The South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust trauma and orthopaedics research team are involved in numerous research studies which are listed below:
Current research studies
- ACTIVE: Articular pilon fracture trial
- Attune
- CPinBOSS: Cerebral Palsy in the British Orthopaedic Surgery Surveillance Study
- FAME: The Fractured Ankle Management Evaluation Trial
- FAMOUS-C19: Fracture Assessment, Management and Outcomes in Upper limb Study during Covid-19
- FLARE: Repair and rehabilitation of hand flexor tendon injury
- FRUITI: Fix or Replace Undisplaced Intracapsular fractures Trial of Interventions
- GLOBAL ICON
- GreenBone Implant
- HUSH: The HUmeral SHaft fracture Trial
- IBEX Trueview® Study
- ICECAP: Inflammation and fibrosis: Causes in adhEsive CAPsulitis
- MAPPS: Mouth cAre to Prevent Pneumonia in older people Study (MAPPS): A feasibility study
- NEON: Digital Nerve, suture or not
- OPAL Trial: Occupational advice for Patients undergoing Arthroplasty of the Lower limb Trial
- ORiF: The Operative Rib Fixation Study
- OSTRICH: Orthotics for Treatment of Symptomatic Flat Feet in Children
- POiSE: Predictors of outcome in sciatica patients following an epidural steroid injection: a prospective observational cohort study
- PRoCuRe: Partial Rotator Cuff Tear Repair Trial
- ProFHER-2: PROximal Fracture of Humerus: Evaluation by Randomisation 2
- Trident® II: Performance and Function of the Trident® II 3D printed Acetabular Component
- SCIENCE: Surgery or Cast for Injuries of the EpicoNdyle in Children’s Elbows
Past research studies
- ACJDC: A prospective multi-centre observational cohort study of ACJ injuries
- FAITH: Fixation using alternative implants for the treatment of hip fractures
- HEALTH: Hip fracture evaluation with alternatives of total hip arthroplasty versus hemi-arthroplasty
- OPAL: Occupational advice for patients undergoing arthroplasty of the lower limb
- PARCS: Patch Augmented Rotator Cuff Surgery Study: A feasibility study
- PRESTO: Pragmatic randomised evaluation of stable thoracolumbar fracture treatment outcomes
- PROFHER trial: PROximal Fracture of the Humerus: Evaluation by Randomisation
- SWIFFT: Scaphoid waist internal fixation for fractures trial
- UK DRAFFT
- UK FROST: United Kingdom Frozen Shoulder Trial