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Newcastle Authors	Title	Year
Professor Fraser Birrell Linda Errington Dr Elena Nikiphorou Dr Nicola O'Brien	Defining the Traditional Mediterranean Lifestyle: Joint International Consensus Statement	2024
Professor Fraser Birrell	Knee braces for knee osteoarthritis: A scoping review and narrative synthesis of interventions in randomised controlled trials	2024
Professor Fraser Birrell	Pain Reduction With Oral Methotrexate in Knee Osteoarthritis : A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial	2024
Dr Ismael Atchia Professor Fraser Birrell	Predictors of Placebo Response to Local (Intra-Articular) Therapy In Osteoarthritis: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis	2024
Professor Fraser Birrell	Scaling group consultations – the fourth healthcare revolution: A call to action to save primary care	2023
Professor Fraser Birrell	Diverse research designs are needed for population health: Lessons from Maslow	2022
Professor Fraser Birrell	Is it time to embed Lifestyle Medicine in undergraduate and postgraduate curricula?	2022
Professor Fraser Birrell	Clinical and cost-effectiveness of bracing in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis management: protocol for a multicentre, primary care, randomised, parallel-group, superiority trial	2021
Tania Jones Mohammed Esa SR Gokul Krishnan Professor Mark Pearce Professor David Young et al.	Osteoporosis, fracture, osteoarthritis & sarcopenia: A systematic review of circulating microRNA association	2021
Tania Jones Dr Waz Baqir Professor Fraser Birrell	Personalizing patient care with medicines: Innovative models of care from the United Kingdom	2021
Matthew Li Dr Ken Baker Tania Jones Professor Fraser Birrell	Safety and Tolerability of Subcutaneous Methotrexate in Routine Clinical Practice	2021
Dr Emily Symington Professor Fraser Birrell	Supported self-care is integral to lifestyle medicine: Can virtual group consultations promote them both?	2021
Professor Fraser Birrell	Cost-Effectiveness of Combination Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs Versus Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors in Active Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Pragmatic, Randomized, Multicenter Trial	2020
Professor Fraser Birrell	Inaugural Lifestyle Medicine Editorial: Lifestyle medicine in the time of COVID-19	2020
Dr Karen Hind Dr Louise Hayes Dr Laura Basterfield Professor Mark Pearce Professor Fraser Birrell et al.	Objectively-measured sedentary time, habitual physical activity and bone strength in adults aged 62 years: the Newcastle Thousand Families Study	2020
Professor Fraser Birrell	Pain trajectory defines knee osteoarthritis subgroups: a prospective observational study	2020
Professor Fraser Birrell Dr Iain Goff Dr Liz Coulson Tania Jones Dr Waz Baqir et al.	Harnessing new models of care for chronic disease: co-design and sustainable implementation of group clinics into UK clinical practice.	2019
Professor Fraser Birrell Professor Mark Pearce Dr Stephen Tuck Emeritus Professor Roger Francis Dr Karen Hind et al.	Obesity, bone density relative to body weight and prevalent vertebral fracture at age 62 years: the Newcastle thousand families study	2019
Tania Jones Professor Fraser Birrell	Process and Systems: A systems approach to embedding group consultations in the NHS	2019
Professor Fraser Birrell Dr Silvia Del Din Dr Susan Lord Professor John Mathers	Developing a toolkit for the assessment and monitoring of musculoskeletal ageing	2018
Professor Fraser Birrell Tania Jones	Group Consultations: Benefits and Implementation Strategies	2018
Professor Fraser Birrell	Hydroxychloroquine Effectiveness in Reducing Symptoms of Hand Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Trial	2018
Professor Fraser Birrell	Corrigendum to "Hydroxychloroquine in hand OA; results of the UK HERO trial" [Osteoarthr Cartil 25 (2017) S3-S4]	2017
Dr Karen Hind Professor Mark Pearce Professor Fraser Birrell	Total and Visceral Adiposity Are Associated With Prevalent Vertebral Fracture in Women but Not Men at Age 62 Years: The Newcastle Thousand Families Study	2017
Professor Mark Pearce Professor Fraser Birrell	Can we predict patterns of radiographic osteoarthritis in the population?	2016
Professor Fraser Birrell	Diagnosis and management of polymyalgia rheumatica	2016
Professor Fraser Birrell	Harmonising data collection from osteoarthritis studies to enable stratification: Recommendations on core data collection from an Arthritis Research UK clinical studies group	2016
Dr Rachel Duncan Dr Andrew Kingston Professor Bloss Stephan Professor Fraser Birrell Emeritus Professor Thomas Kirkwood et al.	Influence of Joint Pain on the Incidence and Progression of Disability in the Very Old: The Newcastle 85+ Study	2016
Professor Fraser Birrell	Paracetamol: not as safe as we thought? A systematic literature review of observational studies	2016
Professor Fraser Birrell	The effect of vitamin D supplementation on knee osteoarthritis, the VIDEO study: a randomised controlled trial	2016
Dr Ismael Atchia Professor Fraser Birrell	The OA Trial Bank: meta-analysis of individual patient data from knee and hip osteoarthritis trials show that patients with severe pain exhibit greater benefit from intra-articular glucocorticoids	2016
Professor Fraser Birrell	Impact and therapy of osteoarthritis: the Arthritis Care OA Nation 2012 survey	2015
Dr Rachel Duncan Emeritus Professor Roger Francis Emerita Professor Carol Jagger Dr Andrew Kingston Dr Joanna Collerton et al.	Magnitude of fragility fracture risk in the very old – are we meeting their needs? The Newcastle 85+ Study	2015
Dr Rachel Duncan Emeritus Professor Roger Francis Emerita Professor Carol Jagger Dr Andrew Kingston Dr Joanna Collerton et al.	Magnitude of fragility fracture risk in the very old-are we meeting their needs? The Newcastle 85+Study	2015
Professor Fraser Birrell	Pain reduction with oral methotrexate in knee osteoarthritis, a pragmatic phase iii trial of treatment effectiveness (PROMOTE): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial	2015
Professor Fraser Birrell Dr Elspeth Wise	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
Dr David Walker Dr Clive Kelly Professor Fraser Birrell	Tumour necrosis factor inhibitors versus combination intensive therapy with conventional disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs in established rheumatoid arthritis: TACIT non-inferiority randomised controlled trial	2015
Steffan Bos Professor Fraser Birrell Professor Andrew McCaskie Michael Reed Professor John Loughlin et al.	A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies novel variants associated with osteoarthritis of the hip	2014
Dr Ajay Abraham Professor Mark Pearce Dr Kay Mann Emeritus Professor Roger Francis Professor Fraser Birrell et al.	Population prevalence of ultrasound features of osteoarthritis in the hand, knee and hip at age 63 years: the Newcastle thousand families birth cohort	2014
Dr Karen Hind Professor Fraser Birrell	Prevalent Morphometric Vertebral Fractures in Professional Male Rugby Players	2014
Professor Fraser Birrell	Similar problem in the activities of daily living but different experience: A qualitative analysis in six rheumatic conditions and eight European countries	2014
Dr Ismael Atchia Professor Fraser Birrell	The OA Trial Bank: Meta-analysis of individual patient data show that patients with severe pain or with inflammatory signs detected by ultrasound especially benefit from intra-articular glucocorticoids for knee or hip OA	2014
Dr Ismael Atchia Professor Fraser Birrell	The OA trial bank: meta-analysis of individual patient data show that patients with severe pain or with inflammatory signs detected by ultrasound especially benefit from intra-articular glucocorticoids for knee or hip OA	2014
Dr Karen Hind Professor Fraser Birrell	Vertebral Deformities Consistent With Fracture In Professional Male Rugby Players	2014
Professor Gavin Hudson Dr Ian Wilson Professor Fraser Birrell Professor Andrew McCaskie Professor John Loughlin et al.	No evidence of an association between mitochondrial DNA variants and osteoarthritis in 7393 cases and 5122 controls	2013
Dr Ajay Abraham Professor Mark Pearce Dr Kay Mann Emeritus Professor Roger Francis Professor Fraser Birrell et al.	Breast is best. Lifecourse influences on the development of knee osteophytes: the Newcastle Thousand Families Study	2012
Dr Emma Raine Professor Fraser Birrell Professor Andrew McCaskie Professor John Loughlin	Identification of new susceptibility loci for osteoarthritis (arcOGEN): a genome-wide association study	2012
Dr Ajay Abraham Professor Mark Pearce Dr Kay Mann Emeritus Professor Roger Francis Professor Fraser Birrell et al.	Lifecourse predictors of ultrasound features of hip osteoarthritis: the newcastle thousand families study	2012
Dr Ajay Abraham Professor Mark Pearce Dr Kay Mann Emeritus Professor Roger Francis Professor Fraser Birrell et al.	Ultrasound features of osteophytes and cartilage thickness at the knee are associated with pain and functional impairment: the Newcastle thousand families study	2012
Dr Ajay Abraham Dr Kay Mann Professor Mark Pearce Emeritus Professor Roger Francis Professor Fraser Birrell et al.	Ultrasound features of osteophytes and cartilage thickness at the knee are associated with pain and functional impairment: The newcastle thousand families study	2012
