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Article History

Received: 13 October 2023

Revised: 13 October 2023

Accepted: 20 January 2024

First Online: 16 February 2024

Declarations

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: AS, AB, IMC, AS, JU, JF: none; AJ: Grants from NIHR, HDR UK, Versus Arthritis, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), Royal College of Physicians (RCP), Tommy’s, Health Foundation, Nuffield Foundation Oliver Bird Fund Expert Panel Member, Sub-panel member of the NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) programme (1 Sept 2015 to 31 Aug 2020), Versus Arthritis Health Subcommittee (12 Oct 2016 to 30 June 2021), Co-chair Versus Arthritis Research Expert group (Sept 2022 to present), Chair. Data Monitoring Committee. NIHR HTA Dupuytren’s Interventions Surgery vs. Collagenase (DISC) trial. University of Leicester (25 Apr 2017 to present), Chair Trial Steering Committee. NIHR HTA. The Gentle Years Yoga Trial. Newcastle University. (25 Apr 2019 to present), Steering Committee Member. Nuffield Foundation. Multilevel Integrated Data for musculoskeletal health intelligence and Actions (MIDAS). University of Keele. (1 Dec 2020 to present), Data Monitoring Committee Member. Robotic Arthroplasty: a Clinical and cost Effectiveness Randomised controlled trial (RACER). Warwick CTU. (30 July 2020 to present).

: The study was approved by local Research Ethics Committees in each recruiting country; ethical approval number in the UK was UK REC 09/H0501/95 GENODISC Study.

: All patients provided informed consent to participation in the study and data publication.