Hand Osteoarthritis research- looking for therapists to recruit patient participants
Researchers from the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases (RNHRD) & University of West of England (UWE) looking for people with painful hand OA to take part in a study. This is to investigate how the brain responds to visual illusions that can be used to reduce pain in patients.
Please contact jenny4.lewis@uwe.ac.uk or
call 01225 473403 and see study posters for more information if you can help:
Study Poster (1)
Study Poster (2)
Moving Forward - Physiotherapy for Musculoskeletal Health and Wellbeing
Check out this new review from the NIHR and others on why MSK research matters. OT's this is super-relevant to hand therapy, so please ignore the physiotherapy in the title!
Many thanks to BAHT members Miriam Parkinson and Sharon Gillespie for their involvement in this latest update - you can read their summary here
Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership
Free to use education packages on subjects related to clinical audit and healthcare quality improvement in general:
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This guide is broken down into section including types of data, methods of statistical analysis, data presentation and guidance on sampling:
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