Two research projects involving ORI researchers were featured in the media last week. Professor Tom Wainwright spoke to the Mail on Sunday about the Orthopaedic Research Institute’s trial of cycling to help people with hip pain. To find out more about the CHAIN (Cycling against Hip pain) programme and the NIHR funded research CLEAT study… Read more » about ORI in the news!
In the Bone and Joint Journal this month, Prof Middleton and colleagues from across the UK, have had their paper titled “A multicentre comparative analysis of fixation versus revision surgery for periprosthetic femoral fractures following total hip arthroplasty with a cemented polished taper-slip femoral component” published. ORI Hip fellow, Seb Crosswell has summarised the research and it’s… Read more » about New publication from Prof Middleton looking at revision hip surgery
Bournemouth University and the Royal Bournemouth Hospital (now part of University Hospitals Dorset, UHD) have published a study on the clinical outcomes of new materials used in hip replacements. Professor Middleton in Bournemouth and collaborating with hospitals around the UK started a clinical study 10 years ago to see the effects of using two new… Read more » about New study published by Prof Middleton looking at wear rates in total hip arthroplasty
Prof Middleton‘s study “Risk factors influencing fracture characteristics in postoperative periprosthetic femoral fractures around cemented stems in total hip arthroplasty” was published in the Bone and Joint Open journal. The full-text can be accessed here Hip fractures are extremely common in our elderly population here in Dorset. This research shows how these can be best… Read more » about Congratulations to Prof Middleton on his recent publication with colleagues from Leeds, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Southampton, Oxford, and Wrightington.
Congratulations to Tom Wainwright and Louise Burgess, who have had their article “The quality of intervention reporting in trials of therapeutic exercise for hip osteoarthritis: A secondary analysis of a systematic review” published in Trials. Tom and Louise collaborated with Professor Maura Iverson (Northeastern University), Dr Johan von Heideken (Karolinska Institute) and Khara James (Northeastern… Read more » about New publication: The quality of intervention reporting in trials of therapeutic exercise for hip osteoarthritis
Congratulations to PhD student Rantilini Samaratunga who has had her first peer-reviewed journal article “A review of participant recruitment transparency for sound validation of hip surgery simulators: a novel umbrella approach” published in the Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology. Ranti collaborated with Professor Christos Gatzidis, Professor Ian Swain, Professor Robert Middleton, Associate Professor Tom Wainwright,… Read more » about PhD student Ranti Samaratunga has her first journal article published
Associate Professor Tom Wainwright has published an article looking at how Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) should be implemented following the Covid-19 pandemic. The article highlights how implementing the quality improvement method will help to manage the large volume of patients requiring joint replacement surgery once regular operating resumes. Tom said: “This new perspective article… Read more » about Implementation of Enhanced Recovery after Surgery following the Covid-19 pandemic
This month, Tom Wainwright, Louise Burgess and patient, Kevin Hubble, were invited to publish a review on the current evidence for rehabilitation following hip replacement surgery in the Fitness Professionals Ltd (FitPro) magazine. FitPro is one of the largest fitness companies in the world, with over 150,000 members in 84 countries, including personal trainers, nutritionists,… Read more » about ORI publish article on hip replacement rehabilitation in FitPro magazine
Congratulations to Associate Professor Tom Wainwright who has recently co-authored an editorial in the British Journal of Anaesthesia, with internationally renowned colleagues, Professor Henrik Kehlet from Copenhagen University, and Professor Stavros Memtsoudis from the Hospital of Special Surgery in New York. The editorial summarises the current state and future challenges for day case and ERAS pathways… Read more » about Fast-track hip and knee arthroplasty…how fast?
Congratulations to Associate Professor Tom Wainwright and Consultant Physiotherapist Matthew Low who have published an article in the Integrated Healthcare Journal on the rehabilitation of COVID-19 patients. The article is titled “Why the biopsychosocial model needs to be the underpinning philosophy in Rehabilitation pathways for patients recovering from COVID-19”. Associate Professor Tom Wainwright said: “At… Read more » about Applying to the biopsychosocial model to COVID-19 rehabilitation pathways
