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  1. Utility of the NELA score and other variables in predicting the need for ICU admission post emergency laparotomy
  2. Risk prediction model for early detection of urinary tract infection in a hospital setting in Australia
  3. TELEnutrition and KIdNey hEalth Study: protocol for a randomised controlled trial comparing the effect of digital health to standard care on serum phoSphate control in patients on dIalysiS (TeleKinesis Study)
  4. Mycobacterium bovis Infections Following Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Instillation for Bladder Cancer in Western Australia: A 22-Year Retrospective Review
  5. Session Rating of Perceived Exertion Is a Valid Method to Monitor Intensity of Exercise in Adults with Acute Burn Injuries
  6. Is staging breast magnetic resonance imaging for invasive lobular carcinoma worthwhile?
  7. Adrenal washout CT in patients with no history of cancer: a waste of time?
  8. Association between functional ability, chronic diseases and lifestyle risk factors in older community dwelling adults: protocol for a prospective observational Chinese cohort study
  9. Associations between physical activity, sedentary behaviour and cognitive domain performance of people living with mild cognitive impairment in the community
  10. Lateropulsion is a predictor of falls during inpatient stroke rehabilitation
  11. Effectiveness of Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) Centers for Improving Physical Fitness for Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  12. Embedding stakeholder preferences in setting priorities for health research: Using a discrete choice experiment to develop a multi-criteria tool for evaluating research proposals
  13. The effects of water-based circuit exercise training on vascular function in people with coronary heart disease
  14. Comparison of toric intraocular lens calculation with the integrated K method and three single biometric devices
  15. Intravenous vitamin C for vasoplegia: A double-blinded randomised clinical trial (VALENCIA trial)
  16. Accumulated Secretions and Associated Aerodigestive Function in Patients With Dysphagia
  17. Improving Primary Care Adherence To Heart Failure Guidelines In Diagnosis, Evaluation & Routine Management (PATHFINDER)
  18. Short- and long-term test–retest reliability of the English version of the 7-item DN4 questionnaire – a screening tool for neuropathic pain
  19. Lumbar multifidus muscle morphology is associated with low back-related pain duration, disability, and leg pain: A cross-sectional study in secondary care
  20. Clinical practice recommendations for management of lateropulsion after stroke determined by a Delphi expert panel
  21. Health-related outcomes of a facility-based transition care program for older adults: a prospective cohort study†
  22. A Comparison of Inertial Measurement Units and Overnight Videography to Assess Sleep Biomechanics
  23. Improving care for older patients visiting emergency departments. Are they receiving falls prevention guideline care?
  24. Primary careAdherenceToHeartFailure guidelinesIN Diagnosis,Evaluation andRoutine management (PATHFINDER): a randomised controlled trial protocol
  25. Encouraging Adults Aged 65 and over to Participate in Resistance Training by Linking Them with a Peer: A Pilot Study
  26. Post-stroke lateropulsion terminology: pushing for agreement amongst experts
  27. Prevalence, risk factors and effectiveness of falls prevention interventions for adults living with Mild Cognitive Impairment in the community: A systematic review and meta-analysis
  28. Effectiveness of community-based rehabilitation (CBR) centres for improving physical fitness for community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review protocol
  29. Oral midodrine does not expedite liberation from protracted vasopressor infusions: A case-control study
  30. Autorefraction as an Objective Method to Evaluate Accuracy of Intraocular Lens Calculation Formulas
  31. Muscle Growth and Anabolism in Intensive Care Survivors (GAINS) trial: a pilot randomised controlled trial
  32. Spinal degeneration is associated with lumbar multifidus morphology in secondary care patients with low back or leg pain
  33. A seniors exercise park program for older adults with mild balance dysfunction – a feasibility study
  34. Translating and Evaluating a Physical Activity Program for Aboriginal Elders on Noongar Boodjar (Country) — A Longitudinal Study
