Dr Ed Roddy

Title: Clinical Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology and Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist
Phone: +44 (0) 1782 734715
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Location: DJW 1.61
Role: As above
Contacting me: Via email
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I graduated from the University of Nottingham in 1997 and subsequently undertook training in general medicine in Nottingham and Western Australia. On my return to the UK in 2001, I embarked upon specialist training in rheumatology in the East Midlands. During this period, I undertook my doctoral thesis under the supervision of Professor Michael Doherty at the University of Nottingham, researching the epidemiology and treatment of gout in primary care. I came to Keele in 2007 as a Clinical Lecturer in Rheumatology at the Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre and Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist at the Haywood Hospital. I am a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.

My research interests embrace epidemiological studies and trials across three main areas: (1) the prognosis and optimal treatment of patients referred with musculoskeletal disease from primary to secondary care (“interface studies”), (2) foot pain and osteoarthritis, and (3) gout. This work has been funded by Arthritis Research UK, and the NIHR Research for Patient Benefit Programme and the National School for Primary Care Research. I supervise medical students, Academic Foundation trainee, Academic Clinical Fellows, and Masters and PhD students across these areas. Current active research collaborators include researchers in Australia, New Zealand, The Netherlands, and the USA.

Selected Publications

  • Roddy E and Doherty M. 2013. Treatment of hyperuricaemia and gout. Clin Med, vol. 13(4), 400-403. link> doi>
  • Hayward RA, Rathod T, Roddy E, Muller S, Hider SL, Mallen CD. 2013. The association of gout with socioeconomic status in primary care: a cross-sectional observational study. Rheumatology (Oxford). link> doi>
  • Clarson LE, Hider SL, Belcher J, Heneghan C, Roddy E, Mallen CD. 2013. GOUT IS AN INDEPENDENT RISK FACTOR FOR ALL TYPES OF VASCULAR DISEASE: A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY IN THE UK GENERAL PRACTICE RESEARCH DATABASE. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 52, pp. 38-39). link>
  • Chandratre PN, Roddy E, Clarson L, Richardson J, Hider S, Mallen C. 2013. HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN GOUT: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 52, p. 66). link> doi>
  • Thomas MJ, Moore A, Roddy E, Peat G. 2013. 'SOMEBODY TO SAY "COME ON, WE CAN SORT THIS"': A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF HEALTH-SEEKING IN OLDER ADULTS WITH SYMPTOMATIC FOOT OSTEOARTHRITIS. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 52, p. 124). link> doi>

