This research has backing in the form of a grant, ethical approval and collaborations.
The research is funded by an EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) grant (EP/J008192/1) and a private donation from University of Southampton alumnus, Mike Russell.
The research is sponsored by University Hospital Southampton Research and Development and has been ethically approved by Southampton REC (Research Ethics Committee). It is additionally registered on the NIHR CRN (National Institute for Health Research, Clinical Research Network) portfolio.
We are also collaborating with another study, COASt (Clinical Outcomes in Arthroplasty Study) that is also being carried out at the University Hospital Southampton as well as the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford.