Musculoskeletal Health

The musculoskeletal health group focuses on applied clinical research across orthopaedics, rheumatology and rehabilitation sciences. Led by Dr David Hamilton and Dr Gordon Hendry, the group comprises clinical academics and health researchers and works alongside our partners in the NHS, industry and 3rd sector, to design and evaluate musculoskeletal interventions that support people with musculoskeletal disease and the clinicians that treat these.

We are particularly interested and active in clinical outcome evaluation, clinical trials, epidemiology and data science, biomechanics, and diagnostic imaging. We also have specific expertise in patient reported outcome development and validation including the RADAI-F5, EFAS and FJS-12 tools.

Our team are currently supporting three NIHR trials (GREAT, TREADON and MOTION), a CSO feasibility study (MIDI), alongside an EU network program (DIALECT), and a raft of wider studies across the breadth of MSK health.

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Latest news

Tackling foot ulcers

Podiatry researchers have been awarded £299,751 to tackle diabetes-related foot ulceration, particularly in areas of multiple deprivation in Scotland

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Great Foundations Award

A team of researchers have received funding to investigate how ultrasound scans may improve painful musculoskeletal (MSK) foot problems

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ReaCH

The core of our activity is to focus on enhancing the lives of people with long-term health conditions as well as developing and evaluating public health and lifestyle interventions.

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