Research

  1. Acute and Chronic Ruptures of the Achilles Tendon
    European Textbook of Surgical Techniques and Traumatology
    Ian P Kelly, MCh, FRCSI, FRCS (Tr & Orth) & Michael Stephens MSc, FRCSI
  2. Patellofemoral Resurfacing: Routine Resurfacing and Clinical Results
    American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons
    The Arthritic Knee, CD-ROM
    Ian P Kelly, MCh, FRCSI, FRCS (Tr & Orth) & Thomas Parker Vail, MD.
  3. Avascular Necrosis of the Hallux Metatarsal
    Foot and Ankle Clinics of North America, 2000
    Mark E Easley MD and Ian P Kelly, MCh, FRCSI. FRCS (Tr & Orth)
  4. Treatment of Stage III Adult Acquired Flatfoot
    Foot and Ankle Clinics of North America, 2001
    Ian P Kelly, MCh, FRCSI. FRCS (Tr & Orth) & Mark E Easley MD.
  5. Treatment of Stage IV Adult Acquired Flatfoot
    Foot and Ankle Clinics of North America, 2001
    Ian P Kelly, MCh, FRCSI. FRCS (Tr & Orth) & James A Nunley, MD.
  6. Lower Limb Injuries
    Sports Emergencies – Management Scenarios, Churchill Livingstone, 2010
    MJ Shelly, IP Kelly

  1. Kelly IP, Fitzpatrick G, Fitzgibbon D, McCarthy JR, Moriarty DC
    Intrathecal Morphine – The Influence of Volume of Injectate
    Irish Journal of Medical Science, 1989
  2. Kelly IP, Attwood SEA, Hederman WP, Fitzpatrick JM
    Laparoscopic Repair of a Spigelian Hernia
    Journal for Minimally Invasive Therapy, 1992
  3. Kelly IP, Attwood SEA, MacGowan S, Hurley J, Corrigan TP, Wood A
    Thoraco-Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Replacement Using Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest
    Irish Journal of Medical Science, 1993
  4. Attwood SEA, Kelly IP, O’Connell PR, Corrigan T
    Laparoscopic Mobilisation and Exteriorization for Minimally Invasive Small Bowel Resection
    British Journal of Surgery, 1993
  5. Kelly IP, Attwood SEA, Quinlan W, Fox MJ
    The Management of Impalement Injury
    Injury – International Journal of the Care of the Injured, 1995
  6. Mulcahy D., Kelly IP, O’Brien T
    Transverse Divergent Dislocation of the Elbow
    International Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, 1995
  7. Kelly IP, O’Byrne JM., Lawlor E., McManus F
    Malleable Splints in the Neonatal Management of Clubfoot
    The Foot – International Journal of Clinical Foot Science, 1996
  8. Kelly IP, O’Byrne J, Mulcahy D, Stephen M
    Surgical Correction of a Simian Foot
    Foot & Ankle International, 1996
  9. Kelly IP, Cunney RJ, Smyth EG, Colville J
    The Management of Human Bite Injuries to the Hand
    Injury – International Journal of the Care of the Injured, 1996
  10. Kelly IP, Synnott K, McElwain JP
    Extraction of a Broken Solid Tibial Nail
    The Irish Journal of Orthopaedics & Trauma, 1997
  11. Synnott K, Kelly IP, McElwain JP.
    Outcome Post Magnuson-Stack Stabilisation for Recurrent Anterior Stabilisation of the Shoulder
    The Irish Journal of Orthopaedics & Trauma, 1997
  12. Kelly IP, O’Regan M, Jenkinson A, O’Brien T
    The Quality Assessment of Walking In Cerebral Palsy
    Gait & Posture, 1997
  13. O’Byrne J, Kelly IP, Kennedy A, Jenkinson A, O’Brien T
    Surgical Correction of Genu Recurvatum in Cerebral Palsy
    Journal of the Irish Colleges of Physicians & Surgeons, 1997
  14. Kelly IP, Jenkinson A, Stephens M, O’Brien T
    The Kinematic Patterns of Toe-Walkers
    Journal of Paediatric Orthopaedics, 1997
  15. Poynton AR, Kelly IP, O’Rourke SK
    Fractures Of The Capitellum – A comparison of two fixation methods.
    Injury – International Journal of the Care of the Injured, 1998
  16. Easley ME, Kelly IP
    Avascular Necrosis of the Hallux Metatarsal Head
    Foot Ankle Clin. 2000
  17. Kelly IP, Glissen RR, Fink C, Easley ME, Nunley JA
    Intramedullary Screw Fixation of Jones Fractures
    Foot Ankle Int. 2001
  18. Dastgir N, Corrigan J, Kelly IP
    Fibrous Dysplasia of a Third Toe
    The Foot, 2003
  19. Fleming P, Rice JJ, Kelly IP, Stephens M
    Resection of Talocalcaneal Coalition – the Effect on Subtalar Joint Movements
    Foot & Ankle Surgery, 2004
  20. Deasy C, Murphy D, McMahon GC, Kelly IP
    Ankle Fractures: Emergency Department Management – is there room for improvement?
    Eur J Emerg Med. 2005
  21. Butt AJ, McCarthy T, Kelly IP, Glynn T, McCoy G
    Sciatic nerve palsy secondary to postoperative haematoma in primary total hip replacement
    J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2005
  22. McDermott C, Quinlan JF, Kelly IP
    Trampoline Injuries in Children
    J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2006
  23. Quinlan JF, Sharafeldin, Kelly IP
    Locking Plate Fixation of Fractures of the Proximal Humerus
    European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology – 2008
  24. Hurson C, Kashir A, Flavin R, Kelly IP
    Routine Patellar Resurfacing using an Inset Patellar Technique
    International Orthopaedics (SICOT) (2010)
  25. A Al Khudairy, E Timpo, P Moroney, IP Kelly
    Surgical Repair of the Achilles Tendon using a Posterolateral Paramedian Incision
    Injury Extra 42 (2011) 95-169 2B.26. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2011.06.346
  26. Green C, Donnelly M, Kelly IP
    An Inconvenient Truth: Treatment of Displaced Paediatric Supracondylar Humeral Fractures
    The Surgeon, 2012
  27. Magill P, Quinlan JF, Kelly IP
    Spinal Fracture in an 18 year old Rugby Player
    Irish Medical Journal, 2012
  28. Khudairy AA, Hirpara KM, Kelly IP, Quinlan JF
    Conservative treatment of the distal radius fracture using thermoplastic splint: pilot study results
    European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology 2013
  29. Merchant R, Kelly IP, Quinlan J
    Fractures of Uncemented Revision Femoral Stems in three Arthroplasty Patients: A Case Series with three different brands.
    Journal of Orthopaedic Case Reports 2014 Oct-Dec;4(4):12-15

