Cowling, P.
Hackney, R.
Dube, B.
Grainger, A. J.
Biglands, J. D.
Stanley, M.
Song, D.
Conaghan, P. G.
Kingsbury, S. R.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Leeds Hospital Charitable Foundation (R&D/PP/1305)
Arthritis Research UK (20800)
Arthritis Research UK Experimental Osteoarthritis Treatment Centre (Ref 20083 Part funding of research role, not specific to this project)
Arthritis Research UK Centre for Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis (Ref 20194 part funding of research role, not specific to this project)
National Institute for Health Research (Roles part funded, not specific to this project, Roles part funded, not specific to this project, Roles part funded, not specific to this project, Clinical Lectureship funding, not specific to this project)
Article History
Received: 9 September 2019
Accepted: 20 March 2020
First Online: 7 April 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All participants provided written informed consent prior to enrolment into the study. The study was approved by Leeds West Research Ethics Committee (13/YH/0030).
: Not applicable.
: RH - consults for Xiros, Leeds UK, and received fees for each patch used by another surgeon. BD, PC, AJG, JDB, MS, DS, PGC, SRK declare that they have no competing interests.