I am delighted to share that our systematic review of non-surgical interventions for arthrofibrosis following knee joint replacement has just been published in Clinical Rehabilitation. Our review, led by University of Nottingham’s Dr Michelle Hall, evaluated the effectiveness of non-surgical interventions for knee stiffness or arthrofibrosis after knee replacement surgery. Arthrofibrosis, a common complication, is […]
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Excited to announce our open-access paper ‘Association of serum biomarkers with radiographic knee osteoarthritis, knee pain and function in a young, male, trauma-exposed population – Findings from the ADVANCE study‘ has been published in this month’s Osteoarthritis and Cartilage journal. I am proud to be joint first author alongside Ollie O’Sullivan with joint senior authors […]
Read MoreOur first paper from the Running Through study comparing the reliability of self-reported running distance and pace with commercial fitness watch data has been published in this month’s JMIR Forumlative Research. Our study with co-first author Dr Garrett Bullock from USA’s Wake Forest School of Medicine compared running data from the commercial fitness watches of […]
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Our systematic review investigating knee MRI barkers associated with structural, functional and symptomatic changes at least a year after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury has been published in this month’s Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open. The review led by Dr Oliver O’Sullivan identified 11 studies involving 776 participants. Differences in tibia position, bone morphology, presence of […]
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Honoured to win a poster prize at today’s NIHR Nottingham BRC conference for our Running Through research. We reported on NSAIDs use by recreational runners to manage joint pain, and the impact of Covid-19 on runners. Click to view an accessible version I also presented my PGCHE study results on the training of basic science […]
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Applications are now open for the Centre for Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis Research Versus Arthritis 2022 Summer intern scheme. The 8-week scheme, is open to health clinicians or health scientists due to graduate in 2022 or a medical student in the third year or later with an interest in sport, exercise and osteoarthritis. There is […]
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Excited to start work today on a new project linking with Nottingham University Hospital policymakers on Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMS), thanks to funding awarded to me from the QR Policy Support Fund through the University of Nottingham Institute for Policy and Engagement. We aim to adapt the HealthScout app in order to understand treatment outcomes […]
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My poster based on my 2019 OARSI Highest Rated Therapy Abstract was selected for oral presentation at today’s School of Medicine Research Gala. I was very proud to present my individual patient data (IPD) meta-analysis research which found that 75% of patients with knee, hand or hip osteoarthritis respond to placebo and to then win […]
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Our n-of-1 trial investigating individual responses to topical ibuprofen gel or capsaicin cream for painful knee osteoarthritis and led by Dr Monica Persson is published in this month’s Rheumatology Journal. We found the response to topical NSAIDs and capsaicin varies between individuals, but over half of people with painful knee osteoarthritis respond better to one […]
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After just one month we are excited to have recruited over 1500 participants to our Running Through study. The volunteers who have agreed to share their running data and complete weekly updates on their health status will help us investigate the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on runners training, injury, illness and recovery. We have […]
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I am excited to share the launch today of our new study ‘Running Through‘. Through inviting members of the running community to share their training data, we hope to examine changes in running habits associated with the current restrictions. COVID-19 is affecting all our lives. Through changes to our working, family or social circumstances, the […]
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