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Perceptions and Significance of Long Covid Diagnoses From the Perspectives of Children and Young People With Long Covid, Their Parents and Professionals (2025)
Journal Article
Faux‐Nightingale, A., Saunders, B., Burton, C., Chew‐Graham, C. A., Somayajula, G., Twohig, H., & Welsh, V. (2025). Perceptions and Significance of Long Covid Diagnoses From the Perspectives of Children and Young People With Long Covid, Their Parents and Professionals. Health Expectations, 28(3), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70318

Introduction: Long Covid, the patient‐preferred term, describes symptoms persisting after an acute Covid‐19 infection. Understanding the importance and meaning of a Long Covid diagnosis to children and young people (CYP), their families and professio... Read More about Perceptions and Significance of Long Covid Diagnoses From the Perspectives of Children and Young People With Long Covid, Their Parents and Professionals.

The importance of diagnosis from the perspectives of young people with Long COVID, their parents, and healthcare professionals (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Faux-Nightingale, A., Saunders, B., Burton, C., Chew-Graham, C. A., Somayajula, G., Twohig, H., & Welsh, V. (2025, March). The importance of diagnosis from the perspectives of young people with Long COVID, their parents, and healthcare professionals. Presented at BJGP Research and Publishing conference, The Lowry Hotel, Manchester, England

Background Long COVID describes symptoms persisting after an acute COVID-19 infection.

Aim This study explores the meaning and importance of a Long COVID diagnosis from the perspectives of children and young people (CYP) with Long COVID, their par... Read More about The importance of diagnosis from the perspectives of young people with Long COVID, their parents, and healthcare professionals.

Type 2 diabetes, metabolic health, and the development of frozen shoulder: a cohort study in UK electronic health records (2025)
Journal Article
Dyer, B. P., Burton, C., Rathod-Mistry, T., Blagojevic-Bucknall, M., & van der Windt, D. A. (2025). Type 2 diabetes, metabolic health, and the development of frozen shoulder: a cohort study in UK electronic health records. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 26(1), Article 471. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-025-08672-2

Objective: Estimate the effect of type 2 diabetes on the development of frozen shoulder and investigate whether the effect is mediated by other metabolic factors. Methods: Primary care medical record-based cohort study containing 43,977 people newly... Read More about Type 2 diabetes, metabolic health, and the development of frozen shoulder: a cohort study in UK electronic health records.

Clinical and cost-effectiveness of a personalised guided consultation versus usual physiotherapy care in people presenting with shoulder pain: a protocol for the PANDA-S cluster randomised controlled trial and process evaluation (2025)
Journal Article
A Harrisson, S., Myers, H., Wynne Jones, G., Bajpai, R., Bratt, C., Burton, C., Harrison, R., Jowett, S., A Lawton, S., Saunders, B., J Beard, D., Bucknall, M., Chester, R., Heneghan, C., Huckfield, L., Lewis, M., D Mallen, C., Pincus, T., L Rees, J., Roddy, E., & A Van der Windt, D. (2025). Clinical and cost-effectiveness of a personalised guided consultation versus usual physiotherapy care in people presenting with shoulder pain: a protocol for the PANDA-S cluster randomised controlled trial and process evaluation. BMJ Open, 15(5), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-100501

Introduction: Musculoskeletal shoulder pain is a common reason for people to be treated in physiotherapy services, but diagnosis can be difficult and often does not guide treatment or predict outcome. People with shoulder pain cite a need for clear i... Read More about Clinical and cost-effectiveness of a personalised guided consultation versus usual physiotherapy care in people presenting with shoulder pain: a protocol for the PANDA-S cluster randomised controlled trial and process evaluation.

Are patients with newly diagnosed frozen shoulder more likely to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes? A cohort study in UK electronic health records (2024)
Journal Article
Dyer, B. P., Burton, C., Rathod‐Mistry, T., Blagojevic‐Bucknall, M., & van der Windt, D. A. (2024). Are patients with newly diagnosed frozen shoulder more likely to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes? A cohort study in UK electronic health records. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.15965

Aim: To estimate the association between newly diagnosed frozen shoulder and a subsequent diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in primary care. Methods: We conducted an age‐, gender‐ and practice‐matched cohort study in UK primary care electronic medical rec... Read More about Are patients with newly diagnosed frozen shoulder more likely to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes? A cohort study in UK electronic health records.

Association of air pollution from a landfill site with primary care consultation (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
Jordan, K. P., Muller, S., Usman, M., Bailey, J., Burton, C., Lawton, S. A., Mallen, C. D., Mason, K. J., Wathall, S., & van der Windt, D. A. Association of air pollution from a landfill site with primary care consultation

Background Waste landfill sites are associated with gaseous emissions and this air pollution can cause unpleasant smells (“malodour”). This causes concerns about its impact on the health of the local population. This study assessed change in general... Read More about Association of air pollution from a landfill site with primary care consultation.

