Carr, AndrewCooper, CushlaCampbell, MarionRees, JonathanMoser, JaneBeard, DavidFitzpatrick , RaymondGray, AlastairDawson, JillMurphy, JacquelineBruhn, HanneCooper, DavidRamsay, Craig2018-01-052018-01-052017-01-04Carr, A, Cooper, C, Campbell, M, Rees, J, Moser, J, Beard, D, Fitzpatrick , R, Gray, A, Dawson, J, Murphy, J, Bruhn, H, Cooper, D & Ramsay, C 2017, 'Effectiveness of open and arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (UKUFF) : a randomized controlled trial', The Bone & Joint Journal, vol. 99-B, no. 1, pp. 107-115. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.99B1.BJJ-2016-0424.R12049-4408ORCID: /0000-0003-4043-7349/work/84131466ORCID: /0000-0001-5386-4097/work/91892189http://hdl.handle.net/2164/9861The UKUFF study is funded by National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment programme (grant reference number 05/47/02). This study was supported by Oxford Surgical Intervention Trials Unit (SITU) and the Royal College of Surgeons Surgical Trials Initiative. UKUFF was also supported by the Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre and Biomedical Research Units. The authors would like to thank all participants for their involve- ment in the study and all the principal investigators and their teams at each of the UKUFF sites and to the British Elbow and Surgery Society (BESS). Inde- pendent members of the Trial Steering Committee were as follows: Professor Jane Blazeby (Chair), Ms Jo Gibson, Mr David Stanley, Dr Andrew Cook, Major General Dair Farrar-Hockley (patient and public representative) and Professor Jeremy Fairbank. Members of the independent Data Monitoring Committee were as follows: Professor Roger Emery (Chair), Dr Jeremy Lewis and Dr Richard Morris.The funding source had no role in the design and conduct of the study, in the collection, analysis and interpretation of the data, or in the preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript. No benefits in any form have been received or will be received from a commer- cial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article97820694259131964engR MedicineNational Institute for Health Research (NIHR)05/47/02RJournal article10.1302/0301-620X.99B1.BJJ-2016-0424.R1991