Our current studies
OPT-IN
OsteoPorosis Tailored exercise adherence Intervention
CI: Karen Barker
The OPTIN study will test if physiotherapy exercise treatment plus a personalised programme of techniques to encourage people to do their exercises regularly is of more benefit to patients compared to physiotherapy exercises alone.
Aim
To understand if adding support techniques improves patient wellbeing, physical function, fear of falling and exercise participation.
Opt-In | OsteoPorosis Tailored exercise adherence INtervention - NDORMS
THRIVE
Tailored pHysiotherapy RehabIlitation after reVision total hip rEplacemnt: a feasibility randomised controlled trial
CIs: Erin Hannink and Karen Barker
Aim
To evaluate the feasibility of a trial comparing two types of physiotherapy after revision total hip replacement surgery: (a) physiotherapy designed around the patient that includes tailored exercise and education, and (b) physiotherapy that a patient would normally have after surgery.
TKR DCE
What are the most important surgical and rehabilitation outcomes to patients after total knee replacement? A discrete choice experiment.
PI: Philippa Nicolson
Aim
To determine which are the most important surgical and rehabilitation outcomes to patients after total knee replacement for osteoarthritis, and to explore whether sociodemographic and health characteristics impact on an individual’s prioritisation of outcomes.
PRIME-PT
Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Managing Elbows - Post Trauma
PI: Georgina Wistow
Aim
To explore the feasibility of an optimised physiotherapy management programme for those with traumatic elbow injuries to regain function and elbow range-of-movement.
HaERO
Helping with Adherence to Exercise in Rehabilitation of MSK Conditions to improve Outcome
PI: Karen Barker
Aim
To understand how this intervention could be improved to make it more suitable for use by physiotherapists working in primary care and across more MSK conditions.
FAIRO
Femoral-Acetabular Impingement Rehabilitation Outcomes
PI: Simon Wood
Aim
To identify whether pain phenotypes, psychological, social and demographics associate with poor outcomes after a physiotherapy-led rehabilitation programme as defined by ongoing pain and/or hip stiffness and limited range of hip movement.
SoCiAl Connect
Social prescribing and Community Activities for people with Chronic Pain
PI: Leila Heelas
Aim
To understand whether social prescribing might be useful for people living with chronic pain and how to improve access to it
Supported trials
SCOOTT
Surgery versus Conservative OsteOarthritis of Thumb Trial
CIs: Dr Emma Reay and Mr Nick Johnson
Aim
SCOOTT is a multi-centre, superiority and non-inferiority three-arm RCT which aims to answer two important questions regarding treatment of base of thumb osteoarthritis (BTOA).
- Is surgery [Trapeziectomy or Carpometacarpal Joint Replacement (CMCJR)] superior to enhanced non-surgical management?
- Is CMCJR non-inferior to trapeziectomy?
Surgery versus Conservative OsteOarthritis of Thumb Trial
OPAL
Occupational support for Patients undergoing Arthroplasty of the Lower limb
CI: Professor Paul Baker
Aim
To assess whether the OPAL occupational support programme improves the time it takes patients to make a safe and sustained return to work after hip and knee replacement surgery.
About the OPAL Trial - OPAL - Return to Work
RAPSODI-UK
Reverse or Anatomical replacement for Painful Shoulder Osteoarthritis, Differences between Interventions
CIs: Professor Ian Trail and Professor Joseph Dias
Aim
To provide clinical evidence for the superiority (or not) of reverse shoulder replacements over anatomic.
We also aim to inform which is the most cost-effective option to the NHS, explore patients' expectations of the two types of shoulder replacement, and to link with the National Joint Registry for data on patient mortality and revision rates.
RAPSODI - Health Sciences, University of York
PAMPER
Development of a Physical Activity Maintenance intervention for people with PERsistent musculoskeletal pain
PI: Greg Booth
Aim
To develop an intervention (support package) to help people with persistent musculoskeletal pain keep up physical activity after a pain management programme.
ACL STARR
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Stratified Accelerated Repair or Reconstruction Single blind randomised control trial for patients with proximal ACL injuries treatment with ACL repair v ACL reconstruction
CI: Professor Stephen McDonnell
Aim
To establish whether ACL repair provides more benefit than ACL reconstruction in patients with recent proximal ACL ruptures of the knee.
SCoFS
Randomised controlled trial of short and conventional length cemented total hip replacement
CI: Mr Antony Palmer
PI: Dr Victoria Gibbs
Aim
To compare the impact of femoral stem length on the change in calcar bone mineral density following total hip replacement with a cemented polished taperslip stem.
Collaborative projects (Co-Applicant)
COS for VFF
Development of a core outcome set for vertebral fragility fractures
PIs: Dr Rhian Milton-Cole and Professor Katie Sheehan
Co-App: Professor Karen Barker
Aim
To develop a Core Outcome Set (COS) and an associated list of recommended measurement tools to quantify outcomes of any intervention for a non-traumatic or low-energy traumatic vertebral fragility fracture (VFF) among adults 50 years or older.
COMET Initiative | Development of a core outcome set for vertebral fragility fractures
