outcome Following Knee Arthroplasty: A Perspective on Meaning and a Way Forward. Physical Therapy, 101(11), https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzab186
Physical therapy is routinely delivered to patients after discharge from the hospital following knee arthroplasty (KA). Posthospitalization physical therapy is thought to be b...
Higher body mass index is associated with larger postoperative improvement in patient-reported outcomes following total knee arthroplasty
Journal Article
Giesinger, K., Giesinger, J., Hamilton, D., Rechsteiner, J., & Ladurner, A. (2021)
Higher body mass index is associated with larger postoperative improvement in patient-reported outcomes following total knee arthroplasty. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 22(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-021-04512-1
Background
Total knee arthroplasty is known to successfully alleviate pain and improve function in endstage knee osteoarthritis. However, there is some controversy with regard...
Meaningful values in the Forgotten Joint Score after total knee arthroplasty: minimal clinical important difference, minimal important and detectable changes, and patient-acceptable symptom state
Journal Article
Clement, N., Scott, C., Hamilton, D., MacDonald, D., & Howie, C. (2021)
Meaningful values in the Forgotten Joint Score after total knee arthroplasty: minimal clinical important difference, minimal important and detectable changes, and patient-acceptable symptom state. Bone and Joint Journal, 103B(5), 846-854. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.103B5.BJJ-2020-0396.R1
Aims
The aim of this study was to identify the minimal clinically important difference (MCID), minimal important change (MIC), minimal detectable change (MDC), and patient-acc...
The use of pedobarographic analysis to evaluate movement patterns in unstable total knee arthroplasty: a proof of concept study
Journal Article
Seghal, A., Burnett, R., Howie, C. R., Simpson, A. H. R., & Hamilton, D. (2021)
The use of pedobarographic analysis to evaluate movement patterns in unstable total knee arthroplasty: a proof of concept study. The Knee, 29, 110-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knee.2021.01.010
Background
Definition and clinical diagnosis of instability in TKA is challenging. Sensitive and objective biomechanical tools to aid diagnosis are currently lacking. This pro...
Robotic- arm assisted versus manual total hip arthroplasty: a propensity score matched cohort study
Journal Article
Clement, N. D., Gaston, P., Bell, A., Simpson, P., Macphearson, G., Hamilton, D. F., & Patton, J. T. (2021)
Robotic- arm assisted versus manual total hip arthroplasty: a propensity score matched cohort study. Bone and Joint Research, 10(1), 22-30. https://doi.org/10.1302/2046-3758.101.BJR-2020-0161.R1
Aims
The primary aim of this study was to compare the hip-specific functional outcome of robotic assisted total hip arthroplasty (rTHA) with manual total hip arthroplasty (mTH...