Rotator cuff disorders: a survey of current (2016) UK physiotherapy practice. (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). Rotator cuff disorders: a survey of current (2016) UK physiotherapy practice. Shoulder and Elbow, 52 - 61. https://doi.org/10.1177/1758573217717103

Background: Shoulder pain is a common musculoskeletal presentation, with disorders of the rotator cuff (RC) regarded as the most frequent cause. Conservative treatment is often the initial management; however, findings from a previous survey showed c... Read More about Rotator cuff disorders: a survey of current (2016) UK physiotherapy practice..

The symptomatic course of foot osteoarthritis phenotypes: an 18-month prospective analysis of community-dwelling older adults. (2017)
Journal Article
Downes, T. J., Chesterton, L., Whittle, R., Roddy, E., Menz, H. B., Marshall, M., & Thomas, M. J. (2018). The symptomatic course of foot osteoarthritis phenotypes: an 18-month prospective analysis of community-dwelling older adults. Arthritis Care and Research, 70(7), 1107-1112. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.23502

OBJECTIVE: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a heterogeneous disease with symptom progression at the foot unclear. This study investigated the symptomatic course of three pre-defined foot OA phenotypes over an 18-month period. METHODS: The Clinical Assessment S... Read More about The symptomatic course of foot osteoarthritis phenotypes: an 18-month prospective analysis of community-dwelling older adults..

Population-level impact of diabetes integrated care on commissioner payments for inpatient care among people with type 2 diabetes in Cambridgeshire: a postintervention cohort follow-up study (2017)
Journal Article
Yu. (2017). Population-level impact of diabetes integrated care on commissioner payments for inpatient care among people with type 2 diabetes in Cambridgeshire: a postintervention cohort follow-up study. BMJ Open, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-015816

Objectives Few studies have estimated the effect of diabetes integrated care at a population level. We have assessed the impact of introducing a community service-led diabetes integrated care programme on commissioner payments (tariff) for inpatient... Read More about Population-level impact of diabetes integrated care on commissioner payments for inpatient care among people with type 2 diabetes in Cambridgeshire: a postintervention cohort follow-up study.

Subgrouping and TargetEd Exercise pRogrammes for knee and hip OsteoArthritis (STEER OA): a systematic review update and individual participant data meta-analysis protocol. (2017)
Journal Article
Van Der Windt, Holden, & Dziedzic. (2017). Subgrouping and TargetEd Exercise pRogrammes for knee and hip OsteoArthritis (STEER OA): a systematic review update and individual participant data meta-analysis protocol. BMJ Open, e018971 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018971

INTRODUCTION: Knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of disability worldwide. Therapeutic exercise is a recommended core treatment for people with knee and hip OA, however, the observed effect sizes for reducing pain and improving physic... Read More about Subgrouping and TargetEd Exercise pRogrammes for knee and hip OsteoArthritis (STEER OA): a systematic review update and individual participant data meta-analysis protocol..

Multisite peripheral joint pain: a cross-sectional study of prevalence and impact on general health, quality of life, pain intensity and consultation behaviour (2017)
Journal Article
Finney, A., Dziedzic, K., Lewis, A., & Healey, E. (2017). Multisite peripheral joint pain: a cross-sectional study of prevalence and impact on general health, quality of life, pain intensity and consultation behaviour. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 18, Article 535. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-017-1896-3

Background
Research into musculoskeletal conditions often focusses on pain at single sites, such as the knee, yet several studies have previously reported the high prevalence of multiple sites of musculoskeletal pain. The most common form of musculo... Read More about Multisite peripheral joint pain: a cross-sectional study of prevalence and impact on general health, quality of life, pain intensity and consultation behaviour.

The effect of variation in interpretation of the La Trobe radiographic foot atlas on the prevalence of foot osteoarthritis in older women: the Chingford general population cohort. (2017)
Journal Article
McQueen, P., Gates, L., Marshall, M., Doherty, M., Arden, N., & Bowen, C. (in press). The effect of variation in interpretation of the La Trobe radiographic foot atlas on the prevalence of foot osteoarthritis in older women: the Chingford general population cohort. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 10, Article 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-017-0239-9

Background: The prevalence of foot osteoarthritis (OA) is much less understood than hip, knee and hand OA. The foot is anatomically complex and different researchers have investigated different joints with lack of methodological standardisation acros... Read More about The effect of variation in interpretation of the La Trobe radiographic foot atlas on the prevalence of foot osteoarthritis in older women: the Chingford general population cohort..

