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Alison Rushton
Researcher at University of Western Ontario
Publications - 243
Citations - 3845
Alison Rushton is an academic researcher from University of Western Ontario. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Systematic review. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 210 publications receiving 2768 citations. Previous affiliations of Alison Rushton include Arthritis Research UK & Coventry University.
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Patient and physiotherapist perceptions of rehabilitation following primary lumbar discectomy: a qualitative focus group study embedded within an external pilot and feasibility trial.
TL;DR: Patients’ personal priorities, for example, their need to return to work, influenced their preferences for rehabilitation interventions following surgery, and the study patient leaflet and 1:1 physiotherapy interventions were perceived as high quality and valuable.
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Patient journey following lumbar spinal fusion surgery (FuJourn): A multicentre exploration of the immediate post-operative period using qualitative patient diaries.
Alison Rushton,Alison Rushton,Feroz Jadhakhan,A. Masson,Victoria Athey,J. Bart Staal,Martin L. Verra,A. Emms,M Reddington,Ashley Cole,Paul C. Willems,Lorin Michael Benneker,Nicola R Heneghan,Andrew Soundy +13 more
TL;DR: This is the first account of immediate recovery trajectories from patients’ perspectives and recognition of a patient’s trajectory may inform patient-centred recovery, follow-up and rehabilitation to improve patient outcomes.
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Exploring taught masters education for healthcare practitioners: a systematic review of literature
TL;DR: Notwithstanding the low to moderate weight of evidence, the review identified multiple positive outcomes of Master-level education for healthcare practitioners, including nursing, physiotherapy, dentistry, and occupational therapy.
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Patient journey following lumbar spinal fusion surgery (LSFS): protocol for a multicentre qualitative analysis of the patient rehabilitation experience (FuJourn)
Alison Rushton,J. Bart Staal,Martin L. Verra,A. Emms,M Reddington,Andrew Soundy,Ashley Cole,Paul C. Willems,Lorin Michael Benneker,A. Masson,Nicola R Heneghan +10 more
TL;DR: The perceptions of patients who undergo LSFS are explored to inform precision rehabilitation by understanding the patient journey, and patterns of similarity and difference in their journeys can be explored.
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Physiotherapy Post Lumbar Discectomy: Prospective Feasibility and Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial.
TL;DR: A randomised controlled trial to ascertain the effectiveness of combining the interventions into a stepped care intervention and comparing to a no intervention arm and it is promising that they both demonstrated a trend in reducing disability in this population.