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Emily Beswick

University of Edinburgh
Verified email at ed.ac.uk
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Clinical trials in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a systematic review and perspective

C Wong, M Stavrou, E Elliott, JM Gregory… - Brain …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a progressive and devastating neurodegenerative disease.
Despite decades of clinical trials, effective disease-modifying drugs remain scarce. To …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of non-motor symptom evaluation in clinical trials for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

E Beswick, D Forbes, Z Hassan, C Wong, J Newton… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is increasingly recognised as a multi-
system disorder, presenting with common and impactful non-motor symptoms, such as …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of neuropsychiatric and cognitive assessments used in clinical trials for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

E Beswick, E Park, C Wong, AR Mehta, R Dakin… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Up to 50% of people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) experience
cognitive dysfunction, whilst depression and anxiety are reported in up to 44% and 33 …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of digital technology to evaluate motor function and disease progression in motor neuron disease

E Beswick, T Fawcett, Z Hassan, D Forbes, R Dakin… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common subtype of motor neuron disease
(MND). The current gold-standard measure of progression is the ALS Functional Rating …

[HTML][HTML] Digital Endpoints for Assessing Instrumental Activities of Daily Living in Mild Cognitive Impairment: Systematic Review

L Lawson, R Mc Ardle, S Wilson, E Beswick… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - jmir.org
Background Subtle impairments in instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) can be a key
predictor of disease progression and are considered central to functional independence …

[HTML][HTML] The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) as a tool to screen for depression in people with multiple sclerosis: a cross-sectional validation study

E Beswick, S Quigley, P Macdonald, S Patrick… - BMC psychology, 2022 - Springer
Background: Depression has a point prevalence of 25% and lifetime prevalence of 50% in
people with multiple sclerosis (pwMS). Due to accessibility and brevity, the 9-item Patient …

[HTML][HTML] Factoring in the Complexity of the Cystic Fibrosis Lung to Understand Aspergillus fumigatus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Interactions

E Beswick, J Amich, S Gago - Pathogens, 2020 - mdpi.com
Pseudomonas aeruginosa has long been established as the most prevalent respiratory
pathogen in Cystic Fibrosis (CF) patients, with opportunistic infection causing profound …

Clinical audit research and evaluation of motor neuron disease (CARE-MND): a national electronic platform for prospective, longitudinal monitoring of MND in …

D Leighton, J Newton, S Colville, A Bethell… - … Lateral Sclerosis and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Objectives: Launched in 1989, the Scottish Motor Neuron Disease Register
(SMNDR) has provided a resource for prospective clinical data collection. However, in 2015 …

[HTML][HTML] Genotype–phenotype characterisation of long survivors with motor neuron disease in Scotland

DJ Leighton, M Ansari, J Newton, D Parry, E Cleary… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background We investigated the phenotypes and genotypes of a cohort of 'long-
surviving'individuals with motor neuron disease (MND) to identify potential targets for …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review and narrative analysis of digital speech biomarkers in Motor Neuron Disease

M Bowden, E Beswick, J Tam, D Perry, A Smith… - NPJ Digital …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Motor Neuron Disease (MND) is a progressive and largely fatal neurodegeneritve
disorder with a lifetime risk of approximately 1 in 300. At diagnosis, up to 25% of people with …