Vikki’s research interests are focussed on improving the health and well-being of people living with chronic musculoskeletal conditions and optimising patients’ outcomes and experiences of surgical interventions such as joint replacement.

Within the BRC, she is co-lead for the surgical and orthopaedic innovation theme and also co-lead for the interventions to improve patient outcomes after surgery workstream, which is focussed on working with patients and communities to develop interventions to improve patient care and outcomes after surgery.

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Developing a core outcome set for periprosthetic femoral fractures

A femoral fracture is a serious complication that can affect some people after they have…

Theme Surgical and orthopaedic innovation

Workstream Interventions to improve patient outcomes after surgery

Supporting orthopaedic surgeons to avoid or reverse negative outlier status

Hip and knee replacements are common and usually successful operations. However, around 2-5% of patients…

Theme Surgical and orthopaedic innovation

Workstream Interventions to improve patient outcomes after surgery

Developing online resources to create accessible patient information leaflets

The National Literacy Trust says 1 in 6 adults in England have…

Theme Surgical and orthopaedic innovation

Workstream Interventions to improve patient outcomes after surgery

My Knee Plan

Over 110,000 total knee replacements (TKRs) are performed in the UK every year. One in…

Theme Surgical and orthopaedic innovation

Workstream Interventions to improve patient outcomes after surgery

United for Health: Promoting inclusive research involvement through film

It is important to include a wide range of people in health research. Diversity…

Theme Surgical and orthopaedic innovation

Workstream Interventions to improve patient outcomes after surgery

Using pain science education to help patients having total knee replacement surgery

About 1 in 5 patients who have a total knee replacement have chronic pain after…

Theme Surgical and orthopaedic innovation

Workstream Interventions to improve patient outcomes after surgery

Developing care for patients with dislocation after total hip replacement

Hip replacement is a common operation. It’s performed to relieve pain and improve function. Eighty…

Theme Surgical and orthopaedic innovation

Improving hip replacement: Mapping the evidence along the patient journey

Total hip replacement is a common and effective treatment for people with osteoarthritis. It…

Theme Surgical and orthopaedic innovation

Workstream Interventions to improve patient outcomes after surgery

A survey of NHS support for patients before hip or knee replacement

As of April 2023, over 40 per cent of people on NHS waiting lists (a…

Theme Surgical and orthopaedic innovation

Workstream Interventions to improve patient outcomes after surgery

Rehabilitation for revision joint replacement

When a knee replacement fails, a revision operation is needed to remove and replace…

Theme Surgical and orthopaedic innovation

Workstream Interventions to improve patient outcomes after surgery

Setting research priorities with under-served communities

This project focused on ensuring the research we conduct addresses the needs and priorities of…

Theme Surgical and orthopaedic innovation

Workstream Interventions to improve patient outcomes after surgery

Making trials more accessible through better patient information leaflets

Clinical trials are research projects that compare different treatments to see which one is best.

Theme Surgical and orthopaedic innovation

Workstream Interventions to improve patient outcomes after surgery

Joint PREP study

Hip and knee replacements are common operations for patients with osteoarthritis. It is a major…

Theme Surgical and orthopaedic innovation

Workstream Interventions to improve patient outcomes after surgery

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Bristol BRC researchers awarded £2.3 million for follow-on research

Bristol BRC researchers have been awarded £2.3 million by NIHR to study…

New guidance on creating accessible patient information leaflets for clinical trials

New guidance on how to create accessible and inclusive patient information leaflets is available to…

Avoidable cancellation of knee replacement operations costs NHS millions and increases waiting times

Thousands of NHS knee replacement operations are cancelled at short notice every year, many for…

Growing as a researcher: Insights from my summer internship in surgical research methodology

Maria Eze, a second year biological sciences student at the University of Edinburgh, completed an…

Treatment plan for patients in pain after knee surgery has been implemented

A treatment plan for patients still experiencing pain 3 months after total knee replacement surgery…

Recommendations framework for developing accessible patient information leaflets

Researchers at the NIHR Bristol BRC have worked in partnership with National…

Addressing frailty in patients undergoing total hip and knee replacements

Researchers from Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter have demonstrated that it would be possible to use…

Three stages to building reciprocal relationships with community groups: the CHICO guidance

Three key stages to help researchers involve racially marginalised community groups more effectively in their…

Illustrator brings our surgical and orthopaedic innovation theme to life

A new illustration by Camille Aubry explains our surgical and orthopaedic innovation theme, bringing the…