  35. Australian First-Year Nursing Student Knowledge and Attitudes on Pressure Injury Prevention: A Three-Year Educational Intervention Survey Study
  36. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of normal human placentae
  37. Clinicopathological characteristics and clinical morbidity in high‐risk head and neck cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma patients in Western Australia
  38. Balance on the Brain: a randomised controlled trial evaluating the effect of a multimodal exercise programme on physical performance, falls, quality of life and cognition for people with mild cognitive impairment—study protocol
  39. Randomised controlled trial on the effect of simethicone bowel preparation on rectal variability during image‐guided radiation therapy for prostate cancer (SPoRT study)
  40. Spiders and mushrooms: Reporting bowel endometriosis shape on preoperative MRI to flag surgical complexity
  41. Taking the strain: An examination of upper back musculoskeletal tissue sensitivity in relation to upper back pain and breast size. A cross-sectional study
  42. Research lessons during the COVID-19 pandemic: collecting longitudinal physical and mental health outcomes
  43. Integrating the Choosing Wisely 5 Questions into Family Meetings in the Intensive Care Unit: A Randomized Controlled Trial Investigating the Effect on Family Perceived Involvement in Decision-Making
  44. Gentamicin-Containing Collagen Implant May Reduce Surgical Site Infections After Open Infrainguinal Arterial Revascularization
  45. Effectiveness of Mouth Rinsing versus Ingesting Pickle Juice for Alleviating Electrically Induced Cramp in Physically Active Adults
  46. The relationship between symptom severity, bother and psychological factors in women with pelvic organ prolapse: A cross‐sectional observational study
  47. We aimed to determine if participants with spinal symptoms slept in different postures.
  48. Heritability of musculoskeletal pain and pain sensitivity phenotypes: 2 generations of the Raine Study
  49. Deep Brain Stimulation and Swimming Performance
  50. Twelve weeks of water-based circuit training exercise improves fitness, body fat and leg strength in people with stable coronary heart disease: a randomised trial
  51. Disentangling ‘sciatica’ to understand and characterise somatosensory profiles and potential pain mechanisms
  52. Berg Balance Scale Score as a Predictor of Independent Walking at Discharge among Adult Stroke Survivors
  53. Incorporating the Clinical Frailty Scale into routine outpatient nephrology practice: an observational study of feasibility and associations
  54. Effectiveness of facility‐based transition care on health‐related outcomes for older adults: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
  55. Incidence and Associated Risk Factors for Falls in Older Adults After Elective Total Knee Replacement Surgery
  56. Early age at menarche is associated with post‐menarche back pain: An analysis of the Raine Study
  57. MRI sliding sign: Using MRI to assess rectouterine mobility in pelvic endometriosis
  58. Hospitalizations in solid tumor phase I clinical trial patients: Incidence, pattern and clinical outcomes at an Australian phase I clinical trial unit
  59. Identifying the Association Between Older Adults' Characteristics and Their Health-Related Outcomes in a Transition Care Setting: A Retrospective Audit
  60. Insight into the longitudinal relationship between chronic subclinical inflammation and obesity from adolescence to early adulthood: a dual trajectory analysis
  61. Reliability and Validity of a Modified Version of the Community Balance and Mobility Scale (CBMS-Home) for Use in Home Assessment
  62. Effects of voluntary exercise duration on myocardial ischaemic tolerance, kinase signaling and gene expression
  63. Is staging breast magnetic resonance imaging prompted upgrade to mastectomy appropriate?
  64. The Effect of Individual Stone Dimensions on Stone Passage Rates
  65. A prospective comparison of peripheral metaraminol versus dilute noradrenaline in the intensive care unit
  66. Evaluation of an ankylosing spondylitis education and self‐management program: Beneficial effects on ankylosing spondylitis specific outcomes
  67. Performance, perceptual and physiological comparison of traditional and small-sided games in youth hockey
  68. Efficacy of Respiratory Physiotherapy Interventions for Intubated and Mechanically Ventilated Adults with Pneumonia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  69. Multi-trajectory analysis of C-reactive protein and low back pain from adolescence to early adulthood
