Matthew Costa
Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery
- Honorary Consultant Trauma Surgeon, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
Matt was appointed Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma, University of Oxford in 2015. He was previously Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedics at University of Warwick. Matt is also Honorary Consultant Trauma Surgeon at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
Matt's research interest is in clinical and cost effectiveness of musculoskeletal interventions and he is Chief Investigator for a series of randomised trials and associated studies supported by grants from the UK National Institute of Health Research. His work has been cited widely, and informs many guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
Recent publications
Association between surgeon experience, level of supervision, and outcomes after hip fracture.
Journal article
Goh EL. et al, (2026), Bone Jt Open, 7, 744 - 752
A qualitative exploration of the barriers and facilitators for engagement with a self-led biopsychosocial support tool, Pain Rehabilitation to Optimize Major Orthopaedic Trauma REcovery (PROMOTE), for patients with complex lower-limb orthopaedic trauma.
Journal article
Fordham B. et al, (2026), Bone Jt Open, 7, 724 - 732
Pain Rehabilitation to Optimize Major Orthopaedic Trauma REcovery (PROMOTE) compared with routine care : a multicentre, parallel-group, randomized feasibility trial with an embedded qualitative study.
Journal article
Fordham B. et al, (2026), Bone Joint J, 108-B, 818 - 826
Increasing mobility in hospital after hip fracture.
Journal article
Kearney RS. and Costa ML., (2026), The bone & joint journal, 108-B, 747 - 750
Negotiating research in the Emergency Department: a qualitative study of staff experience of the Distal Radius Acute Fracture Trial CAst versus SPlint (DRAFT3-CASP) RCT for distal radius fractures.
Journal article
Phelps EE. et al, (2026), Bone Jt Open, 7, 667 - 673
Musculoskeletal injury research in sub-Saharan Africa : a ten-year bibliometric analysis of research outputs from Malawi, South Africa, and Tanzania.
Journal article
Waters R. et al, (2026), Bone Jt Open, 7, 455 - 464
