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Brimble, M. ed. 2026. Emotional labour in the nursing care of children, young people and their families: Theory and practice.. Abingdon and New York: Routledge.
Al-Harasis, D. , Kasem, M. and Oates, R. 2026. Experiences of disability: interdisciplinary insights co-design benefits and best practice event summary report. Cardiff University
Alomair, F. 2026. Physiotherapists’ knowledge, confidence, barriers, enablers, and perceptions of strength exercise prescription in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A mixed-methods sequential exploratory design. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
Annetts, S. and Hemming, R. 2026. A pilot study to evaluate differences in spinal angles during a seated computer task compared with a self-selected optimal sitting posture. Presented at: The Society for Back Pain Research (SBPR) 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting Birmingham, UK 11-12 June 2026.
Ashford, S. A. et al., 2026. Ultrasound image guided injection of botulinum toxin for the management of spasticity: an implementation case study for practice recommendations and a governance framework. Disability and Rehabilitation (10.1080/09638288.2026.2643099)
Baillie, J. 2026. ‘Action Needed’—The critical role of peer reviewers for evidence‐based kidney care [Editorial]. Journal of Renal Care 52 (1) e70050. (10.1111/jorc.70050)
Benbow, J. and Brimble, M. 2026. Building resilience. In: Brimble, M. ed. Emotional Labour in the Nursing Care of Children, Young People and their Families. Oxon and New York: Routledge. , pp.221-229. (10.4324/9781032695525-19)
Blundell, C. and Pittaway, B. 2026. Emotional labour in the children's emergency department setting. In: Brimble, M. ed. Emotional Labour in the Nursing Care of Children, Young People and their Families. Oxon and New York: Routledge. , pp.7-21. (10.4324/9781032695525-3)
Bøndergaard, K. et al., 2026. Quality in specialist palliative care for patients with pre-existing severe mental disorders: A retrospective cohort study. Palliative Medicine (10.1177/02692163261438347)
Brennan, N. et al., 2026. Preparedness for practice and workplace support of newly qualified allied health professionals: A qualitative study. Medical Teacher (10.1080/0142159X.2025.2610395)
Bricca, A. et al., 2026. ACTIVATE: physical activity assessment, prescription and promotion in clinical practice by healthcare professionals – a consensus study initiated by the International Federation of Sports Physical Therapy. British Journal of Sports Medicine 60 , pp.629-639. (10.1136/bjsports-2025-110242)
Brimble, M. and Nathan, M. 2026. Professional integrity and boundaries. In: Brimble, M. ed. Emotional Labour in the Nursing Care of Children, Young People and their Families. Oxon and New York: Routledge. , pp.211-220. (10.4324/9781032695525-18)
Busakher, H. and Linehan, M. 2026. Gonad contact shielding practices in digital radiography in emergency units in Kuwait: A cross-sectional survey. Radiography 32 (1) 103256. (10.1016/j.radi.2025.103256)
Butcher, L. , Vougioukalou, S. and Clouston, T. 2026. Emotional intelligence and cognitive flexibility are key influences in enabling staff to uphold human rights values for people living with dementia in care homes. Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice 25 (4), pp.824-860. (10.1177/14713012251392304)
Button, K. et al. 2026. Addressing the challenges of including older people with OA and multi-morbidity in digitally enabled trials: lessons from the tiptoe trial [Abstract]. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 34 (S), pp.S402. (10.1016/j.joca.2026.01.588)
Button, K. et al. 2026. Developing a personalised self management support intervention for older adults living with osteoarthritis and multiple long term conditions [Abstract]. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 34 (6), pp.951-952. (10.1016/j.joca.2026.03.026)
Chambers, R. L. et al., 2026. Assessing content validity: Challenges of conducting systematic reviews of patient-reported outcome measures and recommendations to improve the application of COSMIN guidance. Quality of Life Research 35 (157)(10.1007/s11136-026-04261-5)
Chen, M. , Sparkes, V. and Sheeran, L. 2026. BACK-on-LINE™: A digital pain phenotyping tool to personalise early self-management of low back pain: reliability and validity in working adults. European Journal of Pain 30 (4) e70268. (10.1002/ejp.70268)
Csontos, J. et al. 2026. Interventions that support women, girls, and people who menstruate to participate in physical activity: a rapid overview of reviews. BMC Public Health 26 1472. (10.1186/s12889-026-27122-9)
Davies, J. L. et al. 2026. The fatigue enigma: towards an integrative theoretical framework across clinical conditions. Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior (10.1080/21641846.2026.2667701)
Demyati, H. A. et al., 2026. From footprints to forecast: Baropodometry for fall risk identification and mobility classification among pilgrims. Journal of Clinical Medicine 15 (5) 1970. (10.3390/jcm15051970)
Edwards, D. et al. 2026. The impact of changes in active travel infrastructure on disabled people: A rapid review. Project Report.[Online].Research Square: Health and Care Research Wales. Available at: https://researchwalesevidencecentre.co.uk/active-travel.
