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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.
Key publications
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Platelet rich plasma injection for acute Achilles tendon rupture: PATH-2 randomised, placebo controlled, superiority trial.
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Keene DJ. et al, (2019), Bmj, 367
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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of progressive exercise compared with best practice advice, with or without corticosteroid injection, for the treatment of rotator cuff disorders: protocol for a 2x2 factorial randomised controlled trial (the GRASP trial).
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Hopewell S. et al, (2017), Bmj open, 7
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Three-Year Follow-up of a Trial of Close Contact Casting vs Surgery for Initial Treatment of Unstable Ankle Fractures in Older Adults.
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Keene DJ. et al, (2018), Jama, 319, 1274 - 1276
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Close Contact Casting vs Surgery for Initial Treatment of Unstable Ankle Fractures in Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
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Willett K. et al, (2016), Jama, 316, 1455 - 1463
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Prognostic models for identifying risk of poor outcome in people with acute ankle sprains: the SPRAINED development and external validation study.
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Keene DJ. et al, (2018), Health technol assess, 22, 1 - 112
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Development and delivery of the rehabilitation interventions for older adults with an ankle fracture in the AFTER (Ankle Fracture Treatment Enhancing Rehabilitation) trial.
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Forde CP. et al, (2025), Physiotherapy, 128
Recent publications
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From theory to practice: insights into intervention development of the NON-STOP app for children with Perthes' disease.
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Galloway AM. et al, (2025), Bone jt open, 6, 822 - 827
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Progressive resistance and flexibility exercises versus usual care advice for improving pain and function after distal radius fracture in adults aged 50 years or over : protocol for the WISE randomized superiority trial.
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Keene DJ. et al, (2025), Bone jt open, 6, 764 - 784
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A systematic review of the association between early comprehensive geriatric assessment and outcomes in hip fracture care for older people.
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Mazarello Paes V. et al, (2025), Bone joint j, 107-B, 595 - 603
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Clinical effectiveness of an individually tailored strengthening programme, including progressive resistance exercises and advice, compared to usual care for ambulant adolescents with spastic cerebral palsy (ROBUST trial): a parallel group randomized controlled trial.
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Hopewell S. et al, (2025), Bone jt open, 6, 517 - 527
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Clinical effectiveness of a child-specific dynamic stretching programme, compared to usual care, for ambulant children with spastic cerebral palsy (SPELL trial): a parallel group randomized controlled trial.
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Theologis T. et al, (2025), Bone jt open, 6, 506 - 516
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Development of the rehabilitation interventions for people with an acute patellar dislocation in the Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Post Patellar Dislocation (PRePPeD) pilot randomized controlled trial.
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Forde CP. et al, (2025), Bone jt open, 6, 469 - 479
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Development and delivery of the rehabilitation interventions for older adults with an ankle fracture in the AFTER (Ankle Fracture Treatment Enhancing Rehabilitation) trial.
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Forde CP. et al, (2025), Physiotherapy, 128
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Knee4Life: Empowering Knee Recovery After Total Knee Replacement Through Digital Health Protocol.
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Mansoubi M. et al, (2024), Sensors (basel), 24