Return to Work After Stroke
Papers, publications and presentations
Papers published in peer reviewed Journals 2013
Radford KA, Phillips J, Drummond A, Sach T, Walker M, Tyerman A, Haboubi N, Jones T. Return to work after Traumatic Brain Injury: Cohort Comparison and Economic Evaluation, Brain Injury in press.
Radford KA, Crompton A and Stainer K. Commissioning Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) after Stroke: can the Cinderella Services get to the Ball? A Qualitative ÌÇÐÄÔ´´, Journal of Health Services Research and Policy in press.
Sinclair E, Radford K, Grant M, Terry J. Developing Stroke Specific Vocational Rehabilitation: A Soft Systems Analysis of Current Service Provision. Disability and Rehabilitation, in press.
Peer reviewed Abstracts (including abstracts presented as posters or oral presentations) 2013
Grant M, Sinclair E, Walker MF, Radford KA. Vocational rehabilitation following stroke: describing intervention. Clinical Rehabilitation, in press [Poster presented at the SRR, Bath, 5th February 2013].
Grant M, Sinclair E, Walker MF, Radford KA. Vocational rehabilitation following stroke: describing intervention. Oral presentation accepted for presentation at the COT Annual conference, Glasgow, 19th June, 2013
Papers published in peer reviewed Journals 2010-2012
Grant M, Sinclair E, Radford K, Walker M. Vocational rehabilitation following Stroke: describing intervention. International Journal of Stroke ª 2012 World Stroke Organization Vol 7 (Suppl. 2); December 2012; 1–79
Grant M, Rowley E, Radford KA, Walker MF. Supporting return to work after stroke: A qualitative exploration of existing provision. BJOT: 75(1), August 2012; 1-118
Grant MI, Radford K, Terry J, Sinclair E, Walker M. Getting back to work after a stroke: developing stroke specific vocational rehabilitation. Submitted to Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation.
Coole, C, Radford KA, Grant MI, Terry J, Returning to work after stroke: perspectives of employer stakeholders, a qualitative ÌÇÐÄÔ´´, Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, DOI 10.1007/s10926-012-9401-1, Published Online 5th December 2012
Gibson A, Radford KA, Playford ED, Burton C, Watkins C, VARIANCE: Vocational Rehabilitation for people with long-term Neurological Conditions in England: an England-wide survey, submitted to Clinical rehabilitation
Gibson JME, Dickinson H, Holden F, Jones SP, Leathley MJ, McAdam JJ, Radford KA. Men’s health – the impact of stroke. Primary Care Cardiovascular Journal. 2012;5:134-137
Gibbon B, Gibson J, Lightbody CE, Radford K, Watkins C. Promoting rehabilitation for stroke survivors. Nursing Times. 2012;108(47):12–15.
Phillips, J., Drummond, A., Radford, K., Tyerman, A. Return to work after traumatic brain injury: recording, measuring and describing occupational therapy intervention. British Journal of Occupational Therapy. 2010;73(9):422-430.
Coole C, Drummond A, Watson PJ, Radford K. What concerns workers with low back pain? Findings of a qualitative study of patients referred for rehabilitation. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2010;20(4):472-480
Peer reviewed Abstracts 2012
Grant M, Sinclair E, Walker MF, Radford KA. Vocational rehabilitation following stroke: describing intervention and outcome. International Journal of Stroke. 2012; 7 (Suppl 2):29. [Presented as poster at 7th UK Stroke Forum Conference, 4-6 December 2012, Harrogate, UK].
Rowley E, Grant M, Terry J. The strength of weak ties or ‘Kerplunk’TM: delivering vocational rehabilitation after stroke. HSRN Annual Symposium, 19th July, Manchester, UK. 2012. [Poster]
Radford, KA and Stainer, K. Commissioning vocational rehabilitation (VR) after stroke. Can the Cinderella services get to the ball? HSRN Annual Symposium, 19th July, Manchester, UK. 2012. [Poster]
Coole C, Drummond A, Watson PJ. How helpful do low back pain patients find multidisciplinary group rehabilitation in addressing their concerns about work? Clinical Rehabilitation, in press. Society for Research in Rehabilitation Winter Conference Ely, January 2012. [Poster presentation]
Eva G, Playford D, Sach T, Barton G, Risebro H, Radford K, Burton C, Evaluation of the National Cancer Survivorship Initiative vocational rehabilitation project: a model for cancer work support. Submitted to NCRI Conference – late breaking abstracts, 28/08/12
Eva G, Playford D, Sach T, Barton G, Risebro H, Radford K, Burton C , A model of work support and vocational rehabilitation for people with cancer, accepted for oral presentation at the WDPI 2012 conference, Groningen, 2012
K.A Radford, Julie Phillips, Avril Drummond, Tracey Sach, Marion Walker, Andrew Tyerman, Naseer Haboubi, Trevor Jones. Employment rates and health costs one year after traumatic brain injury (TBI). A cohort comparison. Brain Injury, April–May 2012; 26(4–5): 600
2012 Conference papers, seminars/workshops and posters without published abstract
Eva G, Playford D, Sach T, Barton G, Risebro H, Radford K, Burton C, Evaluation of the National Cancer Survivorship Initiative vocational rehabilitation project: a model for cancer work support. Submitted to NCRI Conference – late breaking abstracts, 28/08/12
Radford, KA and Stainer, K. Commissioning vocational rehabilitation (VR) after stroke. Can the Cinderella services get to the ball? HSRN Annual Symposium, 19th July, Manchester, UK. 2012. [Poster]
K Radford, E Sinclair, M Grant, J Terry, L Watkins, J Williamson, T Jones, N Brain. Developing Stroke Specific Vocational Rehabilitation: Mapping Current Service Provision. Stroke Assembly, 6th-7th July, Birmingham, UK. 2012. [Poster].
2012 Reports
Eva G, Playford D, Sach T, Barton G, Risebro H, Radford K, Burton C, Thinking positively about work: Delivering work support and vocational rehabilitation for people with cancer; Evaluation of the National Cancer Survivorship Initiative (NCSI) Work and Finance Workstream, Vocational Rehabilitation Project Final Report, July 2012
Eva G, Playford D, Sach T, Barton G, Risebro H, Radford K, Burton C, Thinking positively about work: Delivering work support and vocational rehabilitation for people with cancer; Evaluation of the National Cancer Survivorship Initiative (NCSI) Summary of the final report, July 2012, available from www.ncsi.org.uk/what-we-are-doing/vocational-rehabilitation/or www.macmillan.org.uk/work/policyandresearch.accessed 30.7.12
2012 Presentations
Radford KA. Return to work after Traumatic Brain Injury: A Cohort Comparison, COT SSNP, 20 September 2012, Leeds, UK. [Oral presentation].
Grant, MI. Return to Work after Stroke. COT Work Annual Conference, 13th September 2012, London. UK. [Oral presentation].
Grant M, Radford K. Supporting return to work after stroke: A qualitative exploration of existing provision. COT Annual Conference and Specialist Section Mental Health Annual Conference 2012, 14 June 2012, Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC), Glasgow, UK. [Oral presentation by Grant M].
Gibson A., Radford K, Playford D., Burton C. and Watkins C.VARIANCE: VocAtional RehabIlitAtion for people with long-term Neurological Conditions in England – an England wide mapping survey. [Oral presentation at the Vocational Rehabilitation Association UK Conference 22nd May, 2012
Phillips J, Drummond A, Radford K. Employment rates and health costs one year after traumatic brain injury (TBI). A cohort comparison. [Oral presentation at the 9th World Congress on Brain Injury, 21-25 March 2012, Edinburgh, Scotland].
Radford K. Returning to work after stroke: using systems methodology to understand the journey back to work. RASAG seminar, 22 February 2012, UCLan, Preston, UK. [Seminar presentation].
Eva G, Playford D, Sach T, Barton G, Risebro H, Radford K, Burton C , A model of work support and vocational rehabilitation for people with cancer, accepted for oral presentation at the WDPI 2012 conference, Groningen, 2012
2011 Reports
Radford K, Phillips J, Sach T on behalf of the study team. Return to work after traumatic brain injury: cohort comparison and economic analysis. BAOT/COT website. Available from:
Playford ED, Radford K, Burton C, Gibson A, Jellie B, Sweetland J, Watkins C. Mapping Vocational Rehabilitation Services for people with Long term neurological conditions: Summary report. Department of Health. March 2011.Available from http://www.ltnc.org.uk.
