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ProfHelen French

Associate Professor

School of Physiotherapy

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  • Associate Professor
    School of Physiotherapy
  • 01 4022258 (Work)
  • RCSI, School of Physiotherapy, 123 St Stephens Green, Dublin 2

RESEARCH OVERVIEW

Rehabilitation interventions for hip-related pain, including gluteal tendinopathy

Conservative management of osteoarthritis

Integrated care pathways in musculoskeletal conditions

Advanced Practice and musculoskeletal triage

GRANTS

  • FUNDED PROJECT
    Developing implementation strategies for delivery of equitable best practice management of osteoarthritis in primary care in Ireland: A participatory research study (ENACt-Equity)
    Health Research Board / HRB1 Oct 2026 - 30 Sep 2030
  • FUNDED PROJECT
    Digibio Clinical Champion
    RCSI26 Jun 2026 - 25 Jun 2029
  • FUNDED PROJECT
    Social PrEscribing integration in the Care Pathway for people with OsteoArthritis ( SPECs-OA)
    EU Horizon Europe1 Sep 2025 - 31 Aug 2027
  • FUNDED PROJECT
    Advancing Practice –impact of interface musculoskeletal triage embedded in integrated pathways on access to care, clinical and cost outcomes and potential for future implementation (MSK-ACCESS)
    Health Research Board / HRB1 Dec 2024 - 31 Aug 2027
  • FUNDED PROJECT
    Co-design of an online patient education resource for Gluteal Tendinopathy
    Health Research Board / HRB1 Dec 2024 - 30 Apr 2026
  • FUNDED PROJECT
    Professional Doctorate Programme
    RCSI1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2027
  • FUNDED PROJECT
    Better Osteoarthritis Care: Delivering education and training for primary care health professionals in Ireland
    Health Research Board / HRB5 Dec 2022 - 4 Oct 2024
  • FUNDED PROJECT
    Training load and injury risk in Schoolboys’ Rugby: the SCRUm cohort study Phase 2
    IRFU Charitable Trust (IRFUCT)2 Aug 2022 - 31 Dec 2025
  • FUNDED PROJECT
    Education and exercise for gluteal tendinopathy; a feasibility randomised controlled trial
    Health Research Board / HRB1 Dec 2021 - 31 May 2025
  • FUNDED PROJECT
    Musculoskeletal physiotherapy triage in Ireland: investigating prognostic factors, healthcare utilisation and clinical outcomes in people presenting with musculoskeletal pain in secondary care
    Irish Research Council IRC1 Sep 2021 - 31 Aug 2024
  • FUNDED PROJECT
    Development of a Model of Care for Osteoarthritis in Primary Care - a Mixed Methods Study
    Health Research Board / HRB1 Apr 2020 - 30 Sep 2025
  • FUNDED PROJECT
    Consumable Budget For External Funding Summer Studentships (Hrb, Wellcome Trust) 2019
    RCSI7 May 2019 - 31 Dec 2020
  • FUNDED PROJECT
    HRB Summer Student Scholarships 2019
    Health Research Board / HRB2 May 2019 - 13 Sep 2019
  • FUNDED PROJECT
    RCSI Research Summer School 2019
    RCSI12 Apr 2019 - 31 Jan 2022
  • GRANT
    Injury Surveillance of Schoolboys’ Level Rugby in Leinster – the SCRUm study
    IRFU Charitable Trust (IRFUCT)30 Jul 2018 - 24 Jan 2022
  • FUNDED PROJECT
    The use of eccentric exercises and topical glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) in the treatment of Achilles tendinopathy: a randomised placebo controlled trial
    Health Research Board / HRB6 Oct 2014 - 5 Oct 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Paul K,
    • Trevor D
  • FUNDED PROJECT
    Primary Care Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy in Ireland: A survey of current services
    3U Partnership / 3U1 Jan 2013 - 30 Nov 2016
  • GRANT
    The effectiveness of supervised exercise without and without manual therapy for hip osteoarthritis – a randomised controlled trial
    Health Research Board (Ireland)2 Oct 2006