Full Publications List show

Journal Articles

  • Roddy E and Doherty M. 2013. Treatment of hyperuricaemia and gout. Clin Med, vol. 13(4), 400-403. link> doi>
  • Hayward RA, Rathod T, Roddy E, Muller S, Hider SL, Mallen CD. 2013. The association of gout with socioeconomic status in primary care: a cross-sectional observational study. Rheumatology (Oxford). link> doi>
  • Roddy E, Zwierska I, Jordan KP, Dawes P, Hider SL, Packham J, Stevenson K, Hay EM. 2013. Musculoskeletal clinical assessment and treatment services at the primary-secondary care interface: an observational study. Br J Gen Pract, vol. 63(607), e141-e148. link> doi>
  • Roddy E, Muller S, Hayward R, Mallen CD. 2013. The association of gout with sleep disorders: a cross-sectional study in primary care. BMC Musculoskelet Disord, vol. 14, 119. link> doi>
  • Chandratre P, Mallen C, Richardson J, Rome K, Bailey J, Gill R, Hider S, Mason J, Mayson Z, Muller S, Purcell C, Titley J, Wathall S, Zwierska I, Roddy E. 2012. Prospective observational cohort study of Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL), chronic foot problems and their determinants in gout: a research protocol. BMC Musculoskelet Disord, vol. 13, 219. link> doi>
  • Roddy E, Menon A, Hall A, Datta P, Packham J. 2013. Polyarticular sonographic assessment of gout: a hospital-based cross-sectional study. Joint Bone Spine, vol. 80(3), 295-300. link> doi>
  • Roddy E and Doherty M. 2012. Gout and osteoarthritis: a pathogenetic link?. Joint Bone Spine, vol. 79(5), 425-427. link> doi>
  • Muller S, Hider S, Helliwell T, Bailey J, Barraclough K, Cope L, Dasgupta B, Foskett R, Hughes R, Mayson Z, Purcell C, Roddy E, Wathall S, Zwierska I, Mallen CD. 2012. The epidemiology of polymyalgia rheumatica in primary care: a research protocol. BMC Musculoskelet Disord, vol. 13, 102. link> doi>
  • Chandratre P, Roddy E, Mallen C. 2012. SUBOPTIMAL PRESCRIBING IN GOUT Patient related factors are also important in treating gout. BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, vol. 344, Article ARTN e191. link> doi>
  • Chandratre P, Roddy E, Mallen C. 2012. Patient related factors are also important in treating gout. BMJ, vol. 344, e191. link>
  • Thomas MJ, Roddy E, Zhang W, Menz HB, Hannan MT, Peat GM. 2011. The population prevalence of foot and ankle pain in middle and old age: a systematic review. Pain, vol. 152(12), 2870-2880. link> doi>
  • Roddy E, Myers H, Thomas MJ, Marshall M, D'Cruz D, Menz HB, Belcher J, Muller S, Peat G. 2011. The clinical assessment study of the foot (CASF): study protocol for a prospective observational study of foot pain and foot osteoarthritis in the general population. J Foot Ankle Res, vol. 4, 22. link> doi>
  • Menz HB, Roddy E, Thomas E, Croft PR. 2011. Impact of Hallux Valgus Severity on General and Foot-Specific Health-Related Quality of Life. ARTHRITIS CARE & RESEARCH, vol. 63(3), 396-404. link> doi>
  • Roddy E and Mallen CD. 2011. Gout Management in primary care. BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, vol. 342, Article ARTN d117. link> doi>
  • Roddy E. 2011. Revisiting the pathogenesis of podagra: why does gout target the foot?. J Foot Ankle Res, vol. 4(1), 13. link> doi>
  • Roddy E and Doherty M. 2010. Epidemiology of gout. Arthritis Res Ther, vol. 12(6), 223. link> doi>
  • Roddy E, Muller S, Thomas E. 2011. Onset and persistence of disabling foot pain in community-dwelling older adults over a 3-year period: a prospective cohort study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci, vol. 66(4), 474-480. link> doi> full text>
  • Menz HB, Jordan KP, Roddy E, Croft PR. 2010. Musculoskeletal foot problems in primary care: what influences older people to consult?. RHEUMATOLOGY, vol. 49(11), 2109-2116. link> doi>
  • Trivedi B, Marshall M, Belcher J, Roddy E. 2010. A systematic review of radiographic definitions of foot osteoarthritis in population-based studies. Osteoarthritis Cartilage, vol. 18(8), 1027-1035. link> doi>
  • Abhishek A, Roddy E, Zhang W, Doherty M. 2010. Are hallux valgus and big toe pain associated with impaired quality of life? A cross-sectional study. OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE, vol. 18(7), 923-926. link> doi>
  • Menz HB, Jordan KP, Roddy E, Croft PR. 2010. Characteristics of primary care consultations for musculoskeletal foot and ankle problems in the UK. Rheumatology (Oxford), vol. 49(7), 1391-1398. link> doi>
  • Roddy E, Zwierska I, Dawes P, Hider SL, Jordan KP, Packham J, Stevenson K, Hay E, SAMBA team. 2010. The Staffordshire arthritis, musculoskeletal, and back assessment (SAMBA) study: a prospective observational study of patient outcome following referral to a primary-secondary care musculoskeletal interface service. BMC Musculoskelet Disord, vol. 11, 67. link> doi>
