PROP-OA
PROvision of braces for Patients with knee OsteoArthritis (PROP OA): a randomised controlled trial
UPDATED - 28 January 2022
(Search coding updated to SNOMED codes & New instructions. Update to Pop-up Instructions to include SNOMED trigger code list)
NOTE FOR GP SITES: to avoid the potential of inadvertently identifying patients without knee pain, please use the SNOMED version of the search shared below. If you have used the READ coded version of the search, but have not contacted patients yet, please re-start the patient ID process using the SNOMED search.
A multi-centre, primary care, randomised, parallel-group, superiority trial (with internal pilot) to evaluate the effectiveness of bracing in the management of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: the PROP OA trial. AIM(S) OF THE RESEARCH: To show whether wearing a knee brace provides more relief for people with painful osteoarthritis of the knee than just having best primary care (education, advice and exercise), and whether this is good value for money for the NHS.
HI History
EMIS - Search and pop-up developed by CRN West Midlands ROST (updated 28 January 2022)
SystmOne - Search and pop-up designed by Dr Gareth Forbes on behalf of LCRN North East & North Cumbria
Files available for download for the following delivery LCRNs:
West Midlands / North East & North Cumbria / Greater Manchester / North West Coast
PLEASE NOTE - Search files do not include exclusion codes linked to Data Dissent
If other LCRNs would like access to these files, please email rost.crnwestmidlands@nihr.ac.uk
EMIS Web Resources
SystmOne
See instruction document linked below for details on how to access the PROP-OA resources for SystmnOne
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