Academic Podiatrist (NIHR SCPRA) Clinical lead in research @ Leeds Community Trust. Research interest 🦶Osteoarthritis & physical activity. Views are my own
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28 Sep 2025
Fantastic to see our work published exploring the mechanism of Foot Orthoses in people with midfoot pain by measuring the volume of MRI Bone marrow lesions - @amk762 @ProfTonyRedmond
@LeedsBRC Prof Conaghan and Prof McGonagle
17 Sep 2025
New exploratory study of orthoses in people with midfoot pain showed over 12 weeks, pain and bone marrow lesion size were reduced more in the foot orthoses group compared to the control sham group
Arthritis Care & Research
doi.org/10.1002/acr.25648
ALT The effect of foot orthoses on midfoot pain and the volume of bone marrow lesions in the midfoot: a randomized mechanism of action study. Graphical abstract created using BioRender
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This work is linked to the following papers:
Bone Marrow Lesions and Magnetic Resonance Imaging–Detected Structural Abnormalities in Patients With Midfoot Pain and Osteoarthritis: A Cross-Sectional Study
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28 Sep 2025
Association between clinical and MRI-detected imaging findings for people with midfoot pain, a cross-sectional study
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1 Sep 2025
What you eat could be fueling your joint pain 🍟 Dr Gabby Joseph joins us on this week’s episode of Joint Action to discuss the link between ultra-processed foods and knee #osteoarthritis 🦴 Listen at open.spotify.com/episode/4UM…
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6 Aug 2025
Looking forward to speak in this webinar tomorrow and share my experience in managing ankle fractures in the elderly
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The government today announced it plans to use the NHS app to encourage millions of people to #BePartOfResearch. Sign up here: bepartofresearch.nihr.ac.uk/…
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16 Jun 2025
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13 May 2025
** ALL FCPs working in the UK **
Please spend 5mins of your time completing the attached survey around Axial Spondyloarthritis.
Thank you all for your time.
Contributing to an important piece of work
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13 May 2025
Our paper is finally out! @LTPodiatry Assessment and management of midfoot osteoarthritis by podiatrists in Australia: a cross-sectional survey of current practice link.springer.com/10.1007/s0…
Thank you to all the podiatrists who gave their valuable time to complete the survey.
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29 Apr 2025
Fully Funded #PhD opportunity @UniversityLeeds on "Understanding and evaluating restorative approaches in response to #patientsafety incidents" in MH & other services, working with me, @Gemma_Louch & @janekohara phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2247…
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7 Apr 2025
Muscle Strengthening Exercises for the Foot and Ankle: A Scoping Review Exploring Adherence to Best Practice for Optimizing Musculoskeletal Health
📖#OpenAccess @jfootankleres @WileyHealth
✍️ John W. A. Osborne & colleagues
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14 Jan 2025
Join our patient involvement team for our Seminar Series where on Research Inclusion. Mark your calendars for 29th January 2025, 12:30-13:30pm.
Deadline to register 24th January
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11 Jan 2025
Check out our new paper exploring the association between clinical and MRI-detected imaging findings for people with midfoot pain.
doi.org/10.1002/jfa2.70019
@amk762 @ProfTonyRedmond @LeedsBRC @jenjonespod @JohnArnOld
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20 May 2024
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12 Oct 2024
Have you downloaded your copy of 'Diabetes footcare in dark skin tones' handbook from @diabetes_africa?
Supported by the Royal College of Podiatry, this handbook provides valuable resources for all clinicians.
Download your free copy at diabetesafrica.org/footcare-…
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3 Oct 2024
Great news! @NIHR_ARC_YH receives funding as part of £7.8m NIHR initiative to boost knowledge mobilisation. We'll work with local ICSs to improve health outcomes, bridging research and practice. Read more: tinyurl.com/fuhvu33h @WYpartnership @HNYPartnership @SYhealthcare
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2 Oct 2024
I was pleased to be co-chair with @Tonyesikabs for the #BlackHistoryMonth2024 launch event @bhamcommunity @BCHCRKIRBY set the tone and Bishop Webley inspired us to ‘Reclaim the Narrative’ , celebrate success, inspire & support others as we work together.
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3 exciting PhD opportunities in the area of healthy ageing, funded by @DunhillMedical and @UniversityLeeds as part of the @ReimagineAgeing
Doctoral Research Programme.
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6 Sep 2024
Effects of metabolic syndrome components on tendon injuries
☑️Diabetes👉🏼accumulation of AGEs (Advanced Glycation End Products)
☑️Obesity👉🏼adipokine secretion
☑️Hyperlipidemia👉🏼dyslipidemia
☑️Hypertension 👉🏼tendon ischemia
#tendon #diabetes #obesity
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