, clinical audit and other activities which will inform care decisions, standards and provision in musculoskeletal health.
To participate in multidisciplinary and multiprofessional musculoskeletal health research collaborations.
To investigate health technology issues relating to the organisation of integrated care for patients with common musculoskeletal problems, with special reference to those with high social and economic impact.
To investigate the problems and effects of implementing evidence-based practice in the musculoskeletal field.
To undertake musculoskeletal health research in such areas as: prevention of disabilities, identification of mechanisms, determinants of health, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, natural history of disorders, quality assurance and risk assessment.
WHO BENEFITS? The objects of the Institute are targeted mainly at those responsible for care and organisation – i.e.;
