Research Support

ABJHI has experience facilitating studies to evaluate bone and joint health technologies, medical procedures and health care service delivery.

ABJHI is currently providing research study teams with support for project management, statistical analysis, data interpretation and knowledge translation. Our close links with Alberta’s orthopaedic medicine, rehabilitative medicine and academic communities are valuable assets in research efforts.
All studies with which we are involved must have ethics approval through an application that is approved and prioritized by ABJHI.

ABJHI is currently providing support for the following studies:

Alberta Hip Improvement Project (HIP)

  • Principal Investigator and Lead: Dr. James MacKenzie
  • Co-investigators: Lauren Beaupré, Dr. Brian Burkart, Peter Faris, Deborah Marshall, Dr. Ed Masson, Dr. Greg O'Connor, Dr. James Powell, Dr. Jason Werle
  • Funding: Alberta Health Services, McCaig Institute for Bone & Joint Health, DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. (unrestricted research grant), Smith & Nephew (unrestricted research grant)

Resurfacing as an Alternative to Total Hip Arthroplasty

Knowledge Synthesis of the Causes and Rates of Early Failure

  • Principal Investigator: Deborah Marshall
  • Co-investigators: Cy Frank, Tom Noseworthy, Diane Lorenzetti
  • Knowledge Users: Greg O’Connor, Don Dick, Tracy Wasylak, Jason Werle
  • Funding: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canadian Arthritis Network Knowledge Translation and Exchange

A Decision Support Tool for Planning Integrated Sustainable Health Services for Patients with Osteoarthritis of the Hip and Knee

  • Principal Investigator: Deborah Marshall
  • Co-investigators: Cy Frank, Tom Noseworthy, Paul Rogers, Tom Rohleder, Mike Carter, Colleen Maxwell, Dianne Mosher, Sonia Vanderby
  • Funding: Canadian Institutes for Health Research and The Arthritis Society

The Long-term Pedibarographic Outcomes of Total Ankle Arthroplasty and Arthrodesis

  • Principal Investigator: Iain Russell
  • Co-investigators: Elizabeth Pedersen, Ian Le, Hugh Dougall
  • Funding: Alberta Arthroplasty Research Group

Cost-effectiveness and Safety of Bearing Surfaces for Resurfacing and Conventional Total Hip Replacement

  • Principal Investigator: Jason Werle
  • Co-investigators: Carla Rodrigues, Deborah Marshall, Peter Faris
  • Alberta Arthroplasty Research Group

Bone Mineral Density Changes after Cemented Total Knee Arthroplasty

  • Principal Investigator: Marcia Clark
  • Co-investigators: Lauren Beaupre, Sumit Majumdar, Robert Lambert, Ho Jen, Alexander Rezanoff
  • Alberta Arthroplasty Research Group