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David Keene
BSc (Hons) MSc DPhil MCSP MMACP
Kadoorie Professor of Trauma Rehabilitation
- Senior Research Fellow, Lincoln College
Prof Keene is a clinical academic physiotherapist specialising in the development and evaluation of complex interventions to improve the management of musculoskeletal injuries. He was appointed to the Kadoorie Professorship of Trauma Rehabilitation and as a Senior Research Fellow at Lincoln College in 2025. He is also a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust.
Prof Keene has held a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Postdoctoral Fellowship and a Developing Skills Enhancement Award and is currently Chief or co-Investigator on several NIHR-funded multicentre clinical trials. His research has been published in high-impact general medical journals (Lancet, JAMA and BMJ) and in leading speciality journals.
Recent publications
Supervised versus self-managed rehabilitation for patients with an acute first-time or recurrent patellar dislocation: the Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Post Patellar Dislocation (PRePPeD) external pilot randomized controlled trial and embedded qualitative study.
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Forde CP. et al, (2026), Bone Joint J, 108-B, 310 - 321
Current rehabilitation for adults with peripheral nerve injuries in the UK: An online survey.
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Miller C. et al, (2026), Hand Ther
step forward for ankle fracture management.
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Keene DJ. and Costa ML., (2026), BMJ, 392
Testing the usability and acceptability of the NON-STOP app for children with Perthes' disease.
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Galloway AM. et al, (2026), Bone Jt Open, 7, 66 - 72
What is the association between time to surgery and patient outcome after hip fracture? : a systematic review.
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Mazarello Paes V. et al, (2026), Bone Joint J, 108-B, 30 - 38
Development and implementation of a child-specific dynamic stretching exercise programme for ambulant children with spastic cerebral palsy: the SPELL trial
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Barry C. et al, (2026), Physiotherapy, 101893 - 101893
Optimising clinical trial methods for complex regional pain syndrome: a methodological framework (OptiMeth-CRPS).
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Smart KM. et al, (2025), Pain Rep, 10
A systematic review of outcomes reported in randomized controlled trials involving people with patellar dislocations.
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Forde CP. et al, (2025), Bone Jt Open, 6, 1031 - 1043