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University of Exeter Medical School

Dr Abi Hall

Dr Abi Hall

Postdoctoral research fellow

 A.Hall4@exeter.ac.uk

 7409

 Medical School Building 

 

Medical School Building, St Luke's Campus, Magdalen Road, Exeter, EX1 2LU, UK


Overview

Qualifying as a physiotherapist in 2004, Abi specialises in the management and rehabilitation of frail older people. In 2015 she decided to combine this clinical interest alongside a research career and therefore undertook a PhD exploring the rehabilitation of community based people with dementia following hip fracture which was completed in 2019.

Recently, Abi worked as a post-doctoral research fellow on a large HTA funded multi-centre RCT undertaking the process evaluation arm of the trial. The trial explored the use of an extended rehabilitation programme to frail older people based in the community.

Following completion of this project, Abi was been awarded an NIHR/HEE Bridging Award to continue her own research and secured funding from the School of Primary Care Research to further develop her research relating to older people living with dementia who fracture their hip.

Qualifications

PhD Medical Sciences

MSc Physiotherapy

BSc Physiotherapy

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Research

Research interests

Abi's research interests focus of the rehabilitation of frail older people living in the community. Her PhD focused on the rehabilitaiton of people with dementia following hip fracture.

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Publications

Journal articles

Hall A, Fullam JA, Lang I, endacott R, Goodwin V (In Press). Community physiotherapy for people with dementia following hip fracture: fact or fiction. Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice
Frost J, Hall A, Taylor E (In Press). How do patients and other members of the public engage with the orphan drug development? a narrative qualitative synthesis. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases Abstract.
Hall A, Febrey S, Goodwin V (In Press). Physical interventions for people with more advanced dementia – a scoping review. BMC Geriatrics
Goodwin V, Allan L, Bethel A, Cowley A, Cross J, Day J, Drummond A, Howard M, Morley N, Thompson Coon J, et al (In Press). Rehabilitation to enable recovery from COVID-19: a rapid systematic review. Physiotherapy
Greene L, Barber R, Bingham A, Connors J, Conroy S, Elkhafer K, Fox C, Goodwin V, Gordon A, Hall AJ, et al (2024). Maintaining independence in individuals with dementia at home after a fall: a protocol for the UK pilot cluster randomised controlled trial MAINTAIN. BMJ Open, 14(2). Abstract.  Author URL.
Goodwin V (2023). Key Considerations When Providing Physical Rehabilitation for People with Advanced Dementia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Hall AJ, Manning F, Goodwin VA (2023). Physical rehabilitation for people with advanced dementia who fracture their hip - expert consensus process. Disabil Rehabil, 1-7. Abstract.  Author URL.
Hall AJ, Manning F, Goodwin V (2023). Qualitative study exploring health care professionals’ perceptions of providing rehabilitation for people with advanced dementia. BMJ Open, 13(7), e072432-e072432. Abstract.
Lazem H, Hall A, Gomaa Y, Mansoubi M, Lamb S, Dawes H (2023). The Extent of Evidence Supporting the Effectiveness of Extended Reality Telerehabilitation on Different Qualitative and Quantitative Outcomes in Stroke Survivors: a Systematic Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(17), 6630-6630. Abstract.
Goodwin VA, Hall AJ, Bethel A, Taylor E, Tatnell L, Turner M, Frost J (2023). Understanding joy amongst older people: a scoping review. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 115, 105118-105118.
Goodwin VA, Harding KE, Dennett AM, Febrey S, Warmoth K, Hall AJ, Prendergast LA, Taylor NF (2022). 663 BEHAVIOUR CHANGE INTERVENTIONS TO INCREASE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN HOSPITALISED PATIENTS: a SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS. Age and Ageing, 51(Supplement_1).
Goodwin V, Hall A, Febrey S (2021). Behaviour change interventions to increase physical activity in hospitalized patients: a systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression. Age and Ageing
Prescott M, Lilley-Kelly A, Cundill B, Clarke D, Drake S, Farrin AJ, Forster A, Goodwin M, Goodwin VA, Hall AJ, et al (2021). Home-based Extended Rehabilitation for Older people (HERO): study protocol for an individually randomised controlled multi-centre trial to determine the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a home-based exercise intervention for older people with frailty as extended rehabilitation following acute illness or injury, including embedded process evaluation. Trials, 22(1). Abstract.
Pelegrini LNDC, Hall A, Hooper E, Oliveira D, Guerra F, Casemiro FG, Bonfadini J, Yong K, Pereira N, Costa R, et al (2020). Challenges in public perception: highlights from the United Kingdom-Brazil Dementia Workshop. Dement Neuropsychol, 14(3), 209-215. Abstract.  Author URL.
Hall AJ, Burrows L, Lang I, Endacott R, Goodwin V (2018). Are physiotherapists employing person-centred care for people with dementia? an exploratory qualitative study examining the experiences of people with dementia and their carers. BMC Geriatrics
Watkins R, Goodwin VA, Abbott RA, Hall A, Tarrant M (2017). Exploring residents' experiences of mealtimes in care homes: a qualitative interview study. BMC Geriatr, 17(1). Abstract.  Author URL.
Hall AJ, Lang IA, Endacott R, Hall A, Goodwin VA (2017). Physiotherapy interventions for people with dementia and a hip fracture—a scoping review of the literature. Physiotherapy, 103(4), 361-368.
Hall AJ, Watkins R, Lang IA, Endacott R, Goodwin VA (2017). The experiences of physiotherapists treating people with dementia who fracture their hip. BMC Geriatr, 17(1). Abstract.  Author URL.
Goodwin V, Hall AJ, Rogers E, Bethel A (2016). Orthotics and taping in the management of vertebral fractures in people with osteoporosis: a systematic review. BMJ Open Abstract.

Conferences

Hall A, Fullam J, Lang I, Endacott R, Goodwin V (2018). REHABILITATION OF COMMUNITY DWELLING PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA WHO FRACTURE THEIR HIP: a FEASIBILITY STUDY.  Author URL.

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External Engagement and Impact

Journal and book series Editorships and Editorial board membership

Abi is journal editor for Agility - the academic journal for AGILE, a professional network of physiotherapists specialising in the rehabilition of older people

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