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Matthew Robertson Walters

Head of the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, University of Glasgow
Verified email at glasgow.ac.uk
Cited by 13693

Guidelines for the prevention of stroke in women: a statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association

C Bushnell, LD McCullough, IA Awad, MV Chireau… - Stroke, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Purpose—The aim of this statement is to summarize data on stroke risk factors that are
unique to and more common in women than men and to expand on the data provided in …

Newly identified actions of the vitamin D endocrine system

MR Walters - Endocrine reviews, 1992 - academic.oup.com
Introduction V ITAMIN D is a seco-steroid in which the B-ring of the
cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrene structure is cleaved. The vitamin is either obtained from …

Reliability of the modified Rankin Scale: a systematic review

TJ Quinn, J Dawson, MR Walters, KR Lees - Stroke, 2009 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—A perceived weakness of the modified Rankin Scale is potential
for interobserver variability. We undertook a systematic review of modified Rankin Scale …

Reliability and validity testing of the Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire

KC Chung, MS Pillsbury, MR Walters… - The Journal of hand …, 1998 - Elsevier
In this study, psychometric principles were used to develop an outcomes questionnaire
capable of measuring health state domains important to patients with hand disorders. These …

Serum urate as an independent predictor of poor outcome and future vascular events after acute stroke

CJ Weir, SW Muir, MR Walters, KR Lees - Stroke, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Serum urate concentration is associated with cardiovascular
disease, and hyperuricemia predicts first-ever stroke. We explored the association of …

Functional outcome measures in contemporary stroke trials

TJ Quinn, J Dawson, MR Walters… - International Journal of …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Various instruments are used to describe poststroke functional outcome, with limited
consensus as to optimal end-point for clinical trial use. Many of the popular assessment …

The Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire (MHQ): assessment of responsiveness to clinical change

KC Chung, JB Hamill, MR Walters… - Annals of plastic …, 1999 - journals.lww.com
Responsiveness is an important property of an outcomes questionnaire. It can be defined as
the ability of an instrument to capture important changes in a patient's health status over …

Cognitive impairment and heart failure: systematic review and meta-analysis

JA Cannon, P Moffitt, AC Perez-Moreno… - Journal of cardiac …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Cognitive impairment and dementia are associated with a range of
cardiovascular conditions, including hypertension, coronary artery disease, and atrial …

The relationship between muscle function and ankle stability

GL Lentell, LL Katzman, MR Walters - Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports …, 1990 - jospt.org
The purpose of this investigation was to document the degree of weakness present in the
medial and lateral muscle groups of individuals with chronically unstable ankles. Peak …

Knee joint kinematics during the sidestep cutting maneuver: potential for injury in women.

SG McLEAN, RJ Neal, PT Myers… - Medicine and science in …, 1999 - europepmc.org
Purpose There is a paucity of data describing female lower limb biomechanics during" high
risk" movements linked to noncontact ACL injury. This study compared, across gender, knee …