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Gloria's Experience

Date: 11/05/2021

Hi, my name is Gloria and I have been taking part in a hand arthritis public involvement study. My symptoms are reasonably mild compared to the others involved, but they still impinge on my daily life. It is mainly in damp weather when I get sharp pains and swelling.

Neri's Experience

Date: 14/06/2021

I have been suffering from osteoarthritis (OA) in both of my hands since I was in my early teens. Then I was finally diagnosed, here in the UK, when I was aged 40. I met Tina and Charlie in our Senior Saints Foundation exercise group when they came to talk about their project with us.

Charlie's Perspective

Date: 08/07/2022

Hello, I am an engineer/scientist working on research project developing a radically new type of implant to treat small-joint arthritis; this project is called APRICOT. I believe this new implant will transform the lives of people with arthritis. However, it will only do this if it has the best possible team behind it.

Tina's Perspective

Date: 08/07/2022

Hello, I am a postgraduate researcher in the School of Engineering at the University of Southampton. I started my PhD project, combining traditional computational modelling methods with public involvement, back in the autumn of 2020 but it was during my final-year undergraduate group project that I first came across public involvement.

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Date: 04/08/2022

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