  70. Kinematic and perceptual responses in heavy lifting and pulling: Are there differences between males and females?
  71. Survivors of Acute Lung Injury Have Greater Impairments in Strength and Exercise Capacity Than Survivors of Other Critical Illnesses as Measured Shortly After ICU Discharge
  72. The Addition of Real-time Ultrasound Visual Feedback to Manual Facilitation Increases Serratus Anterior Activation in Adults With Painful Shoulders: A Randomized Crossover Trial
  73. Early life chronic inflammatory conditions predict low back pain in adolescence and young adulthood
  74. The Effect of Sub-Concussive Impacts during a Rugby Tackling Drill on Brain Function
  75. High-intensity interval training in patients with left ventricular assist devices: A pilot randomized controlled trial
  76. Incidence and Associated Risk Factors for Falls in Older Adults Postdischarge Who Undergo Elective Total Hip Replacement Surgery—A Prospective Cohort Study
  77. Defining the Border of the Subthalamic Nucleus for Deep Brain Stimulation: A Proposed Model Using the Symmetrical Sigmoid Curve Function
  78. Vitamin D Supplementation Does Not Impact Resting Metabolic Rate, Body Composition and Strength in Vitamin D Sufficient Physically Active Adults
  79. Associations Between Nutrition Markers and Muscle Mass on Bioimpedance Analysis in Patients Receiving Parenteral Nutrition
  80. Treatment and outcomes for synovial sarcoma patients in Western Australia: the role of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy
  81. Association of quantitative sensory testing parameters with clinical outcome in patients with lumbar radiculopathy undergoing microdiscectomy
  82. Pressure pain threshold and temporal summation in adults with episodic and persistent low back pain trajectories: a secondary analysis at baseline and after lumbar manipulation or sham
  83. Characterization of the immune profile of oral tongue squamous cell carcinomas with advancing disease
  84. Effect of personalised, mobile‐accessible discharge instructions for patients leaving the emergency department: A randomised controlled trial
  85. Association Between Characteristics of Injurious Falls and Fall Preventive Interventions in Acute Medical and Surgical Units
  86. The needs of patients with post–intensive care syndrome: A prospective, observational study
  87. The Influence of a Positive Empathetic Interaction on Conditioned Pain Modulation and Manipulation-induced Analgesia in People With Lateral Epicondylalgia
  88. Does Medicare‐eligible high‐risk breast cancer screening MRI target the right women?
  89. Ventilator hyperinflation determined by peak airway pressure delivered: A randomized crossover trial
  90. The prognostic merit of self-reported triggers of recurrent low back pain: study protocol
  91. Attitudes towards abortion in male and female adolescents with diverse sexual and pregnancy experiences: a cross-sectional study
  92. Hip adduction and abduction strength and adduction-to-abduction ratio changes across an Australian Football League season
  93. The relationship between breast size and aspects of health and psychological wellbeing in mature-aged women
  94. Knowledge, beliefs, and influences associated with complementary and alternative medicine among physiotherapy and counselling students
  95. Smartphone and social media-based cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention in China (SMART-CR/SP): a parallel-group, single-blind, randomised controlled trial
  96. Non-surgical management of isolated proximal phalangeal fractures with immediate mobilization
  97. Validity and Reliability of the Daily Living Self-Efficacy Scale in Subacute Geriatric Rehabilitation
  98. Occupational therapist use of the ‘Timed Up and Go’ test in a Memory Clinic to compare performance between cognitive diagnoses and screen for falls risk
  99. Clinical and economic benefits of de-escalating stress ulcer prophylaxis therapy in the intensive care unit: A quality improvement study
  100. No difference in pressure pain threshold and temporal summation after lumbar spinal manipulation compared to sham: A randomised controlled trial in adults with low back pain
  101. Revising the definition of vertical margin involvement following endoscopic polypectomy may reduce unnecessary surgery in patients with malignant colorectal polyps
  102. Standing Desks in a Grade 4 Classroom over the Full School Year
