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Is there a difference in the analgesic response to intra-articular bupivacaine injection in people with knee osteoarthritis pain with or without central sensitisation? Protocol of a feasibility randomised controlled trial (2023)
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Zedan, Y., Knaggs, R., Cooper, D., Kurien, T., Walsh, D. A., Auer, D. P., & Scammell, B. E. (2023). Is there a difference in the analgesic response to intra-articular bupivacaine injection in people with knee osteoarthritis pain with or without central sensitisation? Protocol of a feasibility randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 13(7), e072138. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072138

Introduction: Pain is the main symptom of osteoarthritis (OA) with approximately 50% of patients reporting moderate-to-severe pain. Total knee replacement (TKR) is the ultimate treatment option to alleviate pain in knee OA. Nevertheless, TKR does not... Read More about Is there a difference in the analgesic response to intra-articular bupivacaine injection in people with knee osteoarthritis pain with or without central sensitisation? Protocol of a feasibility randomised controlled trial.

Prevalence of and factors associated with osteoarthritis and pain in retired Olympians compared with the general population: part 2 – the spine and upper limb (2022)
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Palmer, D., Cooper, D., Whittaker, J., Batt, M., Emery, C., Engebretsen, L., …Budget, R. (2022). Prevalence of and factors associated with osteoarthritis and pain in retired Olympians compared with the general population: part 2 – the spine and upper limb. British Journal of Sports Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2021-104978

<jats:sec><jats:title>Objectives</jats:title><jats:p>(1) To determine the prevalence of spine and upper limb osteoarthritis (OA) and pain in retired Olympians; (2) identify risk factors associated with their occurrence and (3) compare with a sample o... Read More about Prevalence of and factors associated with osteoarthritis and pain in retired Olympians compared with the general population: part 2 – the spine and upper limb.

Prevalence of and factors associated with osteoarthritis and pain in retired Olympians, with comparison to the general population: part 1 – the lower limb (2022)
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Shroff, M., Soligard, T., Batt, M., Steffen, K., Budgett, R., Palmer, D., …Schamasch, P. (2022). Prevalence of and factors associated with osteoarthritis and pain in retired Olympians, with comparison to the general population: part 1 – the lower limb. British Journal of Sports Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2021-104762

Prevalence and factors associated with low back pain in retired Great Britain’s Olympians: a cross-sectional study (2021)
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Cooper, D., Batt, M., O'Hanlon, M., & Palmer, D. (2021). Prevalence and factors associated with low back pain in retired Great Britain’s Olympians: a cross-sectional study. Translational Sports Medicine, 807-816. https://doi.org/10.1002/tsm2.284

This study determined the point prevalence and factors associated with low back pain (LBP) in retired Great Britain’s (GB) Olympians. Six hundred and thirteen retired athletes completed a cross-sectional survey. Prevalence of LBP (pain on most days i... Read More about Prevalence and factors associated with low back pain in retired Great Britain’s Olympians: a cross-sectional study.

Development and validation of self-reported line drawings of the modified Beighton score for the assessment of generalised joint hypermobility (2018)
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Cooper, D., Scammell, B., Batt, M., & Palmer, D. (2018). Development and validation of self-reported line drawings of the modified Beighton score for the assessment of generalised joint hypermobility. BMC medical research methodology, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-017-0464-8

BACKGROUND: The impracticalities and comparative expense of carrying out a clinical assessment is an obstacle in many large epidemiological studies. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a series of electronic self-reported line drawi... Read More about Development and validation of self-reported line drawings of the modified Beighton score for the assessment of generalised joint hypermobility.