The feasibility and acceptability of a physical activity intervention for older people with chronic musculoskeletal pain: The iPOPP pilot trial protocol (2017)
Journal Article
Healey, E., Jinks, C., Foster, N., Chew-Graham, Chew-Graham, C., Pincus, T., …McBeth, J. (2017). The feasibility and acceptability of a physical activity intervention for older people with chronic musculoskeletal pain: The iPOPP pilot trial protocol. Musculoskeletal Care, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1222

INTRODUCTION: This pilot trial will inform the design and methods of a future full-scale randomized controlled trial (RCT) and examine the feasibility, acceptability and fidelity of the Increasing Physical activity in Older People with chronic Pain (... Read More about The feasibility and acceptability of a physical activity intervention for older people with chronic musculoskeletal pain: The iPOPP pilot trial protocol.

Applying quantitative bias analysis to estimate the plausible effects of selection bias in a cluster randomised controlled trial: secondary analysis of the Primary care Osteoarthritis Screening Trial (POST). (2017)
Journal Article
Barnett, L., Mallen, C., Lewis, A., & Peat, G. (2017). Applying quantitative bias analysis to estimate the plausible effects of selection bias in a cluster randomised controlled trial: secondary analysis of the Primary care Osteoarthritis Screening Trial (POST). Trials, 18, 585 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-017-2329-1

BACKGROUND: Selection bias is a concern when designing cluster randomised controlled trials (c-RCT). Despite addressing potential issues at the design stage, bias cannot always be eradicated from a trial design. The application of bias analysis prese... Read More about Applying quantitative bias analysis to estimate the plausible effects of selection bias in a cluster randomised controlled trial: secondary analysis of the Primary care Osteoarthritis Screening Trial (POST)..

Impact of Access Site Practice on Clinical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Following Thrombolysis for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in the United Kingdom : An Insight From the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society Dataset (2017)
Journal Article
Rashid, M., Rushton, C. A., Kwok, C. S., Kinnaird, T., Kontopantelis, E., Olier, I., …Mamas, M. (2017). Impact of Access Site Practice on Clinical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Following Thrombolysis for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in the United Kingdom : An Insight From the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society Dataset. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions, 10(22), 2258 -2265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2017.07.049

Objectives
This study sought to examine the relationship between access site practice and clinical outcomes in patients requiring percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) following thrombolysis for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).... Read More about Impact of Access Site Practice on Clinical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Following Thrombolysis for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in the United Kingdom : An Insight From the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society Dataset.

Prognosis of sciatica and back-related leg pain in primary care: the ATLAS cohort (2017)
Journal Article
Konstantinou, K., Dunn, K., Ogollah, R., Lewis, M., Van Der Windt, D., Hay, E., & Study Team, A. (2017). Prognosis of sciatica and back-related leg pain in primary care: the ATLAS cohort. Spine Journal, 1030-1040. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2017.10.071

Background Context
Evidence is lacking on the prognosis and prognostic factors of back-related leg pain and sciatica in patients seeing their primary care physicians. This evidence could guide timely appropriate treatment and referral decisions.... Read More about Prognosis of sciatica and back-related leg pain in primary care: the ATLAS cohort.

Factors Influencing Allopurinol Initiation in Primary Care. (2017)
Journal Article
Roddy, Mallen, Clarson, Belcher, & Hider. (2017). Factors Influencing Allopurinol Initiation in Primary Care. Annals of Family Medicine, 15(6), 557 - 560. https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.213

Despite guidance on appropriate initiation, urate-lowering therapy is prescribed for only a minority of patients with gout. Electronic health records for 8,142 patients with gout were used to investigate the effect of age, sex, comorbidities, number... Read More about Factors Influencing Allopurinol Initiation in Primary Care..

Co-Occurrence and Characteristics of Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis Who Meet Criteria for Fibromyalgia Results From a UK National Register (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Co-Occurrence and Characteristics of Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis Who Meet Criteria for Fibromyalgia Results From a UK National Register. Arthritis and Rheumatology, 2144 - 2150. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.40185

Objective. To estimate the proportion of patients with axial spondyloarthritis (SpA) in a UK national biologics registry who met criteria for fibromyalgia (FM), and to delineate the characteristics of these patients. Methods. Two cohorts of patients... Read More about Co-Occurrence and Characteristics of Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis Who Meet Criteria for Fibromyalgia Results From a UK National Register.

Differential Drug Survival of Second-Line Biologic Therapies in Patients with Psoriasis: Observational Cohort Study from the British Association of Dermatologists Biologic Interventions Register (BADBIR). (2017)
Journal Article
Iskandar, I. Y., Warren, R. B., Lunt, M., Mason, K. J., Evans, I., McElhone, K., …Griffiths, C. E. (2018). Differential Drug Survival of Second-Line Biologic Therapies in Patients with Psoriasis: Observational Cohort Study from the British Association of Dermatologists Biologic Interventions Register (BADBIR). Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 138(4), 775 - 784. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jid.2017.09.044

Little is known about the drug survival of second-line biologic therapies for psoriasis in routine clinical practice. We assessed drug survival of second-line biologic therapies and estimated the risk of recurrent discontinuation due to adverse event... Read More about Differential Drug Survival of Second-Line Biologic Therapies in Patients with Psoriasis: Observational Cohort Study from the British Association of Dermatologists Biologic Interventions Register (BADBIR)..

