Papers I actually finish

Fiona Aspinall

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Between clinic and car park roulette I somehow keep a reading list on the go. These are the physio papers that survived the cull, the ones I've actually read cover to cover and not just saved to a folder like a coward. Mostly MSK, mostly stuff I've nicked bits from for patient handouts. Read at your own risk, the NHS wifi will time out halfway through the discussion section anyway.

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Name	Title	Focus Area	Journal	Year	My take
1Effectiveness of exercise for chronic low back pain	Exercise therapy for chronic non-specific low-back pain (Cochrane review)	Low back pain	Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews	2021 update	My go-to when a GP refers someone in expecting a magic scan. Exercise wins, again. Print this and staple it to reception.
2Rotator cuff exercise vs surgery	Physiotherapy exercise programmes for rotator cuff disease	Shoulder rehab	Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews	2020	Saves so many awkward chats about whether they really need that ultrasound scan. Solid ammo for the shoulder clinic.
3Graded activity for chronic fatigue and pain	Graded activity and graded exposure for persistent pain	Pain science	British Journal of Sports Medicine	2017	Changed how I explain pacing to patients who think rest is the answer to everything. Recommend with a cuppa nearby.
4ACL rehab return to sport criteria	Return to sport after ACL reconstruction: consensus statement	Knee rehab	British Journal of Sports Medicine	2016	Handy when the football lads want to know why nine months and not nine weeks. Prints nicely for a discharge pack too.
5Plantar fasciitis loading protocols	High-load strength training for plantar fasciitis	Foot and ankle	Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports	2015	Everyone thinks it's just stretching. This paper is my favourite bit of mythbusting for the walking wounded.
6Tendinopathy loading review	Managing tendinopathies: a review of loading approaches	Tendon health	Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy	2019	Read this on a night shift break and it properly reshaped how I dose eccentric loading. Worth the coffee stains.
7Manual therapy vs exercise for neck pain	Manual therapy and exercise for mechanical neck disorders	Neck pain	Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews	2010	Bit older but still the one I reach for when someone's convinced their neck needs 'cracking' weekly.
8Falls prevention exercise in older adults	Exercise for preventing falls in older people living in the community	Falls prevention	Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews	2019	Community caseload staple. Balance work genuinely cuts falls, not just a tick box for the paperwork.
9Pain neuroscience education outcomes	Pain neuroscience education for chronic musculoskeletal pain	Pain science	Physical Therapy Reviews	2016	Read half of this in the hospital canteen queue and finished it on the 86 bus home. Genuinely useful stuff.
10Early mobilisation post hip fracture	Early mobilisation and outcomes after hip fracture surgery	Orthopaedic rehab	Age and Ageing	2018	Backs up why I chase the ortho ward to get patients up on day one, even when everyone's knackered.

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