Edwards, D. et al. 2026. Unified tools for assessing the methodological quality of intervention effects in rapid reviews: a scoping review. null (10.21203/rs.3.rs-8724550/v1)
Edwards, D. et al. 2026. What financial payment models are used to fund additional services in general practice settings, particularly to improve quality of care and patient outcomes, and support the transfer of services from hospital to community settings: A rapid evidence summary. Health and Care Research Wales Evidence Centre. Available at: https://researchwalesevidencecentre.co.uk/financial-models.
Elliott, J. , Whybrow, D. and Bundy, C. 2026. Burnout, wellbeing and work engagement in diagnostic radiographers working varied shift patterns in the United Kingdom: A national survey. Radiography 32 (4) 103396. (10.1016/j.radi.2026.103396)
Fry, S. et al. 2026. Acceptability and accessibility of using a peer-led WhatsApp group for sharing prostate cancer risk information: a pilot study for proof of concept [Abstract]. Presented at: UK Society for Behavioral Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting Sheffield, UK 28-29 April 2026.
Ghareeb, G. et al., 2026. Less pain, more meaning and comfort: the need to enhance paediatric palliative care in the West Bank of Palestine [Editorial]. Journal of Advanced Nursing 82 (4), pp.2513-2516. (10.1111/jan.70440)
Gilbey, M. et al., 2026. The current uses of haptic-enabled extended reality technologies for developing professional touch within healthcare education: A scoping review. Physical Therapy Reviews (10.1080/10833196.2026.2663685)
Gwynne, L. and Tamè, L. 2026. Conscious tactile perception depends on early processing in primary somatosensory cortex. European Journal of Neuroscience 63 (10) e70548. (10.1111/ejn.70548)
Hall, C. , Horsley, A. and Kelly, D. 2026. A hidden crisis: the growing loss of nursing education provision in the UK. British Journal of Nursing 35 (1), pp.8-9. (10.12968/bjon.2025.0586)
Hawker, C. et al. 2026. Is there is consensus for the aims of aseptic technique undertaken by nurses outside operating theatres? Delphi survey with follow-up study day. Journal of Hospital Infection 171 , pp.53-59. (10.1016/j.jhin.2026.01.023)
Henderson, C. et al., 2026. Evaluating OSCE assessments in UK advanced practice curricula: insights from educators. British Journal of Nursing 35 (2), pp.104-112. (10.12968/bjon.2025.0143)
Henning, M. , Palmer, S. and Walsh, N. 2026. Psychosocial assessment in musculoskeletal care: a survey of uk physiotherapists. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice 82 103485. (10.1016/j.msksp.2025.103485)
Hodges, A. and Barklam, D. 2026. Emotional labour in children's medical care. In: Brimble, M. ed. Emotional Labour in the Nursing Care of Children, Young People and their Families. Oxon and New York: Routledge. , pp.49-60. (10.4324/9781032695525-6)
Horton, E. et al., 2026. Does a co-designed digital self-management programme prepare patients for hip or knee replacement surgery: a pragmatic pilot study. JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies 13 e68286. (10.2196/68286)
Horton, E. et al., 2026. Using a co-designed digital self-management program to prepare patients for hip or knee replacement surgery: Pragmatic pilot study. JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies 13 e68286. (10.2196/68286)
Huiberts, R. O. , Bruijn, S. M. and Davies, J. L. 2026. Changes in corticospinal excitability in response to mediolateral gait instability. Experimental Physiology 111 (3), pp.1279-1298. (10.1113/ep093199)
Jolly, K. et al., 2026. Peer support intervention (ABA-feed) to improve breastfeeding: UK based, multicentre, parallel group, randomised controlled trial. BMJ 392 e086558. (10.1136/bmj-2025-086558)
Jones, M. , Bennett, N. and Whitcombe, S. 2026. Nurses’ experience of using open dialogue approach in the UK: an interpretative phenomenological research study. Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice (10.1108/JMHTEP-10-2024-0103)