Implementing core NICE guidelines for osteoarthritis in primary care with a model consultation (MOSAICS): A cluster randomised controlled trial (2017)
Journal Article
Dziedzic, K., Hay, E., Porcheret, M., Afolabi, E., Lewis, A., Morden, A., …Healey, E. (2018). Implementing core NICE guidelines for osteoarthritis in primary care with a model consultation (MOSAICS): A cluster randomised controlled trial. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 26(1), 43-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2017.09.010

Objective
To determine the effectiveness of a model osteoarthritis consultation, compared with usual care, on physical function and uptake of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) osteoarthritis recommendations, in adults =45 year... Read More about Implementing core NICE guidelines for osteoarthritis in primary care with a model consultation (MOSAICS): A cluster randomised controlled trial.

Subgroup analyses of the effectiveness of oral glucosamine for knee and hip osteoarthritis: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis from the OA trial bank. (2017)
Journal Article
Runhaar, J., Rozendaal, R., van Middelkoop, M., Bijlsma, H., Doherty, M., Dziedzic, K., …Bierma Zeinstra, S. (2017). Subgroup analyses of the effectiveness of oral glucosamine for knee and hip osteoarthritis: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis from the OA trial bank. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 76(11), 1862 - 1869. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-211149

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of oral glucosamine in subgroups of people with hip or knee osteoarthritis (OA) based on baseline pain severity, body mass index (BMI), sex, structural abnormalities and presence of inflammation using individu... Read More about Subgroup analyses of the effectiveness of oral glucosamine for knee and hip osteoarthritis: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis from the OA trial bank..

The OMERACT Core Domain Set for Outcome Measures for Clinical Trials in Polymyalgia Rheumatica (2017)
Journal Article
Mackie, S., Neill, L., Harrison, E., Black, R., Kermani, T., Simon, L., …Twohig, H. (2017). The OMERACT Core Domain Set for Outcome Measures for Clinical Trials in Polymyalgia Rheumatica. Journal of Rheumatology, 1515-1521. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.161109

OBJECTIVE
To inform development of a core domain set for outcome measures for clinical trials in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), we conducted patient consultations, a systematic review, a Delphi study, and 2 qualitative studies.

METHODS
Domains i... Read More about The OMERACT Core Domain Set for Outcome Measures for Clinical Trials in Polymyalgia Rheumatica.

Clinical classification criteria for radicular pain caused by lumbar disc herniation: the RAPIDH criteria (RAdicular PaIn caused by Disc Herniation) (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Clinical classification criteria for radicular pain caused by lumbar disc herniation: the RAPIDH criteria (RAdicular PaIn caused by Disc Herniation). Spine Journal, 1464-1471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2017.05.005

Background Context
Classification criteria are recommended for diseases that lack specific biomarkers to improve homogeneity in clinical research studies. Because imaging evidence of lumbar disc herniations (LDHs) may not be associated with symptoms... Read More about Clinical classification criteria for radicular pain caused by lumbar disc herniation: the RAPIDH criteria (RAdicular PaIn caused by Disc Herniation).

Biopsychosocial factors associated with chronic low back pain disability in rural Nigeria: a population-based cross-sectional study. (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Biopsychosocial factors associated with chronic low back pain disability in rural Nigeria: a population-based cross-sectional study. BMJ Global Health, e000284 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000284

Introduction: Many people in Nigeria are living with disability due to chronic low back pain (CLBP), with the greatest burden accounted for by people living in rural Nigeria. However, factors associated with disability in rural Nigeria have not yet b... Read More about Biopsychosocial factors associated with chronic low back pain disability in rural Nigeria: a population-based cross-sectional study..

The British Lung Foundation asthma management programme - improving asthma control in adults (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Gilchrist. (2017, September). The British Lung Foundation asthma management programme - improving asthma control in adults. Presented at ERS International Congress 2017, Milan, Italy

Background: The 10-year Finland asthma programme showed that educating healthcare workers, patients and families reduces hospital admissions and asthma-related deaths (1).

Aim: The Department of Health and the Scottish Government funded a 2-year p... Read More about The British Lung Foundation asthma management programme - improving asthma control in adults.

Longitudinal association between foot and ankle symptoms and worsening of symptomatic radiographic knee osteoarthritis: data from the osteoarthritis initiative (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Longitudinal association between foot and ankle symptoms and worsening of symptomatic radiographic knee osteoarthritis: data from the osteoarthritis initiative. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 1407-1413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2017.05.002

Objective
To assess whether foot and/or ankle symptoms are associated with an increased risk of worsening of knee pain and radiographic change in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA).

Methods
The presence and laterality of foot/ankle symptoms we... Read More about Longitudinal association between foot and ankle symptoms and worsening of symptomatic radiographic knee osteoarthritis: data from the osteoarthritis initiative.