  • Roddy E. 2010. Crystal deposition disease: Epidemiological trends. SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY, vol. 39, 14. link>
  • Roddy E, Mallen CD, Hider SL, Jordan KP. 2010. Prescription and comorbidity screening following consultation for acute gout in primary care. Rheumatology (Oxford), vol. 49(1), 105-111. link> doi>
  • Cottrell E, Roddy E, Foster NE. 2010. The attitudes, beliefs and behaviours of GPs regarding exercise for chronic knee pain: a systematic review. BMC Fam Pract, vol. 11, 4. link> doi> full text>
  • Roddy E, Muller S, Thomas E. 2009. Defining disabling foot pain in older adults: further examination of the Manchester Foot Pain and Disability Index. Rheumatology (Oxford), vol. 48(8), 992-996. link> doi>
  • Muller S and Roddy E. 2009. A rasch analysis of the Manchester foot pain and disability index. J Foot Ankle Res, vol. 2, 29. link> doi>
  • Roddy E. 2008. Hyperuricemia, gout, and lifestyle factors. JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY, vol. 35(9), 1689-1691. link>
  • Roddy E, Zhang W, Doherty M. 2008. Prevalence and associations of hallux valgus in a primary care population. Arthritis Rheum, vol. 59(6), 857-862. link> doi>
  • Roddy E, Zhang W, Doherty M. 2008. Gout and nodal osteoarthritis: a casecontrol study. RHEUMATOLOGY, vol. 47(5), 732-733. link> doi>
  • Ding T, Roddy E, Pande I. 2008. Tophaceous pseudogout: an unusual cause of nodulosis in rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology, vol. 47, 608.
  • Roddy E, Zhang W, Doherty M. 2007. Are joints affected by gout also affected by osteoarthritis?. Ann Rheum Dis, vol. 66(10), 1374-1377. link> doi>
  • Roddy E, Zhang W, Doherty M. 2007. Concordance of the management of chronic gout in a UK primary-care population with the EULAR gout recommendations. Ann Rheum Dis, vol. 66(10), 1311-1315. link> doi>
  • Roddy E, Zhang W, Doherty M. 2007. Is gout associated with reduced quality of life? A case-control study. Rheumatology (Oxford), vol. 46(9), 1441-1444. link> doi>
  • Roddy E, Zhang W, Doherty M. 2007. Validation of a self-report instrument for assessment of hallux valgus. Osteoarthritis Cartilage, vol. 15(9), 1008-1012. link> doi>
  • Roddy E, Zhang W, Doherty M. 2007. The changing epidemiology of gout. Nat Clin Pract Rheumatol, vol. 3(8), 443-449. link> doi>
  • Roddy E, Zhang W, Doherty M, Arden NK, Barlow J, Birrell F, Carr A, Chakravarty K, Dickson J, Hay E, Hosie G, Hurley M, Jordan KM, McCarthy C, McMurdo M, Mockett S, O'Reilly S, Peat G, Pendleton A, Richards S. 2006. Evidence-based clinical guidelines: a new system to better determine true strength of recommendation. J Eval Clin Pract, vol. 12(3), 347-352. link> doi>
  • Roddy E and Doherty M. 2006. Changing lifestyles and osteoarthritis: weight reduction, activity, physical therapy and footwear: what is the evidence?. Best Pract Clin Res Rheumatol, vol. 20, 81-97.
  • Zhang W, Doherty M, Bardin T, Pascual E, Barskova V, Conaghan P, Gerster J, Jacobs J, Leeb B, Liote F, McCarthy G, Netter P, Nuki G, Perez-Ruiz F, Pignone A, Pimentao J, Punzi L, Roddy E, Uhlig T, Zimmerman-Gorska I. 2006. EULAR evidence based recommendations for gout. Part II: Management. Report of a task force of the EULAR Standing for International Clinical Studies Including Therapeutics (ESCISIT). Ann Rheum Dis, vol. 65, 1312-24.
  • Roddy E, Zhang W, Doherty M. 2005. Aerobic walking or strengthening exercise for osteoarthritis of the knee? A systematic review. Ann Rheum Dis, vol. 64, 544-548.
  • Roddy E, Zhang W, Doherty M, Arden NK, Barlow J, Birrell F, Carr A, Chakravarty K, Dickson J, Hay E, Hosie G, Hurley M, Jordan KM, McCarthy C, McMurdo M, Mockett S, O'Reilly S, Peat G, Pendleton A, Richards S. 2005. Evidence-based recommendations for the role of exercise in the management of osteoarthritis of the hip or knee--the MOVE consensus. Rheumatology (Oxford), vol. 44(1), 67-73. link> doi>
  • Roddy E, Zhang W, Doherty M. 2005. Home based exercise for osteoarthritis. Ann Rheum Dis, vol. 64, 170-1.
  • Roddy E and Doherty M. 2003. Guidelines for the management of osteoarthritis published by the American College of Rheumatology and European League Against Rheumatism. Why are they so different?. Rheum Dis Clin N Am, vol. 29, 717-31.
  • Roddy E, Lim V, Fairbairn KJ, Pande I. 2003. Ruptured "Baker's-type cyst" of the arm - case study. Rheumatol, vol. 42, 704-5.
  • Roddy E and Jones EL. 2002. Hippocratic ideals are alive and well in the 21st century. BMJ, vol. 325, 496.
  • Roddy E, Courtney PA, Morris A. 2002. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in a patient with refractory dermatomyositis which had been treated with infliximab. Rheumatol, vol. 41, 1194-5.
  • Roddy E and Jones AC. 2002. Reactive arthritis associated with genital tract group A streptococcal infection. J Infect, vol. 45, 208-9.

