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Black medicine: an observational study of doctors’ coffee purchasing patterns at work (2015)
Journal Article
Giesinger, K., Hamilton, D. F., Erschbamer, M., Jost, B., & Giesinger, J. M. (2015). Black medicine: an observational study of doctors’ coffee purchasing patterns at work. BMJ, 351, h6446. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h6446

Objective: To evaluate doctors’ coffee consumption at work and differences between specialties. Design: Single centre retrospective cohort study. Setting: Large teaching hospital in Switzerland. Participants: 766 qualified doctors (425 men,... Read More about Black medicine: an observational study of doctors’ coffee purchasing patterns at work.

Knee arthroscopy: influence of systems for delivering healthcare on procedure rates (2015)
Journal Article
Hamilton, D. F., & Howie, C. R. (2015). Knee arthroscopy: influence of systems for delivering healthcare on procedure rates. BMJ, 351, h4720. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h4720

The “correct” rates of discretional interventions are difficult to define. However, David Hamilton and Colin Howie point out that discrepancies in usage of knee arthroscopy within the UK suggest the organisation of the care pathway may be an importan... Read More about Knee arthroscopy: influence of systems for delivering healthcare on procedure rates.

Recommendations for the conduct of efficacy trials of treatment devices for osteoarthritis: a report from a working group of the Arthritis Research UK Osteoarthritis and Crystal Diseases Clinical Studies Group (2015)
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Felson, D. T., Redmond, A. C., Chapman, G. J., Smith, T. O., Hamilton, D. F., Jones, R. K., …Conaghan, P. G. (2016). Recommendations for the conduct of efficacy trials of treatment devices for osteoarthritis: a report from a working group of the Arthrit

Objective. There are unique challenges to designing and carrying out high-quality trials testing therapeutic devices in OA and other rheumatic diseases. Such challenges include determining the mechanisms of action of the device and the appropriate sh... Read More about Recommendations for the conduct of efficacy trials of treatment devices for osteoarthritis: a report from a working group of the Arthritis Research UK Osteoarthritis and Crystal Diseases Clinical Studies Group.

Making the Oxford Hip and Knee Scores meaningful at the patient level through normative scoring and registry data (2015)
Journal Article
Hamilton, D. F., Giesinger, J. M., Patton, J. T., MacDonald, D. J., Simpson, A. H. R. W., Howie, C. R., & Giesinger, K. (2015). Making the Oxford Hip and Knee Scores meaningful at the patient level through normative scoring and registry data. Bone & Joint

Objectives The Oxford Hip and Knee Scores (OHS, OKS) have been demonstrated to vary according to age and gender, making it difficult to compare results in cohorts with different demographics. The aim of this paper was to calculate reference values f... Read More about Making the Oxford Hip and Knee Scores meaningful at the patient level through normative scoring and registry data.

WOMAC, EQ-5D and Knee Society Score Thresholds for Treatment Success After Total Knee Arthroplasty (2015)
Journal Article
Giesinger, J. M., Hamilton, D. F., Jost, B., Behrend, H., & Giesinger, K. (2015). WOMAC, EQ-5D and Knee Society Score Thresholds for Treatment Success After Total Knee Arthroplasty. Journal of Arthroplasty, 30(12), 2154-2158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.art

Our study aimed at developing clinical thresholds (cut-off scores) for the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities (WOMAC) osteoarthritis index, EQ-5D and Knee Society Score for discriminating between patients with and without treatment success fol... Read More about WOMAC, EQ-5D and Knee Society Score Thresholds for Treatment Success After Total Knee Arthroplasty.

Development of an item list to assess the forgotten joint concept in shoulder patients (2015)
Journal Article
Giesinger, J. M., Kesterke, N., Hamilton, D. F., Holzner, B., Jost, B., & Giesinger, K. (2015). Development of an item list to assess the forgotten joint concept in shoulder patients. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 16(1), 67 (2015). https://doi.org/10.118

Background To generate an item list for the assessment of joint awareness in shoulder patients and to collect patient feedback on the comprehensibility of the items and the forgotten joint concept. Methods Item content was generated on the basis... Read More about Development of an item list to assess the forgotten joint concept in shoulder patients.

The identification and quantification of instability in a primary total knee replacement prior to revision (2014)
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Hamilton, D. F., Burnett, R., Patton, J. T., Howie, C. R., & Simpson, A. H. R. W. (2014). The identification and quantification of instability in a primary total knee replacement prior to revision. Bone and Joint Journal, 96-B(10), 1339-1343. https://doi.

Instability is the reason for revision of a primary total knee replacement (TKR) in 20% of patients. To date, the diagnosis of instability has been based on the patient’s symptoms and a subjective clinical assessment. We assessed whether a measured s... Read More about The identification and quantification of instability in a primary total knee replacement prior to revision.

Cervical isometric strength and range of motion of elite rugby union players: a cohort study (2014)
Journal Article
Hamilton, D. F., & Gatherer, D. (2014). Cervical isometric strength and range of motion of elite rugby union players: a cohort study. BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, 6(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/2052-1847-6-32

Background: Head and neck injury is relatively common in Rugby Union. Despite this, strength and range-of-motion characteristics of the cervical spine are poorly characterised. The aim of this study was to provide data on the strength and range-of-mo... Read More about Cervical isometric strength and range of motion of elite rugby union players: a cohort study.

Validation of the use of radiographic fracture-healing scores in a small animal model (2014)
Journal Article
Tawonsawatruk, T., Hamilton, D. F., & Simpson, A. H. R. W. (2014). Validation of the use of radiographic fracture-healing scores in a small animal model. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 32(9), 1117-1119. https://doi.org/10.1002/jor.22665

Precise assessment of fracture‐healing is vital in both clinical and research settings, where therapies are typically assessed using animal models with union as the study end point. Radiographic scoring systems have been developed for clinical use; h... Read More about Validation of the use of radiographic fracture-healing scores in a small animal model.

Comparative cervical profiles of adult and under-18 front-row rugby players: implications for playing policy (2014)
Journal Article
Hamilton, D. F., Gatherer, D., Robson, J., Graham, N., Rennie, N., MacLean, J. G. B., & Simpson, A. H. R. W. (2014). Comparative cervical profiles of adult and under-18 front-row rugby players: implications for playing policy. BMJ Open, 4(5), e004975. htt

Objective To compare the cervical isometric strength, fatigue endurance and range of motion of adult and under-18 age-grade front-row rugby players to inform the development of a safe age group policy with particular reference to scrummaging. De... Read More about Comparative cervical profiles of adult and under-18 front-row rugby players: implications for playing policy.

Assessing treatment outcomes using a single question: the Net Promoter Score (2014)
Journal Article
Hamilton, D. F., Lane, J. V., Gaston, P., Patton, J. T., MacDonald, D. J., Simpson, A. H. R. W., & Howie, C. R. (2014). Assessing treatment outcomes using a single question: the Net Promoter Score. Bone and Joint Journal, 96-B(5), 622-628. https://doi.org

Satisfaction with care is important to both patients and to those who pay for it. The Net Promoter Score (NPS), widely used in the service industries, has been introduced into the NHS as the ‘friends and family test’; an overarching measure of patien... Read More about Assessing treatment outcomes using a single question: the Net Promoter Score.

Five-year survivorship and patient-reported outcome of the Triathlon single-radius total knee arthroplasty (2014)
Journal Article
Scott, C. E. H., Clement, N. D., MacDonald, D. J., Hamilton, D. F., Gaston, P., Howie, C. R., & Burnett, R. (2015). Five-year survivorship and patient-reported outcome of the Triathlon single-radius total knee arthroplasty. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatolo

The Triathlon single-radius total knee arthroplasty (TKA) was used in 11 % of primary procedures in England and Wales in 2011 making it the third most common prosthesis implanted. To date, there has been no independent report of survivorship or outco... Read More about Five-year survivorship and patient-reported outcome of the Triathlon single-radius total knee arthroplasty.

Evaluating the Clinical Relevance of Codon 594 (G>A) Polymorphism of Estrogen Receptor Alpha in Knee Osteoarthritis (2014)
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Tawonsawatruk, T., Mulpruek, P., Hamilton, D., & Wajanavisit, W. (2014). Evaluating the Clinical Relevance of Codon 594 (G>A) Polymorphism of Estrogen Receptor Alpha in Knee Osteoarthritis. Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal, 8(1), 37-41. https://doi.org/10.57

It has been reported that oestrogen receptor alpha (ER-α) polymorphisms are associated with knee osteoarthritis (OA). In this study, we assessed whether there was any association between the codon 594 (G>A) polymorphism in ER-α and radiographic featu... Read More about Evaluating the Clinical Relevance of Codon 594 (G>A) Polymorphism of Estrogen Receptor Alpha in Knee Osteoarthritis.

A Technique of Predicting Radiographic Joint Line and Posterior Femoral Condylar Offset of the Knee (2014)
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Clement, N. D., Hamilton, D. F., & Burnett, R. (2014). A Technique of Predicting Radiographic Joint Line and Posterior Femoral Condylar Offset of the Knee. Arthritis, 2014, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/121069

Purpose. To describe a reliable method of predicting native joint line and posterior condylar offset (PCO) using true lateral digital radiographs of the distal femur. Methods. PCO was measured relative to a line drawn parallel to the posterior co... Read More about A Technique of Predicting Radiographic Joint Line and Posterior Femoral Condylar Offset of the Knee.

Targeted rehabilitation to improve outcome after total knee replacement (TRIO): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2014)
Journal Article
Simpson, A. H. R., Hamilton, D. F., Beard, D. J., Barker, K. L., Wilton, T., Hutchison, J. D., …Murray, G. D. (2014). Targeted rehabilitation to improve outcome after total knee replacement (TRIO): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trial

Background Approximately 20% of patients are not satisfied with the outcome of total knee replacement, great volumes of which are carried out yearly. Physiotherapy is often provided by the NHS to address dysfunction following knee replacement; howev... Read More about Targeted rehabilitation to improve outcome after total knee replacement (TRIO): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.