70% of people with atraumatic rotator cuff tears are successfully treated with physiotherapy- results of a large 10-year cohort study. Low Expectations for PT, workers comp and low physical activity are predictors of those opting for surgery tinyurl.com/4kxh5eex

Our paper 'An Analysis of Publicly Available National Health Service Information Leaflets for Patients With Shoulder Osteoarthritis' has been published in Musculoskeletal Care 😀 Chris Littlewood Mmoffatt408 Toby Smith dx.doi.org/10.1002/msc.70…

"Current medical education has an overt biomedical focus that does not engage enough on wider social determinants of health." Medical education fit for the future requires radical change #MedEd bmj.com/content/387/bm…

Exploring the patient’s recovery journey and information needs following a shoulder fracture: A qualitative interview study journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… led by Pauline May #OpenAccess

Participants required for Masters Research Project - exploring the current use of patient education by UK MSK physiotherapists in the treatment of Rotator Cuff-Related Shoulder Pain. Please click on link below or use QR code attached. Thanks in advance ☺️ app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/herts/patien…

Thank you again to all those who have participated in this study. It means a lot. It is staying open for one more week for those that still want to participate. It won't take long. Please either use the link below or QR code app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/herts/patien… Thank you all in advance ☺️

‘A challenge to my professional identity’ physiotherapyjournal.com/article/S0031-… '... reluctance of physiotherapists to implement evidence-based interventions...which fundamentally challenge their traditional practice and therapeutic identity.'

One week left before this closes, please share with your networks & anyone who may be interested

This is a ⭐️ brand new ⭐️NIHR programme for aspiring #AHP research leaders to build #AHPResearch capacity in their organisations. Join our webinars to find out more 👇 Dr Lisa Ledger Assistant Director-AHPs NIHR

An amazing milestone for our RACER 2 study!! 500 randomised participants! Thank you to everyone involved!! Derby Clinical Trials Support Unit Marcus Bateman Bruno Mazuquin Apostolos Fakis Andrea Manca 💙 Mmoffatt408 Alba X Realpe Lucy Wallis 😀😀😀

The Novo Nordisk Foundation - which makes money from obesity drugs - is holding a meeting with food industry funded scientists to 'redefine' an unhealthy diet. This is bad for public health and more than 80 of the world's leading independent food scientists are calling for a boycott. 🧵

🌼 March Newsletter 🌼 Spring is almost upon us - check out our latest newsletter! Including: 👏🏼 Celebrating 500 RaCeR 2 participants 🏅 Announcing Royal Devon as our top screener for February 🗣️ Useful tips for communicating between clinical and research teams #Research #NIHR

News article in BMJ about tiredness in doctors following a survey by Medical Defence Union Being awake for > 18 hours can the same effect on decision making as being x2 over the UK alcohol limit Thanks for asking me to comment & quoting our BMJ article on fatigue in NHS staff

If you are a clinician in the UK NHS and work with patients undergoing rotator cuff repair surgery, would you mind sharing your thoughts on some key points of a funding application we are developing (<2 minutes): forms.office.com/Pages/Response… Thanks in advance for your support.

Interested in the experiences of people with elbow osteoarthritis? My NIHR PCAF interview study is now published #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1002/msc.70… Huge thanks to Chris Littlewood Mmoffatt408 👏🏻 & to the participants 🤩 WWL_Research Adam C Watts Wrightington Upper Limb Unit

New ⁦BMJ_Open⁩ publication from our ⁦National Institute for Health and Care Research⁩ funded ⁦RACER 2⁩ #HTA project with Chris Littlewood @shainur22 Vijay Gc Marcus Bateman Mmoffatt408 Apostolos Fakis Bruno Mazuquin and #Tao Chen ⁦The Centre for Health Economics⁩ bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/6/e…

⏳50 Participants remaining ‼️ Massive congratulations to all - we have successfully randomized 588 participants! #RaCeR2 #50remaining #NIHR

Current and future advances in practice: tendinopathies of the shoulder academic.oup.com/rheumap/articl… #openaccess with Mmoffatt408 Tash Maher Prof Greg Irving

Just published: Patient experiences of shared decision-making following a displaced collarbone injury: A qualitative interview study doi.org/10.1177/026921… led by Tash Maher with Mmoffatt408 #OpenAccess

A momentous day for our RACER 2 study - 600 randomised participants! Thank you to everyone who has contributed!! Almost there now! racer2study.co.uk/study-progress