Marcus Bateman
@marcusbatemanPT
Consultant Physiotherapist @DerbyShoulder. Shoulder & elbow specialist clinician, researcher & course lecturer. PhD. BESS Copeland Fellow. @AshbourneCC Chairman
As an ortho surgeon X23 years- this study is the most significant one in all of orthopedics in probably 20+ years (maybe the last one being that scoping for arthritis doesn’t work) It should be the number 1 topic among sports orthos. I have only seen silence. Why? (Link below)…
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
🍦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
Sign up to the @bessconference AHP regional hubs with launch dates TBC in August/ September 💪
Fantastic #Research @bessconference session listening to the journeys of 3 Inspirational Physio Researchers 🤩🤓 @marcusbatemanPT @staceylalande David Keene #BESS2025 @lbowfixr @SteveGwilym @LUHFTAHPs
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…
🌞 May Round-up🌞The months are passing swiftly! June 1st signifies two years since RaCeR 2 began recruiting, and we currently have 572 participants randomized!🥳 #RaCeR2 #Physio #MSK #RotatorCuff
Just published! Our systematic review of night splints for cubital tunnel syndrome. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17…

🐰April Round-up🐰We've had 18 participants randomised over the past month. With a few months left we only need to recruit 89 more participants before we meet our recruitment target! 💪 #RaCeR2 #Physio #MSK #RotatorCuff #ClinicalTrials
This first article in a seven part series presents an overview of the essential elements of the GRADE approach that has proved useful in systematic reviews, health technology assessment reports, and clinical practice guidelines bmj.com/content/389/bm…
What are the research priorities (knowledge gaps) for people with atraumatic shoulder pain? This #PrioritySetting process included patients and practitioners in multiple rounds to get to an eventual top 25 ranking ➡️ ow.ly/eFir50VkjUb #Shoulder #Pain #yourJOSPT
What are the research priorities (knowledge gaps) for people with atraumatic shoulder pain? This #PrioritySetting process included patients and practitioners in multiple rounds to get to an eventual top 25 ranking ➡️ ow.ly/eFir50VkjUb #Shoulder #Pain #yourJOSPT
Grateful for the intellectual juggernauts that made this work possible! International Consensus>Etiology>Risk Factors>Diagnosis>Management of FROZEN SHOULDER @marcusbatemanPT @RachelChesterPT @LiesbetDebaets @ShoulderGeek1 @LuiseHollmann @JeremyLewisPT👇 tandfonline.com/eprint/6MK2H6S…
Huge thanks to all of our trial sites who have supported this project. Hopefully not long now until we reach our recruitment target! 🤞🏻
An amazing milestone for our @RACER_2_UK study!! 500 randomised participants! Thank you to everyone involved!! @DerbyCTSU @marcusbatemanPT @B_Mzqn @apostolosfakis @amancayork @mmoffatt408 @A_Xime @LucyWallis8 😀😀😀
Interesting report highlighting the decline in clinical researchers and need to reverse the trend. I’m looking forward to the follow-up report on the non-medical clinical academic workforce and career pathway… ukri.org/news/report-ca…
Are you interested in improving care for patients with conservatively managed proximal humerus fractures? If you are an NHS Health Care Professional with experience of treating this patient group, please join in a national focus group, EOI via link: forms.office.com/e/EfWZkBEE6b
#BESS2025 abstract submission closes 31 Jan - submit now - plus submit a proposal for our new video techniques session - more info at delegate-reg.co.uk/bess2025/submi… @lbowfixr @myelbowdoc @vijaybhalaik @pjjenkins80 @DerbyShoulder @jophysiowinton @helen_hedfan @marcusbatemanPT
What Happens To Patients Long Term When We Don’t Repair Their Cuff Tears? sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
I am absolutely delighted to let you know that the attached guidelines to support Follett Principles for healthcare professionals clinical academics have been published on the NHS Employers Website and UCEA Website eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…
We end the week on a high having reached another super milestone - all 30 RaCeR 2 sites are now open!🌟RaCeR 2 is recruiting across the UK including 2 Welsh sites and 1 Scottish site. It's been great to meet so many friendly faces at site initiation visits over the last 18 months