Acute Flares of Knee Osteoarthritis (the ACT-FLARE Study): Protocol for a Web-Based Case-Crossover Study in Community-Dwelling Adults
Acute Flares of Knee Osteoarthritis (the ACT-FLARE Study): Protocol for a Web-Based Case-Crossover Study in Community-Dwelling Adults
Martin J Thomas
1, 2
, PhD ;
Trishna Rathod-Mistry
1, 3
, MSc ;
Stephen Harper
3
, BSc ;
Emma L Parry
1
, MRCGP ;
Christopher Pope
1
, PhD ;
Tuhina Neogi
4
, MD, PhD ;
George Peat
1
, PhD
1
Primary Care Centre Versus Arthritis, Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
2
Haywood Academic Rheumatology Centre, Haywood Hospital, Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
3
Keele Clinical Trials Unit, Keele University, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
4
Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
Corresponding Author:
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Martin J Thomas, PhD
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Primary Care Centre Versus Arthritis
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Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences
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Keele University
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Keele
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Staffordshire ST5 5BG
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United Kingdom
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Phone:
44 01782-724874
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Fax: 44 01782-734719
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Email: m.thomas@keele.ac.uk