Websites
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Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology
Research Institute
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Repurposing anti-TNF for treating Dupuytren’s disease (RIDD)
Research Project
Cathy Ball
Researcher
Since qualifying, I have worked in the NHS, specialising in OT hand therapy for trauma and rheumatology hand surgery with plastic surgery and rheumatology teams before taking up a research position in 2007 in the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology at Imperial College London, and subsequently at the University of Oxford. I have examined patient reported outcome measures, physical measures and functional tests used to assess change in hand function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome and Dupuytren's disease and their relevance for clinical use and in research.
Current research is focussed on selection of physical and patient reported outcome measures for patients with Dupuytren's disease. I am also studying hand function in a clinical trial of patients with rheumatoid arthritis before and after anti-TNF therapy.
Recent publications
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Poster
Galloway AM. et al, (2020), Bone Jt Open, 1, 720 - 730
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A successful strategy for recruiting participants not in a care pathway to a CTIMP on time and to target
Conference paper
Francis A. et al, (2019), TRIALS, 20
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Journal article
Nanchahal J. et al, (2018), EBioMedicine, 33, 282 - 288
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Journal article
Dritsaki M. et al, (2018), BMC Musculoskelet Disord, 19
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Journal article
Nanchahal J. et al, (2017)