The Quality Assessment of Walking in Cerebral Palsy
Thesis submitted: January 1997
Conferred: December 1997

The primary aim of intervention in cerebral palsy is to improve the quality of walking. However, we have no means of measuring this quality or its change following treatment. In this thesis I set out to develop a quality score for walking which can objectively quantify quality and its change following intervention. I video recorded sixty children while walking, fifty five with spastic diplegia and five normal children and asked eight observers to grade the quality of their walking ability using an analogue scale. Having demonstrated the reliability of the scale, each child’s quality score was then compared with their sagittal plane kinematic data and their functional data. Balance, speed, range of motion and effort emerged as the key objective and measurable features which determine the quality of walking. These four features were weighted in a formula to equate with the quality scores. The formula was tested using the final twenty patients by comparing their predicted quality scores as derived from the formula with the actual quality scores as determined by the observers.

The quality score is now in use at the gait laboratory to give an objective numerical value for each child’s walking ability. Change following intervention and with growth can now be accurately and objectively quantified.

European Society for Movement Analysis in Children, 1995
Best Paper – The Quality Assessment of Walking in Cerebral Palsy
Kelly IP, Jenkinson A, O’Brien T
Enschede, Netherlands, October 1995

European Society for Movement Analysis in Children, 1996
Best Paper – Gait Analysis in Children who Toe-Walk (Joint Winner)
Kelly IP, Barry K, Jenkinson A, Stephens M, O’Brien T
Dublin, Ireland, September 1996

Irish Orthopaedic Association, 1994
Best Paper – Gait Analysis in Children who Toe-Walk
Kelly IP, Barry K, Jenkinson A, Stephens M, O’Brien T
Waterford, May 1994

Irish Paediatric Association, 1994
Best Paper – A Comparison Study of Two Management Strategies of Idiopathic Talipes Equino Varus
Kelly IP, Lawlor E, McManus F
Dublin, November 1994

Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital Residents Prize, 1995
Best paper – The Quality Assessment of Walking in Cerebral Palsy
Kelly IP, Jenkinson A, O’Brien T
Dublin, November 1995

President’s Prize – Royal Academy of Medicine, 1995
Best Paper – Subtotal Scapular Excision
Brannigan AE, Kelly IP, Colville J
Dublin, December 1995

Irish Orthopaedic Association, 2007
Best Paper – Should displaced supracondylar humeral fractures wait until the next available operative list?
Donnelly M, Green C, Kelly IP
Kilkenny, June 2007

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