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About: Geelong Football Club is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Wool. The organization has 1503 authors who have published 1826 publications receiving 34162 citations. The organization is also known as: Geelong Cats.

Protocol for a single-centre, parallel-arm, randomised controlled superiority trial evaluating the effects of transcatheter arterial embolisation of abnormal knee neovasculature on pain, function and quality of life in people with knee osteoarthritis.

Abstract: Introduction Symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA) is common Advanced knee OA is successfully treated with joint replacement surgery, but effectively managing mild to moderate knee OA can be difficult Angiogenesis increases with OA and might contribute to pain and structural damage Modifying angiogenesis is a potential treatment pathway for OA The aim of the current study is to determine whether transcatheter arterial embolisation of abnormal neovasculature arising from the genicular arterial branches improves knee pain, physical function and quality of life in people with mild to moderate symptomatic knee OA Methods and analysis The study is a single centre, parallel-arm, double-blinded (participant and assessor), randomised controlled superiority trial with 1:1 random block allocation Eligible participants have mild to moderate symptomatic knee OA and will be randomly assigned to receive either embolisation of aberrant knee neovasculature of genicular arterial branches or a placebo intervention Outcome measures will be collected prior to the intervention and again 1, 6 and 12 months postintervention The primary outcome is change in knee pain between baseline and 12 month assessment as measured by the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) Secondary outcomes include change in self-reported physical function (KOOS), self-reported quality of life (KOOS, EuroQol: EQ-5D-5L), self-reported knee joint stiffness (KOOS), self-reported global change, 6 min walk test performance, and 30 s chair-stand test performance Intention-to-treat analysis will be performed including all participants as randomised To detect a mean between group difference in change pain of 20% at the one year reassessment with a two-sided significance level of α=005 and power of 80% using a two-sample t-test, we require 29 participants per arm which allows for 20% of participants to drop out Ethics and dissemination Barwon Health Human Research Ethics Committee, 30 May 2016, (ref:15/101) Study results will be disseminated via peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations Trial registration number Universal trial number U1111-1183-8503, Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry, ACTRN12616001184460, approved 29 August 2016

Australian integrative oncology services: a mixed-method study exploring the views of cancer survivors

Abstract: The significant use of traditional and complementary medicine (TC attitudes, beliefs and knowledge about TC and available resources (e.g. finances, time, transport). Unmet need and inequitable access was exacerbated by geographical location, ethnicity and ability to pay. There was a mismatch between where participants were accessing T&CM services and their preference for IO service delivery. Participants perceived hospital-based IO services availability to have several benefits, including the T&CM practitioners having more expert knowledge about cancer care, the convenience of co-locating oncology services, and potentially lower out-of-pocket costs. Patients’ use, preferences and needs for T&CM services in the oncology setting are important for informing service provision. Inequitable, unmet need reflected the increasing demand and expectation from patients for their oncology teams to be well informed about the benefits, risks and indications for T&CM use, and for the public and private health sectors to formally integrate and fund IO services.

Twelve-month work-related outcomes following hip fracture in patients under 65 years of age.

Abstract: Introduction Recent research has highlighted the need for improved outcome reporting in younger hip fracture patients. For this population, return to work (RTW) is a particularly important measure against which to evaluate treatment outcomes. However, to date, only two small studies have reported RTW outcomes in young hip fracture patients and neither investigated factors predictive of RTW. The aims of this study were to report return to work (RTW) status and predictors of RTW 12 months after hip fracture in patients Methods Two hundred and ninety-one adults aged Results Sixty-five per-cent of patients had returned to work 12 months after hip fracture (62% of whom had an isolated hip fracture and 38% of whom had additional injuries). Relative to patients aged 16–24 years, odds of RTW was reduced by 78%–89% for each 10-year increase in age (p = 0.02). Relative to patients employed as managers/administrators/professionals, odds of RTW were 68% to 95% lower for all other workers (p Conclusions Approximately one third of patients

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DSC investigation of the physical ageing and deageing of wool

Abstract: The extent and stability of the network that forms on ageing of wool is a function of the temperature and time of formation. If samples are allowed to age for two consecutive periods of time at different temperatures then two independent networks are formed, each with its own characteristic T g . The moisture content, thermal history and scan rate must be carefully controlled during thermal analysis. It is shown that deageing can be used to facilitate the temporary setting of wool.