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Economic evaluation of a rehabilitation program integrating exercise, self-management, and active coping strategies for chronic knee pain.

Hurley, MV; Walsh, NE; Mitchell, HL; Pimm, TJ; Williamson, E; Jones, RH; Reeves, BC; Dieppe, PA; Patel, A (2007-10-15)

OBJECTIVE: To conduct an economic evaluation of the Enabling Self-Management and Coping with Arthritic Knee Pain through Exercise (ESCAPE-knee pain) program. METHODS: Alongside a clinical trial, we estimated the costs of ...

Clinical effectiveness of a rehabilitation program integrating exercise, self-management, and active coping strategies for chronic knee pain: a cluster randomized trial.

Hurley, MV; Walsh, NE; Mitchell, HL; Pimm, TJ; Patel, A; Williamson, E; Jones, RH; Dieppe, PA; Reeves, BC (2007-10-15)

OBJECTIVE: Chronic knee pain is a major cause of disability and health care expenditure, but there are concerns about efficacy, cost, and side effects associated with usual primary care. Conservative rehabilitation may ...

Skeletal muscle repair by adult human mesenchymal stem cells from synovial membrane.

De Bari, C; Dell'Accio, F; Vandenabeele, F; Vermeesch, JR; Raymackers, J-M; Luyten, FP (2003-03-17)

We have demonstrated previously that adult human synovial membrane-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hSM-MSCs) have myogenic potential in vitro (De Bari, C., F. Dell'Accio, P. Tylzanowski, and F.P. Luyten. 2001. Arthritis ...

Involving older people in health research.

Fudge, N; Wolfe, CDA; McKevitt, C (2007-09)

BACKGROUND: It is a UK policy requirement to involve patients and the public in health research as active partners. OBJECTIVE: We reviewed published reports of studies which involved older people in commissioning, prioritizng, ...

A double-blind, crossover study of Biotène Oralbalance and BioXtra systems as salivary substitutes in patients with post-radiotherapy xerostomia.

Shahdad, SA; Taylor, C; Barclay, SC; Steen, IN; Preshaw, PM (2005-09)

This study assessed the efficacy of the Bioxtra (BX) and Biotène Oralbalance (OB) systems in the treatment of post-radiotherapy xerostomia. In a double-blind, crossover study, 20 patients with post-radiotherapy xerostomia ...

Identification of plasma protein biomarkers associated with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Abdul-Salam, VB; Paul, GA; Ali, JO; Gibbs, SR; Rahman, D; Taylor, GW; Wilkins, MR; Edwards, RJ (2006-04)

We have employed SELDI-TOF MS to screen for differentially expressed proteins in plasma samples from 27 patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) and 26 healthy controls. One ion (m/z approximately ...