Ageing and Movement Research Group

We’re at EUGMS 2025 in Reykjvaik ! Here’s where you can find us presenting this week:

Really looking forward to our first #Ageing Education Outreach Workshop next Tuesday, with all round wonderful human @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social - hosted by @bristoluni.bsky.social @amrg-bristol.bsky.social and endorsed by @gerisoc.bsky.social 💖

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We're hosting our first AMRG academic writing day today! We've started the day off with some clear goals, and have a schedule planned of 4 (silent!) working blocks with built in breaks ! We're hoping that the group accountability and dedicated time will pay off in productivity!

Operationalizing goal setting as an outcome measure in trials involving patients with frailty, multimorbidity or complexity In the absence of disease-modifying therapies for Parkinson's disease, much research focuses on improving quality of life, health and wellbeing. It is…

How can goal setting be used in clinical trials as an outcome measure, to help focus on what matters most to the people your research is trying to help! This AMRG paper describes how we used goal-setting as our primary outcome in
@PdPrime - read it here sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The VIVO Hub for Enhanced Independent Living

You can read more about VIVO Hub at thevivohub.com !

We had an incredible day yesterday at the launch of the VIVO hub !! We had such a busy day we barely got any photos - here’s a short snippet of what we did manage to get ! Professor Henderson and Dr Lauren Walker giving incredible presentations, and a few of the interactive demos !!

We’re delighted to present this new publication by Dr Katie Lloyd in on how we designed the embedded process evaluation for @pdprime.bsky.social trial, given the complexity of this novel intervention. Read it here: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1...

Happy new year to all our followers ! We had our first team meeting of 2025 this morning, and we're so excited for what's to come over the next year. Make sure you're following us to keep up to date with all our work across our social platforms

Day 12 of our 12 papers of Christmas !! It’s this protocol for our current RCT PRIME Parkinson - we’ve got a number of exciting projects in the works for 2025 in PRIME, so watch this space and make sure to follow us across our social media !! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36849987/

The penultimate day of our 12 Papers of Christmas is this work by Professor Yoav Ben-Shlomo and AMRG Statistician Dr Anahita Nodehi on how dopamine responsiveness evolves over time in people with Parkinson's ! Read it online at : pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38898616/

On day 10 of the 12 papers of Christmas, it's another paper by Dr Emma Tenison @emmatenison.bsky.social - this time on predicting risk of hospital admission in people with Parkinsonism. Incredible work with such relevance to clinical practice! research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publicati...

When designing pragmatic and meaningful research, how can you practically use goal setting and achievement as an outcome measure ? Find out by reading this AMRG authored paper for day 8 of the 12 papers of Christmas!!
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A festive background with a screenshot of a paper entitled 'Drug treatment of Parkinson's disease in older adults'

It's day 9 of our 12 papers of Christmas! This work by Dr S Haworth and Professor Henderson is a fantastic overview of the drug treatments available for Parkinson's and their specific considerations in older adults. Read it online at: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

On day 7 our academic advent- learn about the presence, severity, and impact of motor complications in Parkinson's in this paper by AMRG's Professor Ben-Shlomo and one of our incredible statisticians Dr Anahita Nodehi
research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publicati...

a festive background with a screenshot of an academic paper titled "A narrative overview of undergraduate geriatric medicine education worldwide" By Grace Pearson, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Emily J Henderson

Day 6 is by AMRG Alumni @graceinvaders.bsky.social who undertook her PhD within the group supervised by Professor Henderson, and is a narrative overview of geriatric medical education:
research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publicati...

A festive background with a screenshot of a journal article titled 'Impact of co-resident health and living alone on risk of hospital admission for people with Parkinson’s disease'

For day 5- how does having a co-resident, and their health, impact hospitalisation in people with Parkinson's? A really fascinating paper utilising CPRD data, which you can read here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A festive background with a screengrab of an academic journal article in The Lancet titled "The epidemiology of Parkinson's disease"

Day 4 is this seminal work from Professor Yoav Ben-Shlomo in @thelancet.bsky.social titled "The epidemiology of Parkinson's disease". We're so delighted to have his expertise and guidance within AMRG. You can read it online here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A festive themed background with a screenshot of a paper entitled 'Trajectory of change in body mass index in Parkinson's disease'

And Day 3 ! This paper on the trajectory of change in BMI in people with Parkinson's is a fantastic read for anyone interested in Parkinson's, with solid recommendations on how to adapt clinical care accordingly.
Read it online here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A screenshot of an academic paper titled 'Lessons learned for pandemic preparedness in the neurodegenerative research and clinical fields: an advice report based on Parkinson’s disease as an example' with a festive background.

Behind door 2 of our academic advent calendar is this paper from AMRG lead Professor Henderson, and epidemiologist Professor Ben-Shlomo which uses Parkinson's as an example to reflect on and learn from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read it here:
bmcneurol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

You can read this paper online here: academic.oup.com/ageing/artic...

It's day 1 of the 12 Papers of AMRG Christmas! We're staring with this incredible paper by Emma Tenison et al which focuses on how they enhanced recruitment to the PRIME Cross-Sectional study, championing inclusive research with adequate representation across the study population #inclusiveresearch

With the festive season firmly here, at AMRG we're going to be sharing 12 papers published by AMRG from Friday all the way through until Christmas Eve ! Make sure you're following us ! 🎄🎄🎄

If you're interested in groundbreaking new research into how to improve care for older people and those with movement disorders including #Parkinson's #PSP and #MSA, or if you've thought about getting involved in co-creating research - make sure you're following us ! #inclusiveresearch #PD #WMD

It seems right that our first post here is on World Movement Disorders Day ! We're a research group based at the University of Bristol carrying out research in Ageing and Movement Disorders ! We'll be posting a proper introduction to who we are and what we do next week, so make sure to follow!