
Toby Smith
@tobyosmith
Professor @warwickCTU & @UEA_Health - Interests: clinical trials of older people with bone, joint & muscle diseases (views my own).
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https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/staff/tsmith 30-11-2010 19:39:13
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New today in the Guardian: Our voices on chronic pain. From neuroscience to lived experience, we explore the future of pain care. 🔗 healthawareness.co.uk/managing-pain/… #PatientEmpowerment2025 #ChronicPain #PainCare Mediaplanet UKIE


Fab talk on Non-Operative Mx of GHJ OA by Stacey Lalande - What matters to our Patients? #BESS2025 Jo Gibson Katy Clay 💙 British Elbow & Shoulder Society Helen tunnicliffe


Great talk on OA: everthing but surgery by Stacey Lalande and Harvinder, importance of listening to the patients problems, shared decision making and discussing options… need for more research in to the right approach for the non surgical group 💪 British Elbow & Shoulder Society


Interesting new mixed-methods study from USA exploring how patients with musculoskeletal pain define success with physiotherapy in Clinical Rehab journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02…

One to prioritise reading for lots of reasons - smallest worthwhile effect of discectomy vs. non-surgical treatments for people with sciatica. Really valuable analysis from Giovanni Ferreira Prof Manuela Ferreira & co. Well done team 👏 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…


More #BasicScience in #OAC Catherine Yuh demonstrates that joint loading and motion do not act in isolation, but interact together in terms of their effect(s) on the tissue’s mechanical and biological responses at varying scales. 🔗Read more: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…





Injectables in OA: trial results of single injection of autologous micro-fragmented adipose tissue vs. placebo saline injection in knee osteoarthritis British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) - I missed it in March so sharing now 😄 bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/…



Well done 🥳 to @Joanna_craven for another great paper - moving us closer to nationwide RCTs in DDH care for babies. Defining best treatment in hip bracing. boneandjoint.org.uk/article/10.130… The Bone & Joint Journal Bone & Joint Open #HipDysplasia #OrthopaedicSurgery


⚠️ Now 2⃣ weeks left for CPFT staff to apply for the NIHR Research Delivery Network #EastOfEngland Research Internship Scheme! Non-medical healthcare professionals (not working in research) can get free support + training over 3⃣months to bring #research to your service ⬇️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…


Well done Team GRRAND Warwick CTU for today's fabulous GRRAND trial launch. Thanks to all who attended particularly Liverpool Head & Neck Centre Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust team members for sharing their expertise 👏 Julie Bruce 🇺🇦 Ruth Price plus NNUH Research NNUH Physiotherapy Team randomising today too!