Diabetes, metabolic health, and the development of frozen shoulder: a cohort study in UK electronic health records (2024)
Working Paper
Dyer, B., Burton, C., Rathod-Mistry, T., Blagojevic-Bucknall, M., & van der Windt, D. Diabetes, metabolic health, and the development of frozen shoulder: a cohort study in UK electronic health records

Objective Estimate the effect of type 2 diabetes on the development of frozen shoulder and investigate whether the effect is mediated by other metabolic factors. Methods Primary care medical record-based cohort study containing 43,977 patients newly... Read More about Diabetes, metabolic health, and the development of frozen shoulder: a cohort study in UK electronic health records.

Coproducing Health Information Materials With Young People: Reflections and Lessons Learned (2024)
Journal Article
Faux-Nightingale, A., Somayajula, G., Bradbury, C., Bray, L., Burton, C., Chew-Graham, C. A., Gardner, A., Griffin, A., Twohig, H., & Welsh, V. (2024). Coproducing Health Information Materials With Young People: Reflections and Lessons Learned. Health Expectations, 27(3), Article e14115. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.14115

Background
This paper describes and critically reflects on how children and young people (CYP) acted as public advisors to co-produce health information materials about Long Covid for younger audiences. This work was underpinned by the Lundy model,... Read More about Coproducing Health Information Materials With Young People: Reflections and Lessons Learned.

Long-term outcomes of COVID-19 infection in children and young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review] (2024)
Journal Article
Twohig, H., Bajpai, R., Corp, N., Faux-Nightingale, A., Mallen, C., Robinson, T., Somayajula, G., van-Der-Windt, D., Welsh, V., & Burton, C. (2024). Long-term outcomes of COVID-19 infection in children and young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. NIHR Open Research, 4(22), https://doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.13549.1

Background
Children and young people (CYP) may experience prolonged symptoms following COVID-19, commonly termed ‘Long-COVID’. The characteristics of Long-COVID in CYP are unclear, as are the sequalae of acute COVID-19. We aimed to systematically sy... Read More about Long-term outcomes of COVID-19 infection in children and young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review].

Experiences and care needs of children with long Covid: a qualitative study. (2023)
Journal Article
Faux-Nightingale, A., Saunders, B., Burton, C., Chew-Graham, C. A., Somayajula, G., Twohig, H., & Welsh, V. (2023). Experiences and care needs of children with long Covid: a qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice Open (BJGP Open), 8(1), Article 0143. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2023.0143

Long Covid, the patient-preferred term, describes symptoms persisting after an acute episode of Covid-19 infection. Symptoms in children and young people (CYP) can affect daily routine, with broader impacts on education, health-related quality of lif... Read More about Experiences and care needs of children with long Covid: a qualitative study..

Summarizing Evidence of Associations of COVID‐19 With a Future Diagnosis of Inflammatory Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases: A Rapid Review (2023)
Journal Article
Mudge, H. R., Honey, J. R., Tachoukaft, S., Hider, S. L., Mason, K. J., Welsh, V. K., & Burton, C. (in press). Summarizing Evidence of Associations of COVID‐19 With a Future Diagnosis of Inflammatory Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases: A Rapid Review. Arthritis Care & Research, 76(1), 40-48. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.25227

Musculoskeletal symptoms are commonly reported following acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19). It is unclear whether those with musculoskeletal symptoms subsequently develop inflammatory rheumatic musculoskeletal disease (iRMD). This review seek... Read More about Summarizing Evidence of Associations of COVID‐19 With a Future Diagnosis of Inflammatory Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases: A Rapid Review.

POS0999-HPR THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON REFERRALS TO MUSCULOSKELETAL SERVICES FROM PRIMARY CARE AND SUBSEQUENT INCIDENCE OF INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATIC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bajpai, R., Burton, C., Mason, K., Bailey, J., Frisher, M., Jordan, K., Mallen, C., & Welsh, V. (2023, May). POS0999-HPR THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON REFERRALS TO MUSCULOSKELETAL SERVICES FROM PRIMARY CARE AND SUBSEQUENT INCIDENCE OF INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATIC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY. Poster presented at EULAR 2023 European Congress of Rheumatology, Milan, Italy

Background Inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (iRMDs), including rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and juveneille inflammatory arthritsi (JIA), are common and cause a high disease burden globally. Early diagnosis of iRMDs and subsequent time... Read More about POS0999-HPR THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON REFERRALS TO MUSCULOSKELETAL SERVICES FROM PRIMARY CARE AND SUBSEQUENT INCIDENCE OF INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATIC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY.

Trends in consultations and prescribing for rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: an electronic primary care records study. (2023)
Journal Article
Welsh, V. K., Mason, K. J., Bailey, J., Bajpai, R., Jordan, K. P., Mallen, C. D., & Burton, C. (2023). Trends in consultations and prescribing for rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: an electronic primary care records study. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), 73(736), BJGP.2022.0648. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp.2022.0648

Background
Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) are common and generally managed in primary care through supported self-care, physiotherapy, analgesia, and specialist referral where indicated. The COVID-19 pandemic led to abrupt changes in... Read More about Trends in consultations and prescribing for rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: an electronic primary care records study..