Other

  • Clarson LE, Hider SL, Belcher J, Heneghan C, Roddy E, Mallen CD. 2013. GOUT IS AN INDEPENDENT RISK FACTOR FOR ALL TYPES OF VASCULAR DISEASE: A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY IN THE UK GENERAL PRACTICE RESEARCH DATABASE. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 52, pp. 38-39). link>
  • Chandratre PN, Roddy E, Clarson L, Richardson J, Hider S, Mallen C. 2013. HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN GOUT: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 52, p. 66). link> doi>
  • Thomas MJ, Moore A, Roddy E, Peat G. 2013. 'SOMEBODY TO SAY "COME ON, WE CAN SORT THIS"': A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF HEALTH-SEEKING IN OLDER ADULTS WITH SYMPTOMATIC FOOT OSTEOARTHRITIS. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 52, p. 124). link> doi>
  • Prudon B, Roddy E, Stradling JR, West SD. 2012. CPAP THERAPY DOES NOT REDUCE SERUM URIC ACID LEVELS IN OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNOEA. THORAX (vol. 67, pp. A182-A183). link> doi>
  • Roddy E, Muller S, Hayward R, Mallen C. 2012. THE ASSOCIATION OF GOUT WITH SLEEP DISORDERS AND SLEEP APNOEA: A CROSS-SECTIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY IN PRIMARY CARE. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 51, p. 111). link>
  • Zwierska I, Packham JC, Jordan KP, Roddy E. 2010. A COMPARISON OF CLINICAL CHRONIC WIDESPREAD PAIN (CWP) WITH PAIN MANIKIN DEFINED CWP IN PATIENTS REFERRED TO A CLINICAL ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT SERVICE (CATS). RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 49, p. I150). link>
  • Menz HB, Jordan KP, Roddy E, Croft PR. 2010. CHARACTERISTICS OF PRIMARY CARE CONSULTATIONS FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL FOOT AND ANKLE PROBLEMS. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 49, p. I148). link>
  • Stevenson K, Roddy E, Jordan K. 2010. CLINICIANS IN CLINICAL ASSESSMEMNT AND TREATMENT SERVICES (CATS): IS THERE CONSISTENCY ACROSS PROFESSIONS IN ASSESSMENT, DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT?. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 49, p. I142). link>
  • Menz HB, Jordan KP, Roddy E, Croft PR. 2010. Musculoskeletal foot problems in primary care: what influences older people to consult?. Rheumatology (Oxford) (vol. 49, pp. 2109-2116). link> doi>
  • Trivedi B, Marshall M, Roddy E. 2010. Radiographic definitions of foot osteoarthritis in population-based studies – a systemic search and narrative review. Rheumatology (vol. 49 (suppl. 1), p. I80). Oxford Univ Press.
  • Thomas MJ, Peat G, Roddy E. 2010. The population prevalence of foot and ankle pain over the age of 45 years: A systematic review. Rheumatology (vol. 49, p. I147). Oxford Univ Press. doi>
  • Roddy E, Zwierska I, Dawes P, Hider SL, Jordan KP, Packham J, Stevenson K, Hay E. 2010. WHO IS REFERRED TO MUSCULOSKELETAL CLINICAL ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT SERVICES AT THE PRIMARY-SECONDARY CARE INTERFACE? THE SAMBA STUDY. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 49, p. I24). link>
  • Roddy E, Mallen CD, Hider SL, Jordan KP. 2009. HOW IS ACUTE GOUT MANAGED IN PRIMARY CARE?. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 48, pp. I101-I102). link>
  • Roddy E, Mottram S, Thomas E. 2009. ONSET AND PERSISTENCE OF DISABLING FOOT PAIN IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 48, p. I127). link>
  • Packham JC, Roddy E, Jordan KP. 2009. PHYSICAL DISABILITY AND PAIN IN A PRIMARY CARE BASED COHORT OF OLDER PEOPLE WITH INFLAMMATORY AND NON-INFLAMMATORY MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 48, p. I128). link>
  • Cottrell E, Roddy E, Foster N. 2008. A systematic review of the attitudes, beliefs and behaviours of GPs regarding exercise for chronic knee pain. Oral presentation.
  • Roddy E, Zhang W, Doherty M. 2006. A survey of the management of gout in a primary care population. Oral presentation (Poster discussion) (vol. 45, p. i76). Oxford: Rheumatology.
  • Roddy E, Summers G, Chaudry Z. 2006. Follicular bronchiolitis, an unusual cause of haemoptysis in giant cell arteros.
  • Roddy E, Zhang W, Doherty M. 2006. Is nodal osteoarthritis more prevalent in subjects with gout than controls. Poster presented (vol. 65, p. 437). Ann Rheum Dis.
  • Roddy E, Zhang W, Doherty M. 2006. Prevalence and associations of hallux valgus in a primary care population. Poster presented (vol. 65, p. 403). Ann Rheum Dis.
  • Roddy E, Zhang W, Doherty M. 2006. Validation of a self-report instrument for assessment of hallux valgus. Poster presented (vol. 45, p. i119). Oxford: Rheumatology.
  • Roddy E, Zhang W, Doherty M. 2004. Aerobic walking or strengthening exercise for osteoarthritis of the knee? A systematic review. Oral presentation (vol. 63, p. 62). Ann Rheum Dis.
  • RODDY E, ZHANG W, DOHERTY M, ARDEN N, BARLOW J, BIRRELL F, CHAKRAVARTY K, DICKSON J, HAY E, HOSIE G, HURLEY M, JORDAN K, MCCARTHY C, MCMURDO M, MEAD J, MOCKETT S, NIXON J, O'REILLY S, PEAT G, PENDLETON A, RICHARDS S. 2004. Evidence-based recommendations for the role of exercise in the management of osteorarthritis (OA) of the hip or knee. Rheumatology.
  • Roddy E, Zhang W, Doherty M, Arden NK, Barlow J, Birrell F, Carr A, Chakravarty K, Dickson J, Hay E, Hosie G, Hurley M, Jordan KM, McCarthy C, McMurdo M, Mockett S, O'Reilly S, Peat G, Pendleton A, Richards S. 2004. Evidence-based recommendations for the role of exercise in the management of osteoarthrits of the hip or knee--the MOVE consensus. Poster presented (vol. 43, p. ii64). Oxford: Rheumatology.

I lead a 4-week “Quantitative Research Methods” Student Selected Component for Module III undergraduate medical students, and teach and examine throughout the five years of the undergraduate medical curriculum. I teach on the MSc Rheumatology Nursing, M level module “Musculoskeletal Management at the Interface”, and the Centre’s external course “Practical introduction to running randomised clinical trials”. I undertake clinical teaching for GPs, hospital physicians, podiatrists, physiotherapists, and Rheumatology specialist trainees. I also provide clinical educational supervision for Specialist Registrars in Rheumatology, and Core Medical and Foundation trainees.  

I currently serve on the British Society for Rheumatology’s Heberden Committee and the Development Committee for the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance (ARMA) Standards of Care for Gout.