All Outputs (5)

Point-of-Care Prognosis for Common Musculoskeletal Pain in Older Adults (2013)
Journal Article
Mallen, C. D., Thomas, E., Belcher, J., Rathod, T., Croft, P., & Peat, G. (2013). Point-of-Care Prognosis for Common Musculoskeletal Pain in Older Adults. JAMA Internal Medicine, 173(12), 1119-1125. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.962

Importance Many site-specific, multivariable risk models for predicting the outcome of musculoskeletal pain problems have been published. The overlapping content in these models suggests a common set of generic indicators suitable for use in primary... Read More about Point-of-Care Prognosis for Common Musculoskeletal Pain in Older Adults.

Statin Use and Osteoarthritis (2013)
Journal Article
Kadam, U. T., Blagojevic, M., & Belcher, J. (2013). Statin Use and Osteoarthritis. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 28(9), 1135-1135. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-013-2478-1

The Authors’ Reply—We thank Dr Rashid for highlighting the importance our findings,1 as well as the wider generic implications that relate to common treatment pathways and shared mechanisms in the pathogenesis of chronic diseases such as cardiovascul... Read More about Statin Use and Osteoarthritis.

The development and validation of an internet-based training package for the management of perineal trauma following childbirth: MaternityPEARLS (2013)
Journal Article
Mahmud, A., Kettle, C., Bick, D., Rowley, C., Rathod, T., Belcher, J., …Ismail, K. M. K. (2013). The development and validation of an internet-based training package for the management of perineal trauma following childbirth: MaternityPEARLS. Postgraduate Medical Journal, 89(1053), 382-389. https://doi.org/10.1136/postgradmedj-2012-131491

Statin Use and Clinical Osteoarthritis in the General Population: A Longitudinal Study (2013)
Journal Article
Kadam, U. T., Blagojevic, M., & Belcher, J. (2013). Statin Use and Clinical Osteoarthritis in the General Population: A Longitudinal Study. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 28(7), 943-949. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-013-2382-8

BACKGROUND: One hypothesis has posited whether abnormal lipid metabolism might be a causal factor in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA). Routine statin use in clinical practice provides the basis for a natural experiment in testing this hypothes... Read More about Statin Use and Clinical Osteoarthritis in the General Population: A Longitudinal Study.

The risk of a subsequent cancer diagnosis after herpes zoster infection: primary care database study (2013)
Journal Article
Cotton, S. J., Belcher, J., Rose, P., Jagadeesan, S. K., & Neal, R. D. (2013). The risk of a subsequent cancer diagnosis after herpes zoster infection: primary care database study. British Journal of Cancer, 108(3), 721-726. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2013.13

Background: Herpes zoster and cancer are associated with immunosuppression. Zoster occurs more often in patients with an established cancer diagnosis. Current evidence suggests some risk of cancer after zoster but is inconclusive. We aimed to assess... Read More about The risk of a subsequent cancer diagnosis after herpes zoster infection: primary care database study.