Kate Dunn
katemdunn.bsky.social
Kate Dunn
@katemdunn.bsky.social
Professor of Epidemiology. Musculoskeletal pain and primary care researcher. Interested in research on pain in children, young people & over the lifecourse. #KeeleMSK Views are my own.
New post alert: Knowledge Mobilisation Research Associate based at @keeleuniversity.bsky.social supporting the Arthritis UK Clinical Epidemiology Research Consortium. #KeeleMSK ce0639li.webitrent.com/ce0639li_web... @versusarthritis.bsky.social Please share.
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October 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Delivering a primary care review for people prescribed opioids for persistent pain: facilitators and barriers facing practice pharmacists bjgpopen.org/content/earl... #KeeleMSK
Delivering a primary care review for people prescribed opioids for persistent pain: facilitators and barriers facing practice pharmacists
Background People living with persistent non-cancer pain often are prescribed opioids long-term, despite a lack of evidence for their long-term effectiveness and safety. This study informed the design...
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October 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The Activity Pacing Questionnaire (APQ-12) provides a multidimensional measure of pacing for use in clinical & research settings. Study of validity, reliability & responsiveness #KeeleMSK www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Testing the activity pacing questionnaire for validity, reliability and responsiveness: An outcome measure validation study
Activity pacing aims to manage symptoms of chronic pain and improve function by modifying pain-related behaviours: avoidance, overdoing and overdoing-…
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October 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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What an exciting oppotunity to join our member's (Melissa Bowerman) research group as a Research Assistant to work on spinal muscular atrophy project!
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September 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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“For me, pain is not just physical — it affects every part of life.”

Hear directly from people living with chronic pain in Your Voice Matters, a new short film co-produced with people who know pain best.

▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVnD...
September 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Parents of children 8 and up, your kids could help with our research and get paid!
The @campainstudy.bsky.social at @keeleuniversity.bsky.social is developing resources to help children and young people with pain, and the opinions of young people are essential to us!
Get in touch, deets in thread.
We at @keeleuniversity.bsky.social are looking for people aged 8-25 to help with our research into pain children and young people have in their joints and muscles!

It's fun, interesting and of huge help to a lot of people. As a bonus we'll pay you for your time!
Please do get in touch.
September 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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📣New pre-print
Do Children & Young People with Mental Health Conditions or Neurodiversity Experience Different Management for Musculoskeletal Pain?
🔗https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5370581

Greater healthcare use, different treatments & different referrals for those with co-occurring diagnoses
October 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Take a look at this powerful new film made with people experiencing chronic pain, sharing real stories of their #pain & their involvement in research youtu.be/TVnDWNlHcOo?... #KeeleMSK #chronicpain
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@keeleuniversity.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Great to see this report from AMRC on how non-commercial clinical research benefits the UK. It features evidence from research led by Keele University musculoskeletal researchers #KeeleMSK www.amrc.org.uk/health-and-g...
September 19, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Calling all healthcare professionals who see people with #AxialSpondyloarthritis!

Please spare 2-3 minutes to complete this short survey to help us understand current practices when requesting MRIs for axSpA patients:

forms.cloud.microsoft/e/CQWu6e2LVy

Please share with colleagues!
September 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Huge congratulations to @keeleuniversity.bsky.social Prof Jonathan Hill on being shortlisted for the #AHP Research Impact #CAHPO Award 2025! #KeeleMSK
August 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Primary care staff identify #osteoporosis as important, but there are gaps in confidence with specific osteoporosis skills, & a lack of systematic approaches to assessment & follow-up: e-survey of UK primary care staff
link.springer.com/article/10.1... #KeeleMSK
@laurnabullock.bsky.social
Osteoporosis care in primary care settings: a national UK e-survey - Archives of Osteoporosis
Summary An electronic survey of 341 UK primary care staff identified barriers to evidence-based osteoporosis care including low confidence in clinical skills, the complex nature of decision-making, in...
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August 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Research priorities about physical activity & exercise management of knee & hip OA developed with consumers, clinicians, researchers & policy makers #osteoarthritis #KeeleMSK www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Research priorities for physical activity and exercise management of people with knee and hip osteoarthritis: A multi-stage international priority-setting study from the OARSI Rehabilitation Discussio...
To identify research priorities for physical activity and exercise management of knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA).We used a multi-stage process involv…
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July 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Physiotherapists infrequently treat people living with Polymyalgia rheumatica #PMR but believe that there is a role for #physiotherapy in PMR management. #KeeleMSK @saramuller.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Physiotherapy for the Management of Polymyalgia Rheumatica: Results From a UK Cross‐Sectional Survey
Introduction Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) international management guidelines advocate patient education and individualised exercises but lack evidence and physiotherapy practice for PMR is unknown....
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July 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Research highlights & uncertainties in the exercise management of knee #osteoarthritis #OA : Narrative review #KeeleMSK www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Recent highlights and uncertainties in exercise management of knee osteoarthritis
This narrative review outlines recent research highlights and uncertainties in the exercise management of knee osteoarthritis (OA) published between J…
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July 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Wide variation in musculoskeletal pain consultation rates was not strongly associated with prevalence of musculoskeletal problems or pain: findings from an ecologic study #KeeleMSK www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Local variation in musculoskeletal pain consultation rates in primary care: findings from an ecologic study in Staffordshire | Primary Health Care Research & Development | Cambridge Core
Local variation in musculoskeletal pain consultation rates in primary care: findings from an ecologic study in Staffordshire - Volume 26
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July 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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🚨Great to see this published - led by Alice Faux Nightingale,
our paper reporting a qualitative investigation of the significance of #diagnosis of #LongCovid in children & young ppl 👇👇👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Perceptions and Significance of Long Covid Diagnoses From the Perspectives of Children and Young People With Long Covid, Their Parents and Professionals
Introduction Long Covid, the patient-preferred term, describes symptoms persisting after an acute Covid-19 infection. Understanding the importance and meaning of a Long Covid diagnosis to children a...
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June 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
June 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
RCT of individualised exercises and/or prefabricated foot orthoses plus self-management advice (SMA) compared to SMA alone in adults with plantar heel pain. Protocol for the TREADON randomised trial #KeeleMSK openresearch.nihr.ac.uk/articles/5-4...
NIHR Open Research Article: Clinical and cost-effectiveness of individualised exercises and foot orthoses in the treatment of plantar heel pain: protocol for the TREADON randomised multi-arm multi-sta...
Read the latest article version by Martin J Thomas, Gemma Hughes, Kendra Cooke, Stephanie Butler-Walley, Emma Marshall, Laura Bowyer, Simon Wathall, Jo Smith, Sarah A Lawton, June Brammar, Thomas Burn...
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June 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
People with polymyalgia rheumatica #PMR experience more pain & stiffness, especially in the shoulder & hip, than controls: results from the PMR Cohort Study #KeeleMSK url: academic.oup.com/rheumap/arti...
June 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Thanks to all the healthcare professionals who have already taken part in our studies!

You can still help us design resources to help children and young people manage their musculoskeletal pain.

It's as easy as clicking here (and then taking a 5-10 minute survey): forms.office.com/e/8pbRyyGbUr
June 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Do you manage children & young people with musculoskeletal pain? Do you have 10mins for a few questions on self-management resources for CYP with MSK pain? Give your opinions in our e-Delphi study: forms.office.com/e/8pbRyyGbUr
Funders: @nihr.bsky.social @versusarthritis.bsky.social
#KeeleMSK
June 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM