Rees Group | Shoulder Research and Delivery of Orthopaedic Treatments

ORTHOPAEDIC SHOULDER RESEARCH

Shoulder pain and loss of shoulder function are very common in the UK, with 4% of people visiting their GP each year. With more and more patients now referred to hospital specialists for surgical treatments, it is important to know which treatments are suitable and what actions need to be taken for a good and fast recovery.

The Oxford team has been involved for many years in running national surgical shoulder trials and studies in secondary care. Professor Rees now collaborates with many academic colleagues throughout the UK and also runs studies with academic colleagues in community care, all aimed at providing joined up evidence for the entire patient care pathways. He has a number of growing international collaborations that utilise large national datasets to more rapidly answer important orthopaedic treatment research questions especially in relation to shoulder replacement surgery. 

His work has resulted in his authorship many national shoulder patient treatment pathways to help standardise care in the UK.

Working with patients

We believe in working with patients to develop better care solutions for all.

Professor Rees led and delivered a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership to identify the national Top Ten Research Priorities in 'Surgery for Common Shoulder Problems', which involved both patients and clinicians working together. Read it here.

Professor Rees and his group work closely with patients to provide better patient information and better dissemination of the results of research studies. His recent work with the National Joint Register is leading to new formats of patient information and prediction models to help inform the surgical consent process for clinicians and patients. New videos and a prediction model are being finalised for national use in 2025.