Conference papers, seminars/workshops and posters presented
Radford KA, Grant MI, Terry J, Marr L, Brain N. Developing stroke specific vocational rehabilitation: mapping current service provision. International Journal of Stroke. 2011;6 (Suppl 2):49. [Presented as poster at 6th UK Stroke Forum Conference, 29 November-1 December 2011, Glasgow, UK].
Grant M, Rowley E, Bailey S, Walker M, Radford KA. Implementing support for returning to work after stroke: A qualitative exploration of existing provision. International Journal of Stroke. 2011;6(Suppl 2):13. [Oral presentation at 6th UK Stroke Forum Conference, 29 November-1 December 2011, Glasgow, UK].
Radford KA, Grant MI, Ford E, Terry J, Walker MF, Lincoln NB, Phillips J, Muhuddin K, Drummond A, Brain N, Rowley E, Stainer K. Return to work after stroke, feasibility RCT and economic analysis. 6th UK Stroke Forum Conference Programme. 2011:68. [Presented as On-going Trials poster at 6th UK Stroke Forum Conference, 30 November 2011, Glasgow, UK].
Radford KA. Informing the development of stroke specialist vocational rehabilitation: an interview and observational study. Community Therapists Network, Royal Derby Hospitals NHS Trust, 11 October 2011, UK. [Oral presentation].
Radford KA. Changing practice by design: researching vocational rehabilitation: an OT perspective. College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section Work, 16 September 2011 Jury’s Inn, Sheffield, UK. [Keynote Lecture].
Radford KA. Getting evidence into practice. The researchers perspective. College of Occupational Therapists Annual Conference, 28 June-1 July 2011, Brighton, UK. [Oral presentation].
Turton AE, Radford KR. Is Occupational Therapy too complicated to measure? College of Occupational Therapists Annual Conference Proceedings. 2011. [Oral presentation at College of Occupational Therapists Annual Conference, 28 June-1 July 2011, Brighton, UK].
Coole C, Drummond A, Watson PJ. The concerns of employed patients with low back pain: a qualitative study. College of Occupational Therapists Annual Conference Proceedings. 2011. [Oral presentation at College of Occupational Therapists Annual Conference, 28 June-1 July 2011, Brighton, UK].
Coole C, Drummond A, Watson PJ. Experiences of work modifications: a qualitative study of employed patients with low back pain College of Occupational Therapists Annual Conference Proceedings. 2011. [Oral presentation at College of Occupational Therapists Annual Conference, 28 June-1 July 2011, Brighton, UK].
Radford KA, Grant M, Terry J, Bailey S, Walker MF, Lincoln NB, Phillips J, Drummond A, Muhiddin K, Marr L, Yang M, James M, Jarvis M, Jenkinson M. Return to work after stroke, feasibility RCT and economic analysis. SRR 2011 Winter Conference, 22 February 2011, Cardiff, UK. [Poster].
2010 Papers published in pee-reviewed journals
Coole C, Drummond A, Watson PJ, Radford K. 2010. What concerns workers with low back pain? Findings of a qualitative study of patients referred for rehabilitation. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 20(4), 472-80.
Coole C, Watson PJ, Drummond A. 2010. Staying at work with back pain: patients’ experiences of work-related help received from GPs and other clinicians. A qualitative study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 11, 90.
Coole C, Watson PJ, Drummond A. 2010. Low back pain patients’ experiences of work modification; a qualitative study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 11(277).
Coole C, Drummond A, Sach TH, Watson PJ. 2010. Assessing the feasibility of collecting health care resource use data from general practices for use in an economic evaluation of vocational rehabilitation for back pain. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 1356-1294
Coole C, Watson PJ, Drummond A. 2010. Work problems due to low back pain: what do GPs do? A questionnaire survey. Family Practice, 21(1), 31-37
Conference papers, seminars/workshops and posters presented
KA Radford, M Grant, J Terry , M Horrocks, S Bailey, MF Walker, NB Lincoln, J Phillips, A Drummond, K Muhiddin, L Marr, G Currie, M Yang, M James, M Jarvis, M Jenkinson. Return to work (RTW) after Stroke, Feasibility RCT and Economic Analysis. Ongoing Trials Poster at 5th UK Stroke Forum, Glasgow 2010
Ms Julie Phillips1, Dr Kate Radford2, Dr Avril Drummond 1, Dr Tracey Sach 3, Dr Marion Walker1, Dr Tyerman 4, Dr Haboubi 5 , Mr Trevor Jones1. Vocational Rehabilitation following Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): Content and outcome of treatment, COT Conference, Brighton, 2010
Phillips J, Radford KA, Drummond A, Sach T, Walker M, Tyerman A, Haboubi N, Jones T. Employment rates and health costs one year after traumatic brain injury.A cohort comparison.Clinical Rehabilitation. 2011;25(10):957.[Presented at SRR 2010 Summer Conference, 7-8 July 2010, Sheffield, UK].