Kelly, D. 2026. ‘We are only what we always were’: 50 years of oncology nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing (10.1111/jan.70536)
Kirk, S. et al., 2026. The organisation and provision of youth work services targeted at young people with long-term physical or mental health conditions in the United Kingdom: a service mapping study. BMC Health Services Research 26 421. (10.1186/s12913-026-14227-5)
Liu, Z. , Hicks, Y. and Sheeran, L. 2026. BackTracker: Machine learning to identify kinematic phenotypes for personalised exercise management in non-specific low back pain. International Journal of Medical Informatics 211 106335. (10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2026.106335)
Mackavey, C. et al., 2026. Comparing the evolution of the advanced practice nurse role: Insights from Switzerland and Kenya. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences 24 100999. (10.1016/j.ijans.2026.100999)
MacLellan, J. et al., 2026. Facilitators and barriers to the practice of intermittent auscultation fetal monitoring in UK maternity services: a qualitative study using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR). BMJ Open 16 (4) e115855. (10.1136/bmjopen-2025-115855)
Marzo-Ortega, H. et al., 2026. EULAR points to consider and consensus definitions for difficult-to-manage and treatment-refractory psoriatic arthritis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 85 (1), pp.61-74. (10.1016/j.ard.2025.10.002)
McKenna Lawson, S. 2026. Emotional labour in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). In: Brimble, M. ed. Emotional Labour in the Nursing Care of Children, Young People and their Families. Routledge. , pp.168-186. (10.4324/9781032695525-14)
McKenna Lawson, S. et al. 2026. Hierarchies of need: a systematic review of resilience, challenge, and change in the global nursing workforce during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Creative Nursing: A Journal of Values, Issues, Experience, and Collaboration 32 (1), pp.58-68. (10.1177/10784535251390034)
McNee, P. 2026. Emotional labour in caring for CYP with long-term conditions. In: Brimble, M. ed. Emotional Labour in the Nursing Care of Children, Young People and their Families. Oxon and New York: Routledge. , pp.120-133. (10.4324/9781032695525-11)
McNee, P. 2026. Emotional labour in the children's critical care unit. In: Brimble, M. ed. Global Certified Accessible publisher - Benetech Certified logo ConformsTo: EPUB Accessibility 1.1 - WCAG 2.2 Level AA Book Emotional Labour in the Nursing Care of Children, Young People and their Families. Oxon and New York: Routledge. , pp.34-48. (10.4324/9781032695525-5)
Meher, S. et al., 2026. Calcium supplementation for prevention of pre-eclampsia in high-risk women: study protocol for a randomised triple-blind placebo-controlled trial (CaPE). Trials 27 321. (10.1186/s13063-026-09513-w)
Myerscough, F. , Purcell, C. and Reagon, C. 2026. Endeavouring to co-produce: Insights from interviews with arts therapists. The Arts in Psychotherapy 99 102463. (10.1016/j.aip.2026.102463)
Nathan, M. and Brimble, M. 2026. Emotional labour in caring for CYP with life-threatening conditions. In: Brimble, M. ed. Emotional Labour in the Nursing Care of Children, Young People and their Families. Oxon and New York: Routledge. , pp.134-148. (10.4324/9781032695525-12)
Newman, T. et al., 2026. Numbers and proportions of women giving birth in UK midwifery units since 2016: a secondary analysis of data reported to the UK Midwifery Study System (UKMidSS). Midwifery 157 104776. (10.1016/j.midw.2026.104776)
Nistor, D. , Brown, M. and Al-Amri, M. 2026. Neuromuscular and kinematic strategies during step-up and down-forwards task in individuals with knee osteoarthritis. Journal of Clinical Medicine 15 (3) 1278. (10.3390/jcm15031278)
Palmer, S. et al. 2026. Understanding equity in cancer prehabilitation services in Wales: A medical record review. Cancer Reports 9 (6) e70598.
