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Robotic- arm assisted versus manual total hip arthroplasty: a propensity score matched cohort study (2020)
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Clement, N. D., Gaston, P., Bell, A., Simpson, P., Macphearson, G., Hamilton, D. F., & Patton, J. T. (2021). Robotic- arm assisted versus manual total hip arthroplasty: a propensity score matched cohort study. Bone and Joint Research, 10(1), 22-30. https://doi.org/10.1302/2046-3758.101.BJR-2020-0161.R1

Aims The primary aim of this study was to compare the hip-specific functional outcome of robotic assisted total hip arthroplasty (rTHA) with manual total hip arthroplasty (mTHA) in patients with osteoarthritis (OA). Secondary aims were to compare ge... Read More about Robotic- arm assisted versus manual total hip arthroplasty: a propensity score matched cohort study.

Role of microRNA in muscle regeneration and diseases related to muscle dysfunction in atrophy, cachexia, osteoporosis, and osteoarthritis (2020)
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Brzeszczyńska, J., Brzeszczyński, F., Hamilton, D. F., McGregor, R., & Simpson, A. H. R. (2020). Role of microRNA in muscle regeneration and diseases related to muscle dysfunction in atrophy, cachexia, osteoporosis, and osteoarthritis. Bone and Joint Research, 9(11), 798-807. https://doi.org/10.1302/2046-3758.911.BJR-2020-0178.R1

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small non-coding RNAs that have emerged as potential predictive, prognostic, and therapeutic biomarkers, relevant to many pathophysiological conditions including limb immobilization, osteoarthritis, sarcopenia, and c... Read More about Role of microRNA in muscle regeneration and diseases related to muscle dysfunction in atrophy, cachexia, osteoporosis, and osteoarthritis.

Targeting rehabilitation to improve outcomes after total knee arthroplasty in patients at risk of poor outcomes: randomised controlled trial (2020)
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Hamilton, D. F., Beard, D. J., Barker, K. L., Macfarlane, G. J., Tuck, C. E., Stoddart, A., …Simpson, A. H. R. W. (2020). Targeting rehabilitation to improve outcomes after total knee arthroplasty in patients at risk of poor outcomes: randomised controlled trial. BMJ, 371, m3576. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3576

Objective: To evaluate whether a progressive course of outpatient physiotherapy offers superior outcomes to a single physiotherapy review and home exercise based intervention when targeted at patients with a predicted poor outcome after total knee ar... Read More about Targeting rehabilitation to improve outcomes after total knee arthroplasty in patients at risk of poor outcomes: randomised controlled trial.

Epidemiology of American Football Injuries at Universities in the United Kingdom (2020)
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Bayram, J. M., Hamilton, D. F., & Saunders, D. H. (2020). Epidemiology of American Football Injuries at Universities in the United Kingdom. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 8(10), https://doi.org/10.1177/2325967120960206

Background: College-level American football injury data are routinely collected; however, data relating to American football injuries at universities in the United Kingdom have never been reported. Purpose: To describe the epidemiology of UK uni... Read More about Epidemiology of American Football Injuries at Universities in the United Kingdom.

Responsiveness and ceiling effects of the English version of the 12-item International Hip Outcome Tool following hip arthroscopy at minimum one-year follow-up (2020)
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Robinson, P. G., Maempel, J. F., Murray, I. R., Rankin, C. S., Hamilton, D. F., & Gaston, P. (2020). Responsiveness and ceiling effects of the English version of the 12-item International Hip Outcome Tool following hip arthroscopy at minimum one-year follow-up. Bone and Joint Journal, 102-B(8), 1010-1015. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.102b8.bjj-2020-0074.r1

Aims Responsiveness and ceiling effects are key properties of an outcome score. No such data have been reported for the original English version of the International Hip Outcome Tool 12 (iHOT-12) at a follow-up of more than four months. The aim of t... Read More about Responsiveness and ceiling effects of the English version of the 12-item International Hip Outcome Tool following hip arthroscopy at minimum one-year follow-up.

The forgotten joint score-12 is a valid and responsive outcome tool for measuring success following hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (2020)
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Robinson, P. G., Rankin, C. S., Murray, I. R., Maempel, J. F., Gaston, P., & Hamilton, D. F. (2021). The forgotten joint score-12 is a valid and responsive outcome tool for measuring success following hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 29, Article 1378-1384 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-020-06138-7

Purpose The forgotten joint score-12 (FJS-12) is an outcome questionnaire designed to evaluate joint awareness. The responsiveness and validity of the English language version of the FJS-12 in patients undergoing hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular... Read More about The forgotten joint score-12 is a valid and responsive outcome tool for measuring success following hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome.

Minimal important differences for the WOMAC osteoarthritis index and the Forgotten Joint Score-12 in total knee arthroplasty patients (2020)
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Holtz, N., Hamilton, D. F., Giesinger, J. M., Jost, B., & Giesinger, K. (2020). Minimal important differences for the WOMAC osteoarthritis index and the Forgotten Joint Score-12 in total knee arthroplasty patients. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 21(1), Article 401 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-03415-x

Background Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is an effective treatment for end-stage osteoarthritis. Patient reported-outcome measures (PROMs) capture the patients’ perception of the success of an intervention. The minimal important difference (MID) is... Read More about Minimal important differences for the WOMAC osteoarthritis index and the Forgotten Joint Score-12 in total knee arthroplasty patients.

