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Exercise interventions for persistent non-specific low back pain – does matching outcomes to treatment targets make a difference? A systematic review and meta-analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Lewis. (2020). Exercise interventions for persistent non-specific low back pain – does matching outcomes to treatment targets make a difference? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Pain, 107-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2020.04.002

Exercise is a core treatment for persistent non-specific low back pain (NSLBP), but results from randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of exercise typically show only small to moderate standardised mean differences (SMDs) compared to non-exercise contr... Read More about Exercise interventions for persistent non-specific low back pain – does matching outcomes to treatment targets make a difference? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Providing patients with direct access to musculoskeletal physiotherapy: the impact on general practice musculoskeletal workload and resource use. The STEMS-2 study. (2020)
Journal Article
Bishop, A., Chen, Y., Protheroe, J., Ogollah, R. O., Bailey, J., Lewis, M., Jordan, K., & Foster, N. E. (2021). Providing patients with direct access to musculoskeletal physiotherapy: the impact on general practice musculoskeletal workload and resource use. The STEMS-2 study. Physiotherapy (de Gruyter), 111, 48-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2020.04.006

OBJECTIVES: This study examined the real-world impact of patient direct access to NHS physiotherapy (self-referral) on (a) general practice consultations for musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions and (b) specified clinical management for patients with MSK... Read More about Providing patients with direct access to musculoskeletal physiotherapy: the impact on general practice musculoskeletal workload and resource use. The STEMS-2 study..

O04 Clinical and cost-effectiveness of ultrasound-guided intra-articular corticosteroid and local anaesthetic injection for hip OA: a randomised controlled trial (HIT) (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Paskins, Z., Bromley, K., Lewis, M., Hughes, G., Hughes, E., Cherrington, A., Hall, A., Holden, M., Oppong, R., Kigozi, J., Stevenson, K., Menon, A., Roberts, P., Peat, G., Jinks, C., Foster, N. E., Mallen, C. D., & Roddy, E. (2020, April). O04 Clinical and cost-effectiveness of ultrasound-guided intra-articular corticosteroid and local anaesthetic injection for hip OA: a randomised controlled trial (HIT). Presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2020, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Background
Evidence of the effectiveness of intra-articular corticosteroid injection for hip osteoarthritis (OA) is limited. The HIT trial compared the clinical and cost-effectiveness of an ultrasound-guided intra-articular hip injection (USGI) of 4... Read More about O04 Clinical and cost-effectiveness of ultrasound-guided intra-articular corticosteroid and local anaesthetic injection for hip OA: a randomised controlled trial (HIT).

CLINICAL AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF ULTRASOUND-GUIDED INTRA-ARTICULAR CORTICOSTEROID AND LOCAL ANAESTHETIC INJECTION FOR HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS: A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL (HIT) (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Paskins, Z., Bromley, K., Lewis, M., Hughes, G., Hughes, E., Cherrington, A., Hall, A., Holden, M., Oppong, R., Kigozi, J., Stevenson, K., Menon, A., Roberts, P., Peat, G., Jinks, C., Foster, N., Mallen, C., & Roddy, E. CLINICAL AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF ULTRASOUND-GUIDED INTRA-ARTICULAR CORTICOSTEROID AND LOCAL ANAESTHETIC INJECTION FOR HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS: A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL (HIT). Presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2020 (30 April 2020 - 03 May 2020)

Stratified primary care versus non-stratified care for musculoskeletal pain: findings from the STarT MSK feasibility and pilot cluster randomized controlled trial (2020)
Journal Article
Hill, J., Garvin, S., Chen, Y., Cooper, V., Wathall, S., Saunders, B., Lewis, A. M., Protheroe, J., Chudyk, A., Dunn, K., Hay, E., Van Der Windt, D., Mallen, C., & Foster, N. E. (2020). Stratified primary care versus non-stratified care for musculoskeletal pain: findings from the STarT MSK feasibility and pilot cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Family Practice, 21, Article 30. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-019-1074-9

Background: Musculoskeletal (MSK) pain from the five most common presentations to primary care (back, neck, shoulder, knee or multi-site pain), where the majority of patients are managed, is a costly global health challenge. At present, first-line de... Read More about Stratified primary care versus non-stratified care for musculoskeletal pain: findings from the STarT MSK feasibility and pilot cluster randomized controlled trial.

Costing Methodology and Key Drivers of Health Care Costs Within Economic Analyses in Musculoskeletal Community and Primary Care Services: A Systematic Review of the Literature. (2020)
Journal Article
Burgess, R., Hall, J., Bishop, A., Lewis, M., & Hill, J. (2020). Costing Methodology and Key Drivers of Health Care Costs Within Economic Analyses in Musculoskeletal Community and Primary Care Services: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, https://doi.org/10.1177/2150132719899763

Background: Identifying variation in musculoskeletal service costs requires the use of specific standardized metrics. There has been a large focus on costing, efficiency, and standardized metrics within the acute musculoskeletal setting, but far less... Read More about Costing Methodology and Key Drivers of Health Care Costs Within Economic Analyses in Musculoskeletal Community and Primary Care Services: A Systematic Review of the Literature..

Clinical Effectiveness of Ultrasound-guided Intra-articular Corticosteroid and Local Anaesthetic Injections for Hip Osteoarthritis: A Randomised Controlled Trial (HIT) (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Paskins, Z., Bromley, K., Lewis, M., Hughes, G., Hughes, E., Cherrington, A., Hall, A., Holden, M., Oppong, R., Stevenson, K., Menon, A., Roberts, P., Peat, G., Jinks, C., Foster, N., Mallen, C., & Roddy, E. (2019, November). Clinical Effectiveness of Ultrasound-guided Intra-articular Corticosteroid and Local Anaesthetic Injections for Hip Osteoarthritis: A Randomised Controlled Trial (HIT). Paper presented at 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA

Background/Purpose: Evidence of the effectiveness of intra-articular corticosteroid injection for hip osteoarthritis (OA) is limited and conflicting. The HIT trial compared the clinical effectiveness of an ultrasound-guided intra-articular hip inject... Read More about Clinical Effectiveness of Ultrasound-guided Intra-articular Corticosteroid and Local Anaesthetic Injections for Hip Osteoarthritis: A Randomised Controlled Trial (HIT).

Responsiveness and Minimal Important Change for Pain and Disability Outcome Measures in Pregnancy-Related Low Back and Pelvic Girdle Pain. (2019)
Journal Article
Lewis. (2019). Responsiveness and Minimal Important Change for Pain and Disability Outcome Measures in Pregnancy-Related Low Back and Pelvic Girdle Pain. Physical Therapy, 1551-1561. https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzz107

BACKGROUND: Pregnancy-related low back pain and pelvic girdle pain (LBP/PGP) are common and negatively impact the lives of many pregnant women. Several patient-based outcome instruments measure treatment effect but there is no consensus about which m... Read More about Responsiveness and Minimal Important Change for Pain and Disability Outcome Measures in Pregnancy-Related Low Back and Pelvic Girdle Pain..

Open-label randomised pragmatic trial (CONTACT) comparing naproxen and low-dose colchicine for the treatment of gout flares in primary care (2019)
Journal Article
Roddy, E., Clarkson, K., Bucknall, M., Mehta, R., Oppong, R., Avery, A., Hay, E., Heneghan, C., Hartshorne, L., Hooper, J., Hughes, G., Jowett, S., Lewis, M., Little, P., McCartney, K., Mahtani, K., Nunan, D., Santer, M., Williams, S., & Mallen, C. (2019). Open-label randomised pragmatic trial (CONTACT) comparing naproxen and low-dose colchicine for the treatment of gout flares in primary care. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 79(2), https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-216154

OBJECTIVES: To compare the effectiveness and safety of naproxen and low-dose colchicine for treating gout flares in primary care.

METHODS: This was a multicentre open-label randomised trial. Adults with a gout flare recruited from 100 general prac... Read More about Open-label randomised pragmatic trial (CONTACT) comparing naproxen and low-dose colchicine for the treatment of gout flares in primary care.