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5. Assessing the Reconceptualization of Pain in GraduateEntry Physiotherapy Students Using the Concept of Pain Inventory for Adults: The University of Technology Sydney Physiotherapy Student Surveys Project.

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Pate, Joshua W., Ilhan, Emre, Rush, Gillian Q., Kennedy, David S., Verhagen, Arianne, Pacey, Verity, and Stubbs, Peter W.

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PHYSICAL therapy students, PAIN measurement, STATISTICAL reliability, CONFIDENCE intervals, RESEARCH methodology evaluation, RESEARCH methodology, CONCEPTUAL structures, PSYCHOMETRICS, MULTITRAIT multimethod techniques, CRONBACH'S alpha, QUESTIONNAIRES, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, CHI-squared test, FACTOR analysis, SCALE analysis (Psychology), EVALUATION
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Introduction. Validly and reliably assessing conceptual change is essential for evaluating the effectiveness of pain science education for physiotherapy students. We aimed to 1) evaluate concept of pain before and after a 14-week pain science education university subject, 2) assess structural validity of the Concept of Pain Inventory for Adults (COPI-Adult) in postgraduate entry-level physiotherapy students, and 3) explore possible relationships between baseline variables and baseline COPI-Adult scores. Review of Literature. As the COPI-Adult is a newly developed questionnaire, there is a lack of data regarding its psychometric properties. Subjects. Of 129 enrolled students at an Australian university, 124 (96%) and 114 (88%) completed the baseline and follow-up questionnaires, respectively. Methods. In this prospective cohort study, students who commenced the degree in 2020 or 2021 completed online questionnaires, including the COPI-Adult, at the start and end of their first semester. This semester included a 14-week pain science education subject and other physiotherapy-related subjects. Higher COPI-Adult scores (range = 0–52) indicate better alignment with contemporary pain science. We 1) compared differences in concept of pain before and after the semester, 2) performed a confirmatory factor analysis on the COPI-Adult, and 3) performed exploratory regression analyses. Results. Concept of Pain Inventory for Adults scores increased from baseline (median [interquartile range]: 39 [36–44]) to follow-up (48 [44–51]). The COPI-Adult retained its 1-factor structure, with acceptable internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.80). Exploratory analysis showed that previously completing a subject on pain was related to higher COPI-Adult baseline scores. Age, gender, and mental health diagnosis did not relate to baseline COPI-Adult scores. Discussion and Conclusion. Following a 14-week pain science education subject embedded within a physiotherapy degree, students improved their concept of pain. The COPI-Adult maintains a 1-factor structure in this population. Completing a previous subject on pain was associated with higher COPI-Adult scores. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2023
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7. Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh 2020: a population-based cross-sectional study

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Rahman, Mahbubur, primary, Khan, Samsad Rabbani, additional, Alamgir, A S M, additional, Kennedy, David S, additional, Hakim, Ferdous, additional, Evers, Egmond Samir, additional, Afreen, Nawroz, additional, Alam, Ahmed Nawsher, additional, Islam, Md Sahidul, additional, Paul, Debashish, additional, Bhuiyan, Rijwan, additional, Islam, Raisul, additional, Moureen, Adneen, additional, Salimuzzaman, M, additional, Billah, Mallick Masum, additional, Sharif, Ahmed Raihan, additional, Akter, Mst Khaleda, additional, Sultana, Sharmin, additional, Khan, Manjur Hossain, additional, von Harbou, Kai, additional, Zaman, Mohammad Mostafa, additional, Shirin, Tahmina, additional, and Flora, Meerjady Sabrina, additional

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2022
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9. sj-pdf-1-cre-10.1177_02692155221091509 - Supplemental material for Relaxation and related therapies for people with multiple sclerosis (MS): A systematic review

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Kneebone, Ian I., Van Zanden, Brooke E., Dorstyn, Diana S., Roberts, Rachel M., Lord, Stephen R., Querstret, Dawn, Theadom, Alice, Kennedy, David S., Raman, Jay, and Nair, Roshan das