Dr Ismael Atchia Dr David Kane Michael Reed Professor John Isaacs Professor Fraser Birrell et al.	Efficacy of a single ultrasound-guided injection for the treatment of hip osteoarthritis	2011
Michalis Nicolaou Dr David Walker Professor Fraser Birrell	e-learning is widely used by musculoskeletal professionals (especially academics and trainees) and arthritis research UK provides some of the best resources: Results from a national electronic survey	2011
Dr Ajay Abraham Dr Kay Mann Professor Mark Pearce Emeritus Professor Roger Francis Professor Fraser Birrell et al.	Exclusive Breast Feeding in Infancy Has a Protective Effect on Development of Knee Osteophytes: The Newcastle Thousand Families Study	2011
Dr Rachel Duncan Emeritus Professor Roger Francis Dr Joanna Collerton karen Davies Emerita Professor Carol Jagger et al.	Prevalence of arthritis and joint pain in the oldest old - Findings from the Newcastle 85+ Study	2011
Dr Rachel Duncan Emeritus Professor Roger Francis Dr Joanna Collerton karen Davies Emerita Professor Carol Jagger et al.	Prevalence of arthritis and joint pain in the oldest old: findings from the Newcastle 85+ Study	2011
Dr Ajay Abraham Professor Mark Pearce Emeritus Professor Roger Francis Professor Fraser Birrell	Prevalence of ultrasound-defined hand, knee and hip osteoarthritis at age 63: Isolated hand and osteoarthritis is common and may predict knee and hip involvement	2011
Dr Ajay Abraham Dr Iain Goff Professor Mark Pearce Emeritus Professor Roger Francis Professor Fraser Birrell et al.	Reliability and validity of ultrasound imaging of features of knee osteoarthritis in the community	2011
Dr Ben Thompson Dr Philip Platt Professor Fraser Birrell	Improving the reliability of DAS28 measurement: Using musculoskeletal ultrasound to facilitate training	2010
Dr Ajay Abraham Dr Iain Goff Professor Mark Pearce Emeritus Professor Roger Francis Professor Fraser Birrell et al.	Inter-rate reliability and validity of ultrasound imaging for features of osteoarthritis in the knee in the community	2010
Elizabeth Lingard Sheryl Mitchell Emeritus Professor Roger Francis David Rawlings Professor Fraser Birrell et al.	The prevalence of osteoporosis in patients with severe hip and knee osteoarthritis awaiting joint arthroplasty	2010
Professor Fraser Birrell	British Society for Rheumatology and British Health Professionals in Rheumatology guideline for the management of rheumatoid arthritis (after the first 2 years)	2009
Dr Ismael Atchia Dr David Kane Michael Reed Professor John Isaacs Professor Fraser Birrell et al.	Musculoskeletal ultrasound predicts predicts response to corticosteroid injection in moderate-severe hip osteoarthritis	2009
Professor Fraser Birrell	Patient perspective of hand osteoarthritis in relation to concepts covered by instruments measuring functioning: A qualitative European multicentre study	2009
Professor Fraser Birrell	The age of osteoarthritis	2009
Professor Fraser Birrell	A view on the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis from the shoulders of giants	2008
Dr Mahmad Atchia Dr David Kane Professor John Isaacs Professor Fraser Birrell	Efficacy of a single ultrasound guided injection in hip osteoarthritis	2008
Professor Fraser Birrell Emeritus Professor Roger Francis	Physical activity and vitamin D	2008
Professor Fraser Birrell	The development of a preliminary ultrasonographic scoring system for features of hand osteoarthritis	2008
Dr Ismael Atchia Professor Fraser Birrell	A modular, flexible training strategy to achieve competence in diagnostic and interventional musculoskeletal ultrasound in patients with hip osteoarthritis	2007
Dr Lesley Ottewell Emeritus Professor Roger Francis David Rawlings Professor Fraser Birrell	How can we assess osteoporosis in the very elderly? A validation study of heel DXA	2007
Professor Fraser Birrell Dr Lesley Ottewell David Rawlings Emeritus Professor Roger Francis	Prevalence of vertebral deformity in the very elderly using lateral vertebral assessment	2007
Emeritus Professor Tim Cawston Professor Fraser Birrell	Research in hand osteoarthritis: Time for reappraisal and demand for new strategies. An opinion paper	2007
Dr Ismael Atchia Dr David Walker Professor Fraser Birrell	An ECG for ambulatory activity? The validity of numact [Mark III]	2006
Professor Fraser Birrell	British Society for Rheumatology and British Health Professionals in Rheumatology guideline for the management of rheumatoid arthritis (the first two years)	2006
Professor Fraser Birrell	Evidence-based clinical guidelines: A new system to better determine true strength of recommendation	2006
Professor Fraser Birrell	Evidence-based clinical guidelines: a new system to better determine true strength of recommendation	2006
