Elaine Thomas

Publication List Details

Period

1937 - 2009

Number

70

Co-Authors

Defining disabling foot pain in older adults: further examination of the Manchester Foot Pain and Disability Index (2009)

Roddy, Edward, Muller, Sara, Thomas, Elaine

Objective. To identify a practical definition of disabling foot pain in older adults for clinical and research use, using the Manchester Foot Pain and Disability Index (FPDI). Methods. Adults aged...

Onset and persistence of person-perceived participation restriction in older adults: a 3-year follow-up study in the general population (2008)

Wilkie, Ross, Thomas, Elaine, Mottram, Sara, Peat, George, Croft, Peter

Abstract Background Participation restriction is defined as "problems an individual may experience in involvement in life situations" and refers to the personal and societal consequences of health...

Gender difference in symptomatic radiographic knee osteoarthritis in the Knee Clinical Assessment – CAS(K): A prospective study in the general population (2008)

Lacey, Rosie J, Thomas, Elaine, Duncan, Rachel C, Peat, George

Abstract Background A recent study of adults aged ≥50 years reporting knee pain found an excess of radiographic knee osteoarthritis (knee ROA) in symptomatic males compared to females. This was...

Characterisation of inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase expression during retinal development: Differences between variants and isoforms (2008)

Gunter, J. H., Thomas, Elaine, Lengefeld, Nadia, Kruger, Sarah J., Worton, Leah, Gardiner, Edith, ...

In mammals there are two ubiquitous, catalytically indistinguishable isoforms of inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase and mutations in the type I isoform, but not type II, cause retina-specific...

The Clinical Assessment Study of the Hand (CAS-HA): a prospective study of musculoskeletal hand problems in the general population (2007)

Myers, Helen, Nicholls, Elaine, Handy, June, Peat, George, Thomas, Elaine, Duncan, Rachel, ...

Abstract Background Pain in the hand affects an estimated 12–21% of the population, and at older ages the hand is one of the most common sites of pain and osteoarthritis. The association between...

Knee pain and osteoarthritis in the general population: what influences patients to consult? (2007)

Bedson, John, Mottram, Sara, Thomas, Elaine, Peat, George

Background. We examined the relationship between predisposing factors, enabling factors and need-related factors with consultation for knee pain in general practice. Methods. This was a retrospective...

Knee pain and osteoarthritis in the general population: what influences patients to consult? (2007)

Bedson, John, Mottram, Sara, Thomas, Elaine, Peat, George

Background. We examined the relationship between predisposing factors, enabling factors and need-related factors with consultation for knee pain in general practice. Methods. This was a retrospective...

The assessment of the prognosis of musculoskeletal conditions in older adults presenting to general practice: a research protocol (2006)

Mallen, Christian D, Peat, George, Thomas, Elaine, Wathall, Simon, Whitehurst, Tracy, Clements, Charlotte, ...

Abstract Background Musculoskeletal conditions represent a common reason for consulting general practice yet with the exception of low back pain, relatively little is known about the prognosis of...

The Knee Clinical Assessment Study – CAS(K). A prospective study of knee pain and knee osteoarthritis in the general population: baseline recruitment and retention at 18 months (2006)

Peat, George, Thomas, Elaine, Handy, June, Wood, Laurence, Dziedzic, Krysia, Myers, Helen, ...

Abstract Background Selective non-participation at baseline (due to non-response and non-consent) and loss to follow-up are important concerns for longitudinal observational research. We investigated...

Severely disabling chronic pain in young adults: prevalence from a population-based postal survey in North Staffordshire (2005)

Mallen, Christian, Peat, George, Thomas, Elaine, Croft, Peter

Abstract Background Severely disabling chronic pain in the adult population is strongly associated with a range of negative health consequences for individuals and high health care costs, yet its...

A method to determine if consenters to population surveys are representative of the target study population (2005)

Boardman, Helen F., Thomas, Elaine, Ogden, Helen, Croft, Peter R., Millson, David S.

Background Searching medical records of study non-responders to investigate selection bias is no longer acceptable. We explore an alternative by comparing consultation rates in survey responders who...

A method to determine if consenters to population surveys are representative of the target study population (2005)

Boardman, Helen F., Thomas, Elaine, Ogden, Helen, Millson, David S., Croft, Peter R.

Background Searching medical records of study nonresponders to investigate selection bias is no longer acceptable. We explore an alternative by comparing consultation rates in survey responders who...