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on referrals to musculoskeletal services from primary care and subsequent incidence of inflammatory rheumatic musculoskeletal disease: an observational study (2023)
Journal Article
Burton, C., Mallen, C., Mason, K., Jordan, K., Welsh, V., Bajpai, R., & Bailey, J. (2023). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on referrals to musculoskeletal services from primary care and subsequent incidence of inflammatory rheumatic musculoskeletal disease: an observational study. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 7(2), Article ARTN rkad044. https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rkad044

Objectives
To describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic upon referral patterns and incident diagnosis of inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (iRMDs).

Methods
UK primary care data was used to describe referral patterns for pat... Read More about The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on referrals to musculoskeletal services from primary care and subsequent incidence of inflammatory rheumatic musculoskeletal disease: an observational study.

Symptom patterns and life with post-acute COVID-19 in children aged 8-17: a mixed methods studyprotocol. (2023)
Journal Article
Faux-Nightingale, A., Burton, C., Twohig, H., Bucknall, M., Carroll, W., Chew-Graham, C., Dunn, K., Gilchrist, F., Helliwell, T., Lawton, O., Lawton, S., Mallen, C., Saunders, B., Van Der Windt, D., & Welsh, V. (2023). Symptom patterns and life with post-acute COVID-19 in children aged 8-17: a mixed methods studyprotocol. British Journal of General Practice Open (BJGP Open), 7(2), Article BJGPO20220149. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpo.2022.0149

Background: While there is a substantial body of knowledge about acute COVID-19, less is known about long-COVID, where symptoms continue beyond 4 weeks.

Aim: To describe longer-term effects of COVID-19 infection in children and young people (CYP)... Read More about Symptom patterns and life with post-acute COVID-19 in children aged 8-17: a mixed methods studyprotocol..

Diabetes as a risk factor for the onset of frozen shoulder: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2023)
Journal Article
Dyer, B. P., Rathod-Mistry, T., Burton, C., Van Der Windt, D., & Bucknall, M. (2023). Diabetes as a risk factor for the onset of frozen shoulder: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 13(1), Article e062377. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062377

Objective: Summarise longitudinal observational studies to determine whether diabetes (types 1 and 2) is a risk factor for frozen shoulder.

Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Data sources: MEDLINE, Embase, AMED, PsycINFO, Web of Scien... Read More about Diabetes as a risk factor for the onset of frozen shoulder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Patients' and clinicians' perspectives towards primary care consultations for shoulder pain: qualitative findings from the Prognostic and Diagnostic Assessment of the Shoulder (PANDA-S) programme. (2023)
Journal Article
Saunders, B., Burton, C., van der Windt, D. A., Myers, H., Chester, R., Pincus, T., & Wynne-Jones, G. (2023). Patients' and clinicians' perspectives towards primary care consultations for shoulder pain: qualitative findings from the Prognostic and Diagnostic Assessment of the Shoulder (PANDA-S) programme. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 24, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-022-06059-1

BACKGROUND: Clinical management of musculoskeletal shoulder pain can be challenging due to diagnostic uncertainty, variable prognosis and limited evidence for long-term treatment benefits. The UK-based PANDA-S programme (Prognostic And Diagnostic Ass... Read More about Patients' and clinicians' perspectives towards primary care consultations for shoulder pain: qualitative findings from the Prognostic and Diagnostic Assessment of the Shoulder (PANDA-S) programme..

Overall Effects and Moderators of Rehabilitation in Patients With Wrist Fracture: A Systematic Review. (2022)
Journal Article
Pradhan, S., Chiu, S., Burton, C., Forsyth, J., Corp, N., Paskins, Z., Van Der Windt, D., & Babatunde, O. (2022). Overall Effects and Moderators of Rehabilitation in Patients With Wrist Fracture: A Systematic Review. Physical Therapy, 102(6), https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzac032

OBJECTIVE: Wrist fractures constitute the most frequently occurring upper limb fracture. Many patients report persistent pain and functional limitations up to 18 months following wrist fracture. Identifying which patients are likely to gain the great... Read More about Overall Effects and Moderators of Rehabilitation in Patients With Wrist Fracture: A Systematic Review..

The effectiveness of corticosteroid injection versus night splints for carpal tunnel syndrome: 24-month follow-up of a randomized trial (2022)
Journal Article
Burton, C., Rathod-Mistry, T., Blackburn, S., Blagojevic-Bucknall, M., Bucknall, M., Chesterton, L., Davenport, G., Dziedzic, K., Higginbottom, A., Jowett, S., Myers, H., Oppong, R., van der Windt, D., Hay, E., & Roddy, E. (2023). The effectiveness of corticosteroid injection versus night splints for carpal tunnel syndrome: 24-month follow-up of a randomized trial. Rheumatology, 62(2), 546–554. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keac219

Objectives
This follow-up study of the INSTinCTS (INjection vs SplinTing in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome) trial compared the effects of corticosteroid injection (CSI) and night splinting (NS) for the initial management of mild-to-moderate carpal tunnel sy... Read More about The effectiveness of corticosteroid injection versus night splints for carpal tunnel syndrome: 24-month follow-up of a randomized trial.