Return to work after stroke, NIHR CLAHRC- NDL Conference, Trent Vineyard, Tuesday 21st September 2010
Gibson AM, Radford KA, Playford DE, Burton C, Sweetland J, Phillips J, Watkins CL. Mapping Vocational Rehabilitation Services for people with Long Term Neurological Conditions: A Questionnaire Survey. Clinical Rehabilitation. 2011;25(10):956. [Oral presentation at SRR 2010 Summer Conference, 7-8 July 2010, Sheffield, UK].
Coole C, Drummond A, Watson PJ, Radford K. Working with back pain: a qualitative study of patient’s concerns and their experiences of healthcare. Clinical Rehabilitation. 2011;25(10):954.[Presented at SRR 2010 Summer Conference, 7-8 July 2010, Sheffield, UK].
Employment after traumatic brain injury (TBI): Cohort comparison and economic analysis. Ms Julie Phillips±, Dr Kate Radford*, Dr Avril Drummondµ, Dr Tracey Sach≠, BSRM Autumn Meeting and AGM, 24th September, 2010, Leamington Spa, September 2010
Bramley, L., Cobley, C., Connell, L., Drummond, A., Fellows, K., Fisher, R., Gaynor, K., Grant, M., Hooper, S., Jones, J., Kerr, M., Moody, A., Nouri, F., Platts, F., Radford, K., Richardson, A., Sayers, H., Sprigg, N., Standen, P., Stariradeva, I., Terry, J., Threapleton, K., Whitehead, P. & Walker, M. STROKE CLAHRC Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Linconshire, UK Stroke Forum, Glasgow, 2010. [Poster]
Other Outputs
Terry J. “How I encourage community participation (2): Action not Words” Speech and Language Therapy in Practice, Winter 2010 p30-32
CLAHRC-NDL Return to work after stroke event. Briefing update. CLAHRC Newsletter. June 2011
CLAHRC-NDL New theme. Briefing update. CLAHRC Newsletter. April 2011.
Phillips J and Coole C. 2011. Measuring work. OT News, Feb 2011 p 41
Mikel A. Diffused Wisdom – OT News, December 2011 p36
Terry J. Bridging the gap between research and clinical practice, Stroke Matters, Issue 11, May 2011, p4
Phillips J and Radford K. Research Matters- Return to work after traumatic brain injury: Cohort comparison and economic analysis. Headway News. Winter 2011, p12-13
Posters (no abstract)/Presentations/Invited talks/Chair
Radford K.Vocational rehabilitation for people with long term neurological conditions: evidence and expert opinion informing clinical practice event, 17 April 2012, The Lighthouse, Glasgow City Centre, Glasgow, UK.[Welcome and Introduction; Expert panel].FORTHCOMING
Radford K. Returning to work after stroke: using systems methodology to understand the journey back to work. RASAG seminar, 22 February 2012, UCLan, Preston, UK.[Seminar presentation].
Radford KA. Informing the development of stroke specialist vocational rehabilitation: an interview and observational study. Community Therapists Network, Royal Derby Hospitals NHS Trust, 11 October 2011, UK. [Oral presentation].
Radford KA. Changing practice by design: researching vocational rehabilitation: an OT perspective. College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section Work, 16 September 2011, Jury’s Inn, Sheffield, UK.[Keynote Lecture].
Radford KA. Getting evidence into practice. The researchers perspective. College of Occupational Therapists Annual Conference, 28 June-1 July 2011, Brighton, UK. [Oral presentation].
Radford KA. Vocational Rehabilitation. Welsh Stroke Conference, 17 June 2011, Wales, UK. [Oral presentation].