Diagnostic discordance: we cannot agree when to call knee pain 'osteoarthritis' (2005)

Peat, George, Greig, Jane, Wood, Laurence, Wilkie, Ross, Thomas, Elaine, Croft, Peter, ...

Background. Joint pain is common in community-dwelling older adults. Osteoarthritis is the most likely cause and the most common diagnosis made in this age group by GPs. However, the level of...

Diagnostic discordance: we cannot agree when to call knee pain 'osteoarthritis' (2005)

Peat, George, Greig, Jane, Wood, Laurence, Wilkie, Ross, Thomas, Elaine, Croft, Peter, ...

Background. Joint pain is common in community-dwelling older adults. Osteoarthritis is the most likely cause and the most common diagnosis made in this age group by GPs. However, the level of...

A method to determine if consenters to population surveys are representative of the target study population (2005)

Boardman, Helen F., Thomas, Elaine, Ogden, Helen, Millson, David S., Croft, Peter R.

Background Searching medical records of study nonresponders to investigate selection bias is no longer acceptable. We explore an alternative by comparing consultation rates in survey responders who...

Is acupuncture a useful adjunct to physiotherapy for older adults with knee pain?: The "Acupuncture, Physiotherapy and Exercise" (APEX) study [ISRCTN88597683] (2004)

Hay, Elaine, Barlas, Panos, Foster, Nadine, Hill, Jonathan, Thomas, Elaine, Young, Julie

Abstract Background Acupuncture is a popular non-pharmacological modality for treating musculoskeletal pain. Physiotherapists are one of the largest groups of acupuncture providers within the NHS,...

The Knee Clinical Assessment Study – CAS(K). A prospective study of knee pain and knee osteoarthritis in the general population (2004)

Peat, George, Thomas, Elaine, Handy, June, Wood, Laurence, Dziedzic, Krysia, Myers, Helen, ...

Abstract Background Knee pain affects an estimated 25% of the adult population aged 50 years and over. Osteoarthritis is the most common diagnosis made in older adults consulting with knee pain in...

The North Staffordshire Osteoarthritis Project – NorStOP: Prospective, 3-year study of the epidemiology and management of clinical osteoarthritis in a general population of older adults (2004)

Thomas, Elaine, Wilkie, Ross, Peat, George, Hill, Susan, Dziedzic, Krysia, Croft, Peter

Abstract Background The clinical syndrome of joint pain and stiffness in older people is the commonest cause of disability and health care consultation in this age group. Yet there have been few...

GPs' perceptions of the role of DEXA scanning: an exploratory study (2004)

Richardson, Jane C, Hassell, Andrew B, Thomas, Elaine, Hay, Elaine M

Background. Current recommendation are that women with clinical indicators of low bone mineral density should be offered a DEXA (dual energy X-ray absorptiometer) scan to help assess the need for...

ii (2003)

Ron Wideman, Jacqueline Delong, Diane Morgan, Kathleen Hallett, George Neeb, Julie White, ...

During the 1999/2000 school year, seventeen elementary school teachers and five consultants from two Ontario school boards, conducted action research based on the 1999 Education Quality and...

Osteoporosis: what are the implications of DEXA scanning 'high risk' women in primary care? (2003)

Thomas, Elaine, Richardson, Jane C, Irvine, Alison, Hassell, Andrew B, Hay, Elaine M

Background. Current recommended practice for the use of dual X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans in screening for osteoporosis is to concentrate on women at ‘high risk’. Objective. We have applied...

Regulation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection, β-Chemokine Production, and CCR5 Expression in CD40L-Stimulated Macrophages: Immune Control of Viral Entry (2001)

Cutter, Robin L., Zheng, Jialin, Che, Myhanh, Niemann, Douglas, Liu, Ying, He, Johnny, ...

Mononuclear phagocytes (MP) and T lymphocytes play a pivotal role in the host immune response to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. Regulation of such immune responses can be...

A grammatical description of the Engenni language (1978)

Thomas, Elaine

http://www.ethnologue.com/show_work.asp?id=12504

A grammatical description of the Engenni language (1978)

Thomas, Elaine

Revision of the author's thesis, University of London, 1969

Engenni (1974)

Thomas, Elaine

http://www.ethnologue.com/show_work.asp?id=12506

Continuous intravenous injection of insulin. (1937)

Thomas, Elaine.

Thesis (S.M.)--University of Chicago, Department of Physiology.

Outcome of low back pain in general practice: a prospective study

Croft, Peter R, Macfarlane, Gary J, Papageorgiou, Ann C, Thomas, Elaine, Silman, Alan J

Objectives: To investigate the claim that 90% of episodes of low back pain that present to general practice have resolved within one month.

Regulation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection, β-Chemokine Production, and CCR5 Expression in CD40L-Stimulated Macrophages: Immune Control of Viral Entry

Cotter, Robin L., Zheng, Jialin, Che, Myhanh, Niemann, Douglas, Liu, Ying, He, Johnny, ...

Mononuclear phagocytes (MP) and T lymphocytes play a pivotal role in the host immune response to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. Regulation of such immune responses can be...

Characterization of a Late Entry Event in the Replication Cycle of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2

McKnight, Áine, Griffiths, David J., Dittmar, Matthias, Clapham, Paul, Thomas, Elaine

Certain human cell lines and primary macrophage cultures are restricted to infection by some primary isolates of human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2), although early steps of the viral life...

The effect of diabetic control on the incidence of, and changes in, retinopathy in type 2 non-insulin dependent diabetic patients.

Saum, Stephen L, Thomas, Elaine, Lewis, A Martyn, Croft, Peter R

The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between retinopathy and the levels of diabetic control found in type 2 non-insulin dependent diabetic patients. The study covered a...

What influences participants' treatment preference and can it influence outcome? Results from a primary care-based randomised trial for shoulder pain.

Thomas, Elaine, Croft, Peter R, Paterson, Susan M, Dziedzic, Krysia, Hay, Elaine M

BACKGROUND: In randomised clinical trials (RCTs), outcome may be influenced by the opinions of the participants about the efficacy of treatments. AIM: To examine how initial treatment preferences of...

Outcome of low back pain in general practice: a prospective study

Croft, Peter R, Macfarlane, Gary J, Papageorgiou, Ann C, Thomas, Elaine, Silman, Alan J

Objectives: To investigate the claim that 90% of episodes of low back pain that present to general practice have resolved within one month.

Regulation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection, β-Chemokine Production, and CCR5 Expression in CD40L-Stimulated Macrophages: Immune Control of Viral Entry

Cotter, Robin L., Zheng, Jialin, Che, Myhanh, Niemann, Douglas, Liu, Ying, He, Johnny, ...

Mononuclear phagocytes (MP) and T lymphocytes play a pivotal role in the host immune response to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. Regulation of such immune responses can be...

Characterization of a Late Entry Event in the Replication Cycle of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2

McKnight, Áine, Griffiths, David J., Dittmar, Matthias, Clapham, Paul, Thomas, Elaine

Certain human cell lines and primary macrophage cultures are restricted to infection by some primary isolates of human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2), although early steps of the viral life...

The effect of diabetic control on the incidence of, and changes in, retinopathy in type 2 non-insulin dependent diabetic patients.

Saum, Stephen L, Thomas, Elaine, Lewis, A Martyn, Croft, Peter R

The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between retinopathy and the levels of diabetic control found in type 2 non-insulin dependent diabetic patients. The study covered a...

What influences participants' treatment preference and can it influence outcome? Results from a primary care-based randomised trial for shoulder pain.

Thomas, Elaine, Croft, Peter R, Paterson, Susan M, Dziedzic, Krysia, Hay, Elaine M

BACKGROUND: In randomised clinical trials (RCTs), outcome may be influenced by the opinions of the participants about the efficacy of treatments. AIM: To examine how initial treatment preferences of...

Effectiveness of community physiotherapy and enhanced pharmacy review for knee pain in people aged over 55 presenting to primary care: pragmatic randomised trial

Hay, Elaine M, Foster, Nadine E, Thomas, Elaine, Peat, George, Phelan, Mike, Yates, Hannah E, ...

Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of two primary care strategies for delivering evidence based care to people aged 55 or over with knee pain: enhanced pharmacy review and community...

Acupuncture as an adjunct to exercise based physiotherapy for osteoarthritis of the knee: randomised controlled trial

Foster, Nadine E, Thomas, Elaine, Barlas, Panos, Hill, Jonathan C, Young, Julie, Mason, Elizabeth, ...

Objective To investigate the benefit of adding acupuncture to a course of advice and exercise delivered by physiotherapists for pain reduction in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.

How does the self-reported clinical management of patients with low back pain relate to the attitudes and beliefs of health care practitioners? A survey of UK general practitioners and physiotherapists

Bishop, Annette, Foster, Nadine E., Thomas, Elaine, Hay, Elaine M.

Guidelines for the management of low back pain (LBP) have existed for many years, but adherence to these by health care practitioners (HCPs) remains suboptimal. The aim of this study was to measure...