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A Step Change in LMIC Prosthetics Provision through Computer Aided Design, Actimetry and Database Technologies

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Alex Dickinson

Professor
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Other researchers

Professor James Batchelor

Associate Dean International

Research interests

  • Public Health / Health Systems
  • Clinical Research Infastrcuture
  • Clinical Informatics / Health Infromatics
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Email: [email protected]

Professor Maggie Donovan-Hall

Professor
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Professor Cheryl Metