Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Christina is Professor of Rehabilitation Research in the School of Health Sciences. An occupational therapists by background her clinical career started in the UK where she specialised as a hand therapist. It was during her clinical work with peripheral nerve injuries that she became particularly interested in the assessment of hand sensibility and hand function. This led her to study full-time for a Masters in Rehabilitation Studies at Southampton University before joining the newly established undergraduate programme for occupational therapy and physiotherapy at UEA in 1992. She completed a PhD in 2002 on the clinical assessment of peripheral nerve injuries in the hand. Christina has held a Career Development Fellowship and Senior Research Fellowship from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) through which she has led research programmes aimed at improving outcomes for people with hand sensory disorders including carpal tunnel syndrome.
Christina is an NIHR Training Advocate and leads the Clinical Academic Careers East Hub (CLACEast) which manages the Health Education England regional internship and bridging scheme for nurses, midwifes and allied health professions.
Areas of Expertise
Occupational therapy; hand therapy; upper limb musculoskeletal rehabilitation; outcome measures; clinical trials
Research Group or Lab Membership
Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Group Lead
Career
Professional Qualifications and professional memberships
- Diploma of College of Occupational Therapists
- MSc in Rehabilitation Studies, Southampton University
- PhD University of East Anglia
- Member of the British Association of Hand Therapist
- Member of the British Association of Occupational Therapists
- Member of the Society for Rehabilitation Research
Key Research Interests
My research interests lie in the area of hand rehabilitation and the development of evidence-based approaches to clinical assessment and treatment of upper limb neuro-musculoskeletal disorders. Through strong collaborative partnerships with upper limb surgeons and therapists regionally, nationally and internationally a programme of research has been developed which is designed to address the following key questions:
- Which clinical tests and patient-rated outcome measures should be used in clinical trials of interventions for rehabilitation of upper extremity disorders?
- What is the feasibility, acceptability and efficacy of surgical and therapy interventions for specific disorders in the upper limb?
- How effective are existing surgical and hand therapy interventions in improving functioning and minimising disability in neuro-musculoskeletal disorders of the upper extremity
Recent projects completed include:
A multi-centre prospective cohort study to identify prognostic factors for successful outcome after a steroid injection and surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome and predictors of cost
Development and validation of a hand nerve disorder-specific patient-reported outcome measure (I-HaND)
A pilot randomised controlled trial of sensory relearning to improve tactile sensibility and hand function after carpal tunnel decompression
Grants/Funding
2023-2024 NIHR Research for Patient Benefit funded Core Outcome Set for Flexor Tendon Injuries (HaFTI-COS)
2019 - 2023 NIHR Health Technology Assessment funded trial on effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of surgical and non-surgical treatment for proximal phalanx shaft fractures (POINT trial)
2019 - 2023 NIHR Health Technology Assessment funded trial on digital nerve repair (NEON)
2013 - 2017 NIHR Senior Research Fellowship for 5 year programme entitled: Improving the clinical management of carpal tunnel syndrome’
2011 - A pilot study of the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of Multi-compartment Medication Devices , Health Technology Assessment
2009 - NIHR Career Development Fellowship for 3 year programme entitled: Enhancing sensory and motor recovery after carpal tunnel decompression
2007 - SCoRD trial (Splinting after Contracture Release for Dupuytren’s: pragmatic, multi-centre, randomized controlled trial) funded for 3 years by Action Medical Research charity
Research Group or Lab Membership
PhD supervision
Current PhD students:
Caroline Miller 'Development of a core outcome set for Traumatic Brachial Plexus Injuries' NIHR ICA CDRF
Previous PhD students:
2022 PhD Susan de Klerk 'The validity of the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) Questionnaire in Afrikaans for the Western Cape of South Africa' Stellenbosch University, SA
2019 PhD Leanne Miller 'The assessment and treatment of sub-acute hand oedema' NIHR ICA CDRF
2017 PhD Mark Ashwood 'Development and Validation of a condition-specific patient-reported outcome measures for hand nerve disorders: the I-HaND scale'
2015 PhD Rachel Chester 'Shoulder pain: prognostic factors for physiotherpay treatment' (NIHR Clinical Academic Doctoral Fellowship)
2011 MPhil Carol Payne ‘The assessment of outcome for musculoskeletal shoulder pain’
2010 PhD Elisabeth Candy ‘Adolescent back pain’
External Activities
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Editor in Chief Hand Therapy http://www.hth.sagepub.com/ - 1998 - to present
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Editorial Board member Journal of Hand Surgery (European) http://www.journals.sagepub.com/home/jhs/ 2017-20
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Board member NIHR RfPB East of England 2016-19
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Guest lecturer at the University of Lund ‘Masters in Hand Rehabilitation’ - 1996 to present
Network
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Repair of digital nerve injury
National Institute for Health and Care Research
1/10/19 → 30/11/24
Project: Research
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Development of a new NIHR application to Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) aiming to develop and test a stratified care pathway for the management of carpal tunnel syndrome based on the PALMS study which concludes December 2017
Jerosch-Herold, C. & Houghton, J.
Norfolk & Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
1/08/17 → 31/01/18
Project: Research
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Structural and cross-cultural validity of the Afrikaans for the Western Cape Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) questionnaire
de Klerk, S., Jerosch-Herold, C., Buchanan, H. & van Niekerk, L., 11 Jan 2023, In: Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes. 7, p. 1 1.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A pilot single-blind parallel randomised controlled trial comparing kinesiology tape to compression in the management of subacute hand oedema after trauma
Miller, L., Jerosch-Herold, C. & Shepstone, L., 26 Mar 2022, In: Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 8, 72.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Brachial plexus injury: living with uncertainty
Miller, C., Jerosch-Herold, C. & Cross, J., 18 Jun 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Disability and Rehabilitation.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How should interventions to treat hand oedema be delivered? An online Delphi Consensus Method
Miller, L. K., Jerosch-Herold, C. & Shepstone, L., 1 Jun 2022, In: Hand Therapy. 27, 2, p. 58-66 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A standard set for outcome measurement in patients with hand and wrist conditions: Consensus by the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement Hand and Wrist Working Group
Wouters, R. M., Jobi-Odeneye, A., de la Torre, A., Joseph, A., ICHOM Hand and Wrist Working Group & Hovius, S. E. R., Oct 2021, In: Journal of Hand Surgery - American Volume. 46, 10, p. 841-855.e7 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile14 Citations (Scopus)14 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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UEA Engagement Achievement Award
Jerosch-Herold, Christina (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume) (Journal)
Christina Jerosch-Herold (Editorial board member)
2017 → 2020Activity: Editorial work › Publication editorial role
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NIHR RfPB East of England (External organisation)
Christina Jerosch-Herold (Board Member)
2016 → 2019Activity: Membership › Industry panel or group
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Hand Therapy (Journal)
Christina Jerosch-Herold (Editor-in-Chief)
1998 → …Activity: Editorial work › Publication editorial role
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Lund University
Christina Jerosch-Herold (Visiting lecturer)
1996 → …Activity: Visiting an external institution › Research and teaching at external organisation