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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)
Journal Article
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 Arthritis Research UK Osteoarthritis and Crystal Diseases Clinical Studies Group. Rheumatology, 55(2), 320-326. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kev328

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 Research, 4(8), 137-144. https://doi.org/10.1302/2046-3758.48.2000524

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.arth.2015.06.012

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/10.1186/s12891-015-0520-7

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.

Implant design influences patient outcome after total knee arthroplasty: a prospective double-blind randomised controlled trial (2015)
Journal Article
Hamilton, D. F., Burnett, R., Patton, J. T., Howie, C. R., Moran, M., Simpson, A. H. R. W., & Gaston, P. (2015). Implant design influences patient outcome after total knee arthroplasty: a prospective double-blind randomised controlled trial. Bone and Joint Journal, 97-B(1), 64-70. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.97b1.34254

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