Professor Fraser Birrell	Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs after hip replacement	2006
Professor Fraser Birrell	Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs after hip replacement	2006
Elizabeth Lingard Emeritus Professor Roger Francis Professor Fraser Birrell Professor Andrew McCaskie	Relevance of bone density measurements including the forearm in patients awaiting joint replacement for hip and knee osteoarthritis	2006
Professor Fraser Birrell	Teaching old dogs new tricks: Long term change of joint injection practice in primary care	2006
Professor Fraser Birrell	An original splinting technique: Bespoke neoprene splints with thermoplastic support	2005
Professor Fraser Birrell	Association between pain in the hip region and radiographic changes of osteoarthritis: Results from a population-based study	2005
Professor Fraser Birrell	Defining hip pain for population studies	2005
Dr Stephen Tuck Professor Mark Pearce David Rawlings Professor Fraser Birrell Professor Louise Parker et al.	Differences in bone mineral density and geometry in men and women: the Newcastle Thousand Families Study at 50 years old	2005
Wei Zhang Professor Fraser Birrell Christopher McCarthy Dr Steven O'Reilly	Evidence-based recommendations for the role of exercise in the management of osteoarthritis of the hip or knee - The MOVE concensus	2005
Professor Fraser Birrell	Is it time for more rheumatologists to embrace osteoarthritis?	2005
Professor Mark Pearce Professor Fraser Birrell Emeritus Professor Roger Francis David Rawlings Dr Stephen Tuck et al.	Lifecourse study of bone health at age 49-51 years: The Newcastle thousand families cohort study	2005
Dr Matthew Grove Professor Fraser Birrell	Meeting ARMA's standards of care for inflammatory arthritis: A model rheumatology resource centre	2005
Professor Fraser Birrell Professor Mark Pearce Emeritus Professor Roger Francis Professor Louise Parker	Self-report overestimates true height loss: Implications for diagnosis of osteoporosis	2005
Professor Fraser Birrell Professor Mark Pearce Emeritus Professor Roger Francis Professor Louise Parker	Self-reported overestimates true height loss: implications for cross-sectional studies and the clinic	2005
Professor Fraser Birrell Dr David Kane	Validation of modular training in diagnostic and interventional musculoskeletal ultrasound in patients with hip osteoarthritis	2005
Professor Fraser Birrell	Patterns of joint pain: Lessons from epidemiology	2004
Professor Fraser Birrell Professor Mark Pearce Emeritus Professor Roger Francis Professor Louise Parker	Self report overestimates true height loss: Results from the Newcastle Thousand Families study	2004
Professor Fraser Birrell Elizabeth Lingard Emeritus Professor Roger Francis Professor Andrew McCaskie	The prevalence and distribution of osteoporosis in patients with end-stage hip osteoarthritis (OA): Evidence for OA mitigating local bone loss	2004
Professor Fraser Birrell Elizabeth Lingard Emeritus Professor Roger Francis Professor Andrew McCaskie	The prevalence and distribution of osteoporosis in patients with end-stage hip osteoporosis (OA): Evidence for OA mitigating local bone loss	2004
Elizabeth Lingard Professor Fraser Birrell Emeritus Professor Roger Francis Professor Andrew McCaskie	The prevalence and distribution of osteoporosis in patients with end-stage knee osteoarthritis (OA): More evidence for OA mitigating local bone loss	2004
Elizabeth Lingard Professor Fraser Birrell Emeritus Professor Roger Francis Professor Andrew McCaskie	The prevalence and distribution of osteoporosis in patients with end-stage knee osteoporosis (OA): More evidence for OA mitigating local bone loss	2004
Professor Fraser Birrell	Hip pain onset in relation to cumulative workplace and leisure time mechanical load: a population based case-control study	2003
Professor Fraser Birrell	Predictors of Hip Joint Replacement in New Attenders in Primary Care	2003
Professor Fraser Birrell	The Syndrome of Symptomatic Adult Acetabular Dysplasia (SAAD Syndrome)	2003
Professor Fraser Birrell	Clinical Courses: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly	2001
Professor Fraser Birrell	Predicting Radiographic Hip Osteoarthritis from Range of Movement	2001
Professor Fraser Birrell	Health impact of pain in the hip region with and without radiographic evidence of osteoarthritis: A study of new attenders to primary care	2000
Professor Fraser Birrell	Radiographic Change is Common in New Presenters in Primary Care	2000
Professor Fraser Birrell	Projecting the Need for Hip Replacement Over the Next Three Decades: Influence of Changing Demography and Threshold for Surgery	1999