Pritchard, A. 2026. How to undertake oral medicine dosage calculations. Nursing Standard 41 (5), pp.47-51. (10.7748/ns.2026.e12636)
Purcell, C. et al. 2026. Setting the research priorities for Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)/Dyspraxia in the UK. Research in Developmental Disabilities 174 105305. (10.1016/j.ridd.2026.105305)
Reid, S. et al., 2026. ULTRA ‐Metrics: Delphi-derived framework for assessing ultrasound competency. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine 45 (2), pp.383-400. (10.1002/jum.70074)
Sanders, J. et al. 2026. Establishing the safety of waterbirth for mothers and their babies: the POOL cohort study with nested qualitative component. Health Technology Assessment 30 (15)(10.3310/GGHD6684)
Sanders, J. et al. 2026. Characteristics of women, intrapartum interventions, and maternal and neonatal outcomes among users of intrapartum water immersion: The UK POOL Cohort Study. Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care 53 (1), pp.55-66. (10.1111/birt.12921)
Silva, L. M. et al. 2026. Patient experience of emergency laparotomy: A mixed methods study (the PEEL‐2 Study). World Journal of Surgery 50 (5), pp.1276-1288. (10.1002/wjs.70342)
Silvester, L. et al., 2026. Stakeholder experiences of rehabilitation for adults with complex fractures following traumatic injury: a qualitative interview study. Disability and Rehabilitation (10.1080/09638288.2026.2667133)
Stern, C. et al., 2026. Evidence synthesis methodology for questions relating to barriers and enablers in health care: a scoping review. JBI Evidence Synthesis 24 (3), pp.459-513. (10.11124/JBIES-25-00265)
Sydor, A. et al. 2026. Moral distress among nurses during the COVID ‐19 pandemic: A cross‐sectional survey. Nursing Open 13 (2) e70447. (10.1002/nop2.70447)
Tod, J. and Bowie-Hallam, J. 2026. Emotional labour in the neonatal intensive care setting. In: Brimble, M. ed. Emotional Labour in the Nursing Care of Children, Young People and their Families. Oxon and New York: Routledge. , pp.22-33. (10.4324/9781032695525-4)
Trotman, H. et al. 2026. Mapping social participation interventions for adults with a neurodegenerative condition: a scoping review of in-person and digital community approaches. Disability and Rehabilitation 48 (1), pp.1-16. (10.1080/09638288.2025.2499582)
Tsigarides, J. et al., 2026. Therapeutic virtual reality in rheumatology: a narrative review. touchREVIEWS in RMD 5 (1), pp.26-34. (10.17925/rmd.2026.5.1.2)
Twose, P. et al. 2026. Retrospective review of a weaning and rehabilitation cohort within a tertiary critical care unit. Australian Critical Care 39 (1) 101496. (10.1016/j.aucc.2025.101496)
Vougioukalou, S. et al. 2026. Comparing community-based monitoring to hospital-based care of patients with quiescent age-related macular degeneration: a qualitative study of patient and practitioner perspectives on acceptability and access. BMJ Open 16 e101379. (10.1136/bmjopen-2025-101379)
Whybrow, D. et al. 2026. Outcomes and outcome measures used to evaluate the impact of physical, psychological, social, and substance harm reduction early intervention approaches linked to primary care for UK Veterans. A rapid scoping review protocol. null
Williams, H. R. and Kelly, D. 2026. Prevention and diagnosis of cervical cancers in the UK and Europe: What have we learned in the last 10 years and what is next?. British Journal of Hospital Medicine 87 (2) 50727. (10.31083/BJHM50727)
Ying, Z. et al., 2026. Enhancing intercultural sensitivity through collaborative online international learning among three countries: A mixed-method study. Journal of Transcultural Nursing (10.1177/10436596261452389)