Dr Vikki Wylde
B.Sc.(Bristol), PhD
Current positions
Associate Professor in Musculoskeletal Health
Bristol Medical School (THS)
Contact
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Research interests
Vikki is a health services researcher whose research interests are to improve the health and wellbeing of people living with chronic musculoskeletal conditions. Her research aims to improve patients’ outcomes and experiences of interventions for musculoskeletal pain, with a particular focus on chronic post-surgical pain after orthopaedic surgery. Vikki has methodological experience in systematic reviews, feasibility studies and randomised controlled trials. She is currently involved in a number of projects funded by the NIHR.
Positions
University of Bristol positions
Associate Professor in Musculoskeletal Health
Bristol Medical School (THS)
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
NIHR Health Technology Assessment (NIHR127457) Radiofrequency denervation for chronic and moderate to severe low back pain: The RADICAL trial.
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
01/01/2020 to 31/12/2024
RecUrrent Intra-articular Corticosteroid injections in Osteoarthritis; the RUbICOn study
Principal Investigator
Role
Principal Investigator
Description
Osteoarthritis is a condition that causes joints to become painful and stiff, it is a common cause of pain
and disability. Management of osteoarthritis involves reducing pain and maintaining function. Simple…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
01/03/2020 to 31/08/2022
Feasibility study for a randomised controlled trial of one-stage or two-stage surgery for prosthetic knee infection
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
01/07/2020 to 01/07/2022
Publications
Recent publications
18/11/2020Screening to identify postoperative pain and cross-sectional associations between factors identified in this process with pain and function, three months after total knee replacement
Arthritis Care and Research
The EQ-5D-3L administered by text message compared to the paper version for hard-to-reach populations in a rural South African trauma setting
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
Perceived occurrence of an adverse event affects patient-reported outcomes after total hip replacement
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Effects of pre-surgical interventions on chronic pain after total knee replacement
BMJ Open
The EQ-5D-3L administered by text message compared to the paper version in a rural South African setting: a measurement equivalence study.
Health Qual Life Outcomes
Thesis
The role of pre-operative pain sensitisation in chronic pain after knee replacement
Supervisors
Award date
01/01/2010
Related people
Professor Ashley Blom
Head of School
Bristol Medical School
Professor Rachael Gooberman-Hill
Professor of Health and Anthropology/Director of Elizabeth Blackwell Institute
Bristol Medical School (THS)
Mr Andrew Beswick
Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (THS)
Dr Erik Lenguerrand
Senior Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (THS)
Professor Michael Whitehouse
Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedics
Bristol Medical School (THS)
