Contact information
Philippa Nicolson
BPhty, PhD
Arthritis UK Research Fellow
- Arthritis UK Research Fellow
- Senior Research Fellow
- Director of DPhil and MSc(Res) Taught Courses
Pip's research focuses on improving the management of knee and hip osteoarthritis in older adults.
In 2024 she completed a Versus Arthritis Foundation Fellowship, having developed an exercise intervention for the oldest adults (aged 80 years or older) with hip and knee osteoarthritis and common co-morbidities (TEMPO), and tested it in a randomised feasibility trial. Alongside her Arthritis UK Bridging Fellowship, Pip currently leads projects funded by NIHR, the CSP, and the Oxford BRC. She is also leading the James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership for hip and knee replacement for osteoarthritis.
Pip completed her PhD at the University of Melbourne in 2018, exploring adherence to exercise among patients with knee osteoarthritis. She joined NDORMS in 2018 as a postdoctoral researcher with Prof Sallie Lamb.
Pip splits her time between NDORMS and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, where her research focuses on improving management and outcomes for people having total knee replacement and revision knee replacement surgery.
Pip is a member of the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) International Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis working group and Secretary of the Osteoarthritis Research International (OARSI) Rehabilitation Group.
Key publications
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Education plus exercise versus corticosteroid injection use versus a wait and see approach on global outcome and pain from gluteal tendinopathy: prospective, single blinded, randomised clinical trial.
Journal article
Mellor R. et al, (2018), Bmj, 361
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What do people with knee or hip osteoarthritis need to know? An international consensus list of essential statements for osteoarthritis.
Journal article
French SD. et al, (2015), Arthritis care res (hoboken), 67, 809 - 816
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Self-reported Home Exercise Adherence: A Validity and Reliability Study Using Concealed Accelerometers.
Journal article
Nicolson PJA. et al, (2018), J orthop sports phys ther, 48, 943 - 950
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Multifactorial interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 41 trials and almost 20 000 participants.
Journal article
Hopewell S. et al, (2020), Br j sports med, 54, 1340 - 1350
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Interventions to increase adherence to therapeutic exercise in older adults with low back pain and/or hip/knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Journal article
Nicolson PJA. et al, (2017), Br j sports med, 51, 791 - 799
Recent publications
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The experience of surgeons treating unexplained pain after knee arthroplasty : a reflexive thematic analysis.
Design
Sabah SA. et al, (2025)
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Tailored exercise management versus usual care for people aged 80 years or older with hip/knee osteoarthritis and comorbidities (TEMPO): multicentre feasibility randomised controlled trial in England
Journal article
Nicolson PJA. et al, (2025), Bmj open, 15, e104813 - e104813
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The experience of patients undergoing aseptic, elective revision knee joint replacement surgery: a qualitative study.
Journal article
Nicolson PJA. et al, (2024), Bmc musculoskelet disord, 25
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The experience of patients undergoing aseptic, elective revision knee joint replacement surgery: a qualitative study.
Preprint
Nicolson P. et al, (2024)
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Feasibility of a comorbidity-tailored exercise and education intervention for people aged 80 years or older with hip or knee osteoarthritis
Journal article
Nicolson P. et al, (2024), Osteoarthritis and cartilage, 32