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FOS: Clinical medicine, 110604 Sports Medicine, FOS: Health sciences, 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases, 110314 Orthopaedics
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Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-cre-10.1177_02692155221091509 for Relaxation and related therapies for people with multiple sclerosis (MS): A systematic review by Ian I. Kneebone, Brooke E. Van Zanden, Diana S. Dorstyn, Rachel M. Roberts, Stephen R. Lord, Dawn Querstret, Alice Theadom, David S. Kennedy, Jay Raman and Roshan das Nair in Clinical Rehabilitation

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2022
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10. Proprioception assessment in stroke rehabilitation: A survey of Australian physiotherapists and occupational therapists

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Fisher, Georgia, de Oliveira, Camila Quel, Rochette, Annie, Gandevia, Simon C., and Kennedy, David S.

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Proprioception is the awareness of the position, movement, and muscular force generated by the body and its musculoskeletal parts, and is an important somatosensory impairment to assess in people with stroke. We know that rehabilitation clinicians self-report to assess proprioception in approximately two-thirds of people with stroke. What we do not know is what type of assessments are used, or the true frequency of their use in clinical practice. This study aimed to provide a preliminary description of the type and frequency of proprioception assessment used by clinicians working in stroke rehabilitation in Australia, and their knowledge about proprioception impairment. We surveyed Australian physiotherapists and occupational therapists who were involved in the rehabilitation of people with stroke. The online cross-sectional survey ran from March to October 2020. While they were blind to the aims of the study, respondents answered questions about clinical decision-making in a case study of a person with stroke and proprioception impairment. Then, they were asked questions about proprioception. There was a total of 165 survey responses, of which 58 contained complete datasets suitable for analysis. Only 55% (n = 32) of respondents selected an assessment of proprioception for the person described in the case study. The majority of respondents defined proprioception to be the sense of joint / limb (n = 38, 65.5%) or body (n = 27, 46.6%) position and used ‘eyeball’ judgements of limb matching accuracy (56%, n = 33) as an assessment. These preliminary data suggest that proprioception is likely under-assessed in stroke rehabilitation and that clinicians understand proprioception to be the sense of joint position and movement, but lack awareness of other proprioceptive senses, such as the sense of muscle force. These factors may reduce the ability of clinicians to rehabilitate proprioception impairment in people with stroke.

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2023
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11. Prevalence of functional difficulty among school-aged children and effect on school enrolment in rural southern India: A cross-sectional analysis.

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Chandy BR, Davey C, Oswald WE, Kaliappan SP, Aruldas K, Banks LM, Jasper S, Nagarajan G, Galagan S, Kennedy DS, Walson JL, Koshy B, Ajjampur SS, and Kuper H

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Despite the large number of children in India, there is little information on the impact of children's disability on school enrolment, and how this differs by population. We estimated the prevalence of childhood disability in two sites in Tamil Nadu, southern India, and the effect of functional difficulty on school enrolment. We used a parent-reported survey containing the UNICEF-Washington Group questions to identify children aged 5 to 17 years with functional difficulty during a census conducted for an ongoing trial. We estimated pooled- and gender-specific prevalence of functional difficulty among 29,044 children. We fitted regression models to identify subgroups with higher rates of functional difficulty and the effect of functional difficulty on reported school enrolment. We estimated the modification of the effect of functional difficulty by age, gender, socioeconomic status, household education, and sub-site, on additive and multiplicative scales. We found of 29,044 children, 299 (1.0%) had any functional difficulty, equal among boys and girls. Being understood (0.5%) and walking (0.4%) were the most common difficulties. Functional difficulty was strongly associated with non-enrolment in school (Prevalence ratio [PR] 4.59, 95% CI: 3.87, 5.43) after adjusting for age, gender, and site. We show scale-dependent differences between age and socioeconomic groups in the effect of functional difficulty on enrolment. This study shows that at least one in a hundred children in this region have severe functional difficulties and nearly half of these children are not enrolled in school, highlighting the need for further efforts and evidence-based interventions to increase school enrolment among these groups., Competing Interests: Competing interests The authors have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.

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2024
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