  103. Upper back pain in postmenopausal women and associated physical characteristics
  104. Ventilatory efficiency is a stronger prognostic indicator than peak oxygen uptake or body mass index in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
  105. Deceleration characteristics of elite Australian male field hockey players during an Olympic tournament
  106. Intensive monitoring for post-transplant diabetes mellitus and treatment with dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor therapy
  107. Programmed death ligand-1 expression in non-small cell lung cancer in a Western Australian population and correlation with clinicopathologic features
  108. Field testing of the revised neuropathic pain grading system in a cohort of patients with neck and upper limb pain
  109. Poly-Arginine Peptides R18 and R18D Improve Functional Outcomes After Endothelin-1-Induced Stroke in the Sprague Dawley Rat
  110. Australian modified Lawton's Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale contributes to diagnosing older adults with cognitive impairment
  111. In-Hospital Sequelae of Injurious Falls in 24 Medical/Surgical Units in Four Hospitals in the United States
  112. Intraoperative detection of blood vessels with an imaging needle during neurosurgery in humans
  113. Health literacy of undergraduate health profession students in Australia: A comparison of the island state of Tasmania and other Australian universities
  114. Regional and Facility Differences in Interventions for Mastitis by Australian Physiotherapists
  115. Kettle test efficacy in predicting cognitive and functional outcomes in geriatric rehabilitation
  116. Does otitis media in early childhood affect later behavioural development? Results from the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study
  117. Urogenital symptoms: prevalence, bother, associations and impact in 22 year-old women of the Raine Study
  118. Help-seeking behaviour for pelvic floor dysfunction in women over 55: drivers and barriers
  119. The prevalence of back pain in patients in one Australian tertiary hospital population
  120. Knowledge, attitude, influences and use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among chiropractic and nursing students
  121. Cohort Profile: The Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study–Generation 2
  122. Pelvic floor dysfunction in women with chronic or recurrent lumbo-pelvic pain
  123. Protective benefit of predominant breastfeeding against otitis media may be limited to early childhood: results from a prospective birth cohort study
  124. Good-quality diet in the early years may have a positive effect on academic achievement
  125. Improved Survival in Down Syndrome over the Last 60 Years and the Impact of Perinatal Factors in Recent Decades
  126. Early Anesthesia Exposure and the Effect on Visual Acuity, Refractive Error, and Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness of Young Adults
  127. Rationale, design and methods for the 22 year follow-up of the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study
  128. A Western Dietary Pattern Is Associated with Poor Academic Performance in Australian Adolescents
  129. Prevalence and risk factors for parent-reported recurrent otitis media during early childhood in the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study
  130. Prospective associations between dietary patterns and cognitive performance during adolescence
  131. Evaluation of the frequency and obstetric risk factors associated with term neonatal admissions to special care units
  132. Inflammatory and Haematological Markers in the Maternal, Umbilical Cord and Infant Circulation in Histological Chorioamnionitis
  133. Histologic Chorioamnionitis Is Associated With Reduced Risk of Late-Onset Sepsis in Preterm Infants
  134. Does after-hours in-house senior physician cover improve standard of care and outcomes in high-risk preterm neonates? A retrospective cohort study
  135. Infection and Fetal Loss in the Mid-Second Trimester of Pregnancy
  136. Using the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale to screen for perinatal anxiety
  137. Infection and fetal loss in the mid‐second trimester of pregnancy
  138. Tailoring screening protocols for perinatal depression: prevalence of high risk across obstetric services in Western Australia
  139. Perceptions by medical students of their educational environment for obstetrics and gynaecology in metropolitan and rural teaching sites