Mrs Elizabeth Mason

Title: Programme Manager
Phone: +44 (0) 1782 733891
Email:
Location: DJW 1.58
Role: Study Interventions Manager within the Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre.
Contacting me: Via email
Liz Mason

I came to Keele in 2005 as a research physiotherapist working within Primary Care Sciences, to take over the trial coordination of a large knee pain trial in primary care (the APEX Trial). Previously I held an appointment as a Superintendent Physiotherapist within Mid Staffordshire Hospitals Acute Unit Trust and have worked for over 15 years in the NHS as a musculoskeletal physiotherapist.

I completed my training to become a physiotherapist in 1976. My first degree, BSc (Hons) Health Sciences, was granted by Coventry Polytechnic in 1991. I obtained an MSc in Neuromusculoskeletal Health Care from the University of Keele in 2003. My dissertation was an interview study to explore physiotherapist assessment of psychosocial factors in patients with low back pain.

I am registered with the Health Professions Council and a Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (MCSP).

My current role is Study Interventions Manager within the Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre. My research is mostly concerned with the delivery of musculoskeletal interventions in primary care, and health care research management.

Selected Publications

  • Chesterton LS, van der Windt DA, Sim J, Lewis M, Mallen CD, Mason EE, Warlow C, Vohora K, Hay EM. 2009. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for the management of tennis elbow: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial: the TATE trial (ISRCTN 87141084). BMC Musculoskelet Disord, vol. 10, 156. link> doi> full text>
  • Hay EM, Dunn KM, Hill JC, Lewis M, Mason EE, Konstantinou K, Sowden G, Somerville S, Vohora K, Whitehurst D, Main CJ. 2008. A randomised clinical trial of subgrouping and targeted treatment for low back pain compared with best current care. The STarT Back Trial Study Protocol. BMC Musculoskelet Disord, vol. 9, 58. link> doi> full text>
  • Foster NE, Thomas E, Barlas P, Hill JC, Young J, Mason E, Hay EM. 2008. Acupuncture as an adjunct to exercise based physiotherapy for osteoarthritis of the knee: Randomised controlled trial. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 47, p. II2). link>
  • Foster NE, Thomas E, Barlas P, Young JC, Mason E, Hay EM. 2008. Six sessions of manual acupuncture do not seem to help when added to optimal exercise for knee osteoarthritis. Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies, vol. 13(1), 35-37.
  • Foster NE, Thomas E, Barlas P, Hill JC, Young J, Mason E, Hay EM. 2007. Acupuncture as an adjunct to exercise based physiotherapy for osteoarthritis of the knee: randomised controlled trial. BMJ, vol. 335(7617), 436. link> doi> full text>

Full Publications List show

Journal Articles

  • Chesterton LS, van der Windt DA, Sim J, Lewis M, Mallen CD, Mason EE, Warlow C, Vohora K, Hay EM. 2009. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for the management of tennis elbow: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial: the TATE trial (ISRCTN 87141084). BMC Musculoskelet Disord, vol. 10, 156. link> doi> full text>
  • Hay EM, Dunn KM, Hill JC, Lewis M, Mason EE, Konstantinou K, Sowden G, Somerville S, Vohora K, Whitehurst D, Main CJ. 2008. A randomised clinical trial of subgrouping and targeted treatment for low back pain compared with best current care. The STarT Back Trial Study Protocol. BMC Musculoskelet Disord, vol. 9, 58. link> doi> full text>
  • Foster NE, Thomas E, Barlas P, Young JC, Mason E, Hay EM. 2008. Six sessions of manual acupuncture do not seem to help when added to optimal exercise for knee osteoarthritis. Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies, vol. 13(1), 35-37.
  • Foster NE, Thomas E, Barlas P, Hill JC, Young J, Mason E, Hay EM. 2007. Acupuncture as an adjunct to exercise based physiotherapy for osteoarthritis of the knee: randomised controlled trial. BMJ, vol. 335(7617), 436. link> doi> full text>
  • Jordan JL, Holden MA, Mason EE, Foster NE. 2010. Interventions to improve adherence to exercise for chronic musculoskeletal pain in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, CD005956. link> doi>

Other

  • Foster NE, Thomas E, Barlas P, Hill JC, Young J, Mason E, Hay EM. 2008. Acupuncture as an adjunct to exercise based physiotherapy for osteoarthritis of the knee: Randomised controlled trial. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 47, p. II2). link>

At present I serve on one of the Keele Ethics Committees and am a member of a working party for West Midlands North Comprehensive Local Research Network looking at the NIHR “Time to Target” initiative.