A finite element analysis of tibial tritanium cones without stems in varying bone defects (2020)
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Xie, S., Conlisk, N., Hamilton, D., Scott, C., Burnett, R., & Pankaj, P. (2020). A finite element analysis of tibial tritanium cones without stems in varying bone defects. Knee, 27(3), 656-666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knee.2020.02.019

Background In the UK around 10% of hip and knee arthroplasties are revision operations. At revision total knee arthroplasty (rTKA), bone loss management is critical to achieving a stable bone-implant construct. Though tritanium cones have been used... Read More about A finite element analysis of tibial tritanium cones without stems in varying bone defects.

Metaphyseal cones in revision total knee arthroplasty: The role of stems (2020)
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Xie, S., Conlisk, N., Hamilton, D., Scott, C., Burnett, R., & Pankaj, P. (2020). Metaphyseal cones in revision total knee arthroplasty: The role of stems. Bone & Joint Research, 9(4), 162-172. https://doi.org/10.1302/2046-3758.94.bjr-2019-0239.r1

Aims Metaphyseal tritanium cones can be used to manage the tibial bone loss commonly encountered at revision total knee arthroplasty (rTKA). Tibial stems provide additional fixation and are generally used in combination with cones. The aim of this s... Read More about Metaphyseal cones in revision total knee arthroplasty: The role of stems.

Reduction in patient outcomes but implant-derived preservation of function following total knee arthroplasty: longitudinal follow-up of a randomized controlled trial (2020)
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Hamilton, D. F., Burnett, R., Patton, J. T., MacPherson, G. J., Simpson, A. H. R. W., Howie, C. R., & Gaston, P. (2020). Reduction in patient outcomes but implant-derived preservation of function following total knee arthroplasty: longitudinal follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. Bone and Joint Journal, 102-B(4), 434-441. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.102b4.bjj-2019-0767.r2

Aims There are comparatively few randomized studies evaluating knee arthroplasty prostheses, and fewer still that report longer-term functional outcomes. The aim of this study was to evaluate mid-term outcomes of an existing implant trial cohort to... Read More about Reduction in patient outcomes but implant-derived preservation of function following total knee arthroplasty: longitudinal follow-up of a randomized controlled trial.

Osteoarthritis Preoperative Package for care of Orthotics, Rehabilitation, Topical and oral agent Usage and Nutrition to Improve ouTcomes at a Year (OPPORTUNITY); a feasibility study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2020)
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Simpson, A. H. R. W., Howie, C. R., Kinsella, E., Hamilton, D. F., Conaghan, P. G., Hankey, C., …Norrie, J. (2020). Osteoarthritis Preoperative Package for care of Orthotics, Rehabilitation, Topical and oral agent Usage and Nutrition to Improve ouTcomes at a Year (OPPORTUNITY); a feasibility study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 21(1), Article 209 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3709-5

Background Patients’ pre-operative health and physical function is known to influence their post-operative outcomes. In patients with knee osteoarthritis, pharmacological and non-pharmacological options are often not optimised prior to joint replace... Read More about Osteoarthritis Preoperative Package for care of Orthotics, Rehabilitation, Topical and oral agent Usage and Nutrition to Improve ouTcomes at a Year (OPPORTUNITY); a feasibility study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Variation in ligamentous laxity in well-functioning total knee arthroplasty is not associated with clinical outcomes or functional ability (2020)
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Hamilton, D. F., Mandziak, D., Sehgal, A., Howie, C. R., & Burnett, R. (2020). Variation in ligamentous laxity in well-functioning total knee arthroplasty is not associated with clinical outcomes or functional ability. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, 30(5), 827-833. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00590-020-02634-1

Background Around 20% of revision knee arthroplasty procedures are carried out for a diagnosis of instability. Clinical evaluation of instability is primarily through physical stress testing of knee ligamentous laxity and joint space opening. It is... Read More about Variation in ligamentous laxity in well-functioning total knee arthroplasty is not associated with clinical outcomes or functional ability.

Robotic-assisted unicompartmental knee arthroplasty has a greater early functional outcome when compared to manual total knee arthroplasty for isolated medial compartment arthritis (2020)
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Clement, N. D., Bell, A., Simpson, P., Macpherson, G., Patton, J. T., & Hamilton, D. F. (2020). Robotic-assisted unicompartmental knee arthroplasty has a greater early functional outcome when compared to manual total knee arthroplasty for isolated medial compartment arthritis. Bone & Joint Research, 9(1), 15-22. https://doi.org/10.1302/2046-3758.91.bjr-2019-0147.r1

Aims The primary aim of the study was to compare the knee-specific functional outcome of robotic unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (rUKA) with manual total knee arthroplasty (mTKA) for the management of isolated medial compartment osteoarthritis. S... Read More about Robotic-assisted unicompartmental knee arthroplasty has a greater early functional outcome when compared to manual total knee arthroplasty for isolated medial compartment arthritis.

Evaluation of the patient acceptable symptom state following hip arthroscopy using the 12 item international hip outcome tool (2020)
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Robinson, P. G., Maempel, J. F., Rankin, C. S., Gaston, P., & Hamilton, D. F. (2020). Evaluation of the patient acceptable symptom state following hip arthroscopy using the 12 item international hip outcome tool. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 21(1), Article 5 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-019-3026-x

Background The International Hip Outcome Tool 12 (iHOT-12) is a shorter version of the iHOT-33 which measures health related quality of life following treatment of hip disorders in young, active patients. The purpose of this study was identify a PAS... Read More about Evaluation of the patient acceptable symptom state following hip arthroscopy using the 12 item international hip outcome tool.