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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.org/10.1302/0301-620x.96b10.33654

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. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-004975

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)
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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/10.1302/0301-620x.96b5.32434

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)
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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 Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 23(6), 1676-1683. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-014-2922-8

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)
Journal Article
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/10.5704/moj.1403.016

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)
Journal Article
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. Trials, 15(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-44

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.