Professor Vikki Wylde
B.Sc.(Bristol), PhD
Current positions
Professor of Musculoskeletal Health
Bristol Medical School (THS)
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Research interests
I am a health services researcher with an interest in improving the health and wellbeing of people living with chronic musculoskeletal conditions. I conduct research that spans the translational pathway and impacts on patient care through informing NICE guidance and changing NHS practice. My research aims to improve patients’ outcomes and experiences of interventions for musculoskeletal pain, with a particular focus on evaluating interventions to optimise outcomes after orthopaedic surgery, such as hip and knee replacement. I am committed to ensuring that health research is inclusive, through involvement of patients and communities in all stages of the research process.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
A co-production film project with the older South Asian community to promote inclusive involvement in health research
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Principal Investigator
Description
For two and a half years, we have been working with Dhek Bhal a South Asian community group in Bristol, on research about bones and joints and about making health…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
01/01/2024 to 31/07/2024
NIHR Programme Development Grants (NIHR202943) Infection and Orthopaedic Management: Mobilising evidence into practice
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
01/07/2021 to 30/06/2023
Feasibility study for a randomised controlled trial of one-stage or two-stage surgery for prosthetic knee infection
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
01/07/2020 to 01/07/2022
RecUrrent Intra-articular Corticosteroid injections in Osteoarthritis; the RUbICOn study
Principal Investigator
Role
Principal Investigator
Description
Osteoarthritis is a condition that causes joints to become painful and stiff, it is a common cause of pain
and disability. Management of osteoarthritis involves reducing pain and maintaining function. Simple…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
01/03/2020 to 31/08/2022
NIHR Health Technology Assessment (NIHR127457) Radiofrequency denervation for chronic and moderate to severe low back pain: The RADICAL trial.
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
01/01/2020 to 31/12/2024
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
07/01/2025Facilitating translation of trial findings into NHS practice
Bone and Joint Open
MIKROBE
Pilot and Feasibility Studies
Pre-operative education and prehabilitation provision for patients undergoing hip and knee replacement
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Amitriptyline for the prevention of post-herpetic neuralgia
Skin Health and Disease
Protocol for systematic review: Patients’ and surgeons’ preferences for primary total hip replacement outcomes
Thesis
The role of pre-operative pain sensitisation in chronic pain after knee replacement
Supervisors
Award date
01/01/2010
Related people
Professor Rachael Gooberman-Hill
Professor of Health and Anthropology
Bristol Medical School (THS)
Mr Nick Howells
Honorary Senior Lecturer
Bristol Medical School (THS)
Mrs Wendy Bertram
Senior Research Associate in Musculoskeletal Health Services Research
Bristol Medical School (THS)
Professor Michael Whitehouse
Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedics
Bristol Medical School (THS)
Dr Andrew Moore
Associate Professor in Musculoskeletal Health Services Research
Bristol Medical School (THS)