Research

of Sport and Exercise Medicine Basic Science Prize
in 2008 for his work on tendon treatments
Scientific research is a cornerstone of best clinical practice. Sports medicine and rheumatology are both rapidly developing fields of medicine. I have a track record of publications in leading peer review journals, which helps ensure my practice is as up to date as possible.
Publications – Peer reviewed journals
Highly cited ( > 50 citations) and highly read papers
- Rees JD, Stride M, Scott A. Tendons; Time to Revisit Inflammation? British Journal of Sports Medicine. E-pub ahead of print, 9 March 2013 This paper was rated as the second most read paper in the world in the field of Orthopaedics in 2013 by MDLinx.
http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2013/03/08/bjsports-2012-091957.full.pdf+html - Rees JD, Wilson A, Wolman RL. Eccentric exercises; why do they work, what are the problems and how can we improve them? British Journal of Sports Medicine 2009;43(4):242-6.
- Rees JD, Wolman RL, Lichtwark G, Wilson A. The mechanism for efficacy of eccentric loading in Achilles tendon injury, an in vivo study in humans. Rheumatology 2008; 47(10):1493-7.
http://rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org/content/47/10/1493 - Rees JD, Wilson A, Wolman RL. Current concepts in the management of tendon disorders. Rheumatology 2006;45:508-21. This paper has > 120 PubMed Citations
http://rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org/content/45/5/508.long
Other peer reviewed publications
- Jones A, Harrison N, Jones T, Rees JD, Bennett A. Time to diagnosis of axial spondlyarthritis in clinical practice - Signs of improving awareness? Rheumatology in press.
- Rees JD, Bennett A, Harris D, Jones T. Early intervention with anti-TNF therapy in ankylosing spondylitis with young age and short disease duration produces superior results in standard clinical practice. E-Pub ahead of print Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, January 2014.
- A Scott, S Docking, B Vicenzino, H Alfredson, J Zwerver, K Lundgreen, O Finlay, N Pollock, J Cook, A Fearon, C Purdam, A Hoens, Jonathan D Rees, TJ Goetz, P Danielson, Sports and exercise-related tendinopathies: A review of selected topical issues by participants of the 2nd International Scientific Tendinopathy Symposium (ISTS) Vancouver 2012. British Journal of Sports Medicine. E-pub ahead of print, 12 April 2013
http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2013/04/11/bjsports-2013-092329.full - Bennett AN, Green, AD, Rees J, Jones, T, Harris, D, Etherington, J. Efficacy and Safety of Biologic Drugs in the Armed Services: A Rheumatology Perspective. Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps. 2012
- Gullick NJ, Oakley SP, Zain A, Gibson T, Jones T, Mistlin A, Rees JD, Panayi GS, Kirkham BW. Goal directed therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis in routine clinical practice is associated with improved function in patients with disease duration up to 15 years. Rheumatology 2012;51(4):759-61.
- Dharm-Datta S, Etherington J, Mistlin A, Rees JD, Clasper J. The outcome of British combat amputees in relation to military service. Injury 2011;42(11):1362-7.
- Rees JD, Maffulli N, Cook J. Management of tendinopathy. American Journal of Sports Medicine 2009;37(9):1855-67.
- Rees JD, Pilcher J, Heron C, Kiely PDW. A comparison of clinical versus ultrasound determined synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis utilizing grey scale, power doppler and intravenous ‘Sono Vue’® microbubble enhancement. Rheumatology 2007; 46(3):454-9.
- Rees JD, Lança S, Marques PV, Gómez-Puerta JA, D’Cruz DP, Khamashta MA, Hughes GRV. Prevalence of the antiphospholipid syndrome in primary systemic vasculitis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2006;65:109-111.
- Rees JD, Wojtulewski JA Systemic Reaction to Viscosupplementation, Rheumatology 2001;40:1425-26