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Dr Stephen Ashford @stephenashfordpt.bsky.social · 12d

Presenting our poster today at the British Society of Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine (BSPRM) on community outreach provision for specialised rehabilitation for those with severe acquired brain injury.

Identifying complexity and supporting more complex needs.

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Chartered Society of Physiotherapy @thecsp.bsky.social · 14d

Prevention in Practice: How Neighbourhood Health Services can Transform the NHS

📍We're hosting a Fringe event at the Labour conference, with a panel including:
@skinnock.bsky.social
@robyeldham.bsky.social

📍 Mon 29 September, 11:15
Meeting room 4A, AAC

#RightToRehab
#Lab25

Prevention in Practice: How Neighbourhood Health Services Can Transform the NHS

Speaker imgaes and titles:
Matthew Taylor, CEO, NHS Confed (Chair)
Stephen Kinnock MP, Minister for Care
Rob Yeldham, Director, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Kamila Hawthorne, Chair of Council, Royal College of General Practitioners
Julia Worthington, Integrated Neighbourhood Lead, Greater Manchester Council

Date: Monday 29 Septermber, 11:00-12:15, Meeting Room 4A, AAC

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Dr Stephen Ashford @stephenashfordpt.bsky.social · Jul 2

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Yes, glad to see this paper out! | Stephen Ashford

Yes, glad to see this paper out! Please take a look goal setting (GAS) and outcome evaluation applied in palliative rehabilitation.

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Dr Stephen Ashford @stephenashfordpt.bsky.social · Jun 22

New paper out - take a look! Meta-Analysis of Goal Setting and Physical Treatment Categorisation for Focal Spasticity Following Stroke or Other Acquired Brain Injury - Stephen Ashford, Jorge Jacinto, Klemens Fheodoroff, Lynne Turner-Stokes, 2025

doi.org/10.1177/2753...

Meta-Analysis of Goal Setting and Physical Treatment Categorisation for Focal Spasticity Following Stroke or Other Acquired Brain Injury - Stephen Ashford, Jorge Jacinto, Klemens Fheodoroff, Lynne Tur...

Background: Setting goals and planning treatment to attain those goals is often integral to rehabilitation practice, particularly when managing spasticity follo...

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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · Jun 21

The #SpendingReview's £4bn overall increase in funding for adult social care by 2028/29 is only enough to prevent a further deterioration in services.

Our analysis from May projects costs of meeting growing demand for care in England and making improvements up to 2034/35 ⬇️

Adult social care funding pressures: 2023–35

We project the costs of meeting growing demand for adult social care in England and making some improvements to care up to 2034/35.

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Dr Stephen Ashford @stephenashfordpt.bsky.social · Jun 20

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Stephen Ashford on X: "New paper out today - take a look! Meta-Analysis of Goal Setting and Physical Treatment Categorisation for Focal Spasticity Following Stroke or Other Acquired Brain Injury - Stephen Ashford, Jorge Jacinto, Klemens Fheodoroff, Lynne Turner-Stokes, 2025 https://t.co/eoxehKAMWI" / X

New paper out today - take a look! Meta-Analysis of Goal Setting and Physical Treatment Categorisation for Focal Spasticity Following Stroke or Other Acquired Brain Injury - Stephen Ashford, Jorge Jacinto, Klemens Fheodoroff, Lynne Turner-Stokes, 2025 https://t.co/eoxehKAMWI

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Dr Stephen Ashford @stephenashfordpt.bsky.social · Jun 4

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Prof Anand Pandyan on X: "It was a blast @StephenAshford3 @drpaulwinston and Mahdis - thank you for the opportunity to have this event." / X

It was a blast @StephenAshford3 @drpaulwinston and Mahdis - thank you for the opportunity to have this event.

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Dr Stephen Ashford @stephenashfordpt.bsky.social · May 16

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CANOSC on X: "Please join this deconstruction of spasticity outcomes with @AnandDPandyan @StephenAshford3 @drpaulwinston and Dr Mahdis Hashemi. Colourful cases, debates and new frontiers https://t.co/2uzgEhU6hM https://t.co/gMqMoOCauF" / X

Please join this deconstruction of spasticity outcomes with @AnandDPandyan @StephenAshford3 @drpaulwinston and Dr Mahdis Hashemi. Colourful cases, debates and new frontiers https://t.co/2uzgEhU6hM https://t.co/gMqMoOCauF

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Dr. Rachel Zoffness @drzoffness.bsky.social · May 14

🔥 Most important paper I've read all year🔥
👉 Injury/disease doesn't reliably predict pain
👉 Biomarkers alone can't explain pain
👉 PSYCHOSOCIAL factors reliably determine chronic pain
👉 Painful conditions can be predicted from the SYNERGY btwn bio + psychosocial factors
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Biological markers and psychosocial factors predict chronic pain conditions - Nature Human Behaviour

Fillingim et al. show that biological and psychosocial factors jointly predict conditions associated with chronic pain.

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Dr Stephen Ashford @stephenashfordpt.bsky.social · Mar 8

Full article: Understanding development of contractures in people with stroke: formulation of a logic-model to inform care and prevention www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Understanding development of contractures in people with stroke: formulation of a logic-model to inform care and prevention

Contracture is stiffness and reduction in how much a joint and muscle can move and may impact on self-care and functional ability. We outline the development of the first comprehensive Logic-Model ...

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Dr Stephen Ashford @stephenashfordpt.bsky.social · Mar 1

See our latest paper.
Pain Reduction with Repeated Injections of Botulinum Toxin A in Upper Limb Spasticity: A Longitudinal Analysis from the ULIS-III Study mdpi.com/3206880 #mdpitoxins via @Toxins_Mdpi

Pain Reduction with Repeated Injections of Botulinum Toxin A in Upper Limb Spasticity: A Longitudinal Analysis from the ULIS-III Study

Pain reduction is a common goal of the treatment of upper limb spasticity with botulinum toxin (BoNT-A). ULIS-III was a large international, observational, longitudinal study (N = 953) conducted in re...

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Dr Stephen Ashford @stephenashfordpt.bsky.social · Feb 26

Key challenges and opportunities @ij_higginson @CSI_KCL

Dr Stephen Ashford @stephenashfordpt.bsky.social · Feb 26

@ij_higginson Presenting on Better Health & Care Futures Palliative Care. Currently discussing the increase in complex multi-morbidity with opportunities and challenges for palliative care. @CSI_KCL

Dr Stephen Ashford @stephenashfordpt.bsky.social · Feb 8

Try this!
doi.org/10.2340/jrm....

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Dr Stephen Ashford @stephenashfordpt.bsky.social · Feb 8

See our new paper. Treatment of leg spasticity (stiff, tight, and difficult to control muscles due to a neurological injury such as stroke) with a physical rehabilitation programme supported by botulinum toxin administration.
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Tom Goom @running-physio.bsky.social · Feb 1

A quick overview of muscle activity during running 🏃🏼‍♀️

#Running #RunningGait #Physio #Physiotherapy #RunningInjury

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Chloé de Canson @chloedecanson.bsky.social · Jan 29

Cochrane rightly pointed out that their own review of exercise therapy for ME was “based on a research question and a set of methods from 2002, and reflects evidence from studies that applied definitions of ME/CFS from the 1990s" and convened a panel for an update. The update was then cancelled

Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Jan 29

BMJ has picked up on the Cochrane scandal www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Chronic fatigue syndrome: Outcry over Cochrane decision to abandon review of exercise therapy

A decision to cancel a planned update of a Cochrane systematic review of exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome has met with anger from a group advising the review and the patient community. T...

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Dr Stephen Ashford @stephenashfordpt.bsky.social · Jan 23

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#spasticitymanagement This consensus guidance provides practical recommendations on identifying shoulder spasticity to support clinicians in their management of people with neurological shoulder dysfunction. @BSPRM_UK @rehabresearchuk @CSI_KCL

Frontiers | A concise practical clinical guide to identifying spasticity in neurological shoulder dysfunction

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ithinkwellhugh.bsky.social @ithinkwellhugh.bsky.social · Jan 22

#ResearchResources Information to help with Thesis and Research Writing from University of Wollongong @UoW. https://buff.ly/42p5USm #PhDchat #acwri

Thesis and research writing - University of Wollongong – UOW

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Dr Stephen Ashford @stephenashfordpt.bsky.social · Jan 16

A really concerning report from the RCN. Particularly for acute care, but it feeds into all areas of the system.

Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social · Jan 16

Patients are being left to die in overcrowded A&E corridors and their bodies are sometimes not discovered for hours, a report on the NHS has revealed. By @eleanorhayward.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

Deaths in corridors and miscarriages in waiting rooms: the NHS’s A&E crisis

More than 5,000 nurses gave evidence of hospital conditions over Christmas as waiting times reach 50 hours

www.thetimes.com

Dr Stephen Ashford @stephenashfordpt.bsky.social · Jan 15

#SRR2025 R-Speak: Empowering communication for indiviwith aphasia through knowledgeable AI
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