Chris Littlewood
@ChrisLittlew00d
Professor of Rehabilitation, University of Salford @RACER_2_UK
A huge well done to University Hospitals of Derby and Burton who were our top recruiter in June with a whopping 6 participants randomised!👏🥇
Great day yesterday celebrating my graduation with a Masters in Research. So many people supported me along the way but special thank you to @ChrisLittlew00d and @B_Mzqn
Special day celebrating my PhD graduation. Wouldn’t have been possible without some equally special people. Thank you to all those that have supported me along the way - especially @ChrisLittlew00d Gill Yeowell, Clare Jinks and @HeidiSiddle
A momentous day for our @RACER_2_UK study - 600 randomised participants! Thank you to everyone who has contributed!! Almost there now! racer2study.co.uk/study-progress

Just published: Patient experiences of shared decision-making following a displaced collarbone injury: A qualitative interview study doi.org/10.1177/026921… led by @tash_maher with @mmoffatt408 #OpenAccess
🍦June Round-up🍦In the past month, we have randomized 23 participants. With just a few months remaining, we only need to recruit 43 additional participants to achieve our recruitment goal!😲🫣#RaCeR2 #Physio #MSK #RotatorCuff #ClinicalTrials
Interesting: Google search for 'rotator cuff repair surgery' youtube.com/watch?v=_0JVhP… youtube.com/shorts/MhISEhV… Sling on versus sling off and early active motion. Highlights the importance of our @RACER_2_UK trial: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/4/e…
So excited to see #EarlyCareerAHP @kriseh89 with a Podium Presentation at #BESS2025 👏 I hope this is the first of many . . . @bessconference
An Exploration of the Content and Language Used in Publicly Available National Health Service Patient Information Leaflets for People Considering Shoulder Replacement Surgery: A Qualitative Study onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ms… a really intersting study led by @mmoffatt408
Great BESS 2025🎉lucky to share my presentation on ‘shared decision making in displaced collarbone injuries’ 💪🏻thanks again to the @PhysioMACP for funding my place and to my awesome supervisory team @ChrisLittlew00d @mmoffatt408 and Felicity Astin @bessconference #bess2025
Annual @bessconference 2025, day 2! Listening to @tash_maher speak about her recent research study “Patient experiences of shared-decision making following a displaced collarbone injury: a qualitative interview study”. #BESS2025 #AHP #Orthopaedics #Upperlimb
Great talk on OA: everthing but surgery by @staceylalande and @hpsinghjk1, importance of listening to the patients problems, shared decision making and discussing options… need for more research in to the right approach for the non surgical group 💪 @bessconference
Fab talk on Non-Operative Mx of GHJ OA by @staceylalande - What matters to our Patients? #BESS2025 @ShoulderGeek1 @katyclay1410 @bessconference @helen_hedfan
Annual @bessconference 2025! @staceylalande kicking us off talking about “Everything but surgery” for managing shoulder osteoarthritis! #BESS2025 #AHP #Orthopaedics #Upperlimb
Current and future advances in practice: tendinopathies of the shoulder academic.oup.com/rheumap/articl… #openaccess with @mmoffatt408 @tash_maher @gregjirving
⏳50 Participants remaining ‼️ Massive congratulations to all - we have successfully randomized 588 participants! #RaCeR2 #50remaining #NIHR
New @BMJ_Open publication from our @NIHRresearch funded @RACER_2_UK #HTA project with @ChrisLittlew00d @shainur22 @VijayGC @marcusbatemanPT @mmoffatt408 @apostolosfakis @B_Mzqn and #Tao Chen @CHEyork bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/6/e…
A Double Blind Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing Glenohumeral Cortisone With and Without Hydrodilatation in Patients With Frozen Shoulder onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/an…
Effectiveness of early versus delayed rehabilitation following rotator cuff repair: Systematic review and meta-analyses journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… led by @B_Mzqn
Interested in the experiences of people with elbow osteoarthritis? My NIHR PCAF interview study is now published #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1002/msc.70… Huge thanks to @ChrisLittlew00d @mmoffatt408 👏🏻 & to the participants 🤩 @WWL_Research @myelbowdoc @WTNUpperLimb
Exploring the Information Needs of People With Elbow Osteoarthritis Seeking Healthcare: A Qualitative Interview Study led by @KatyBPhysio with @mmoffatt408 now published dx.doi.org/10.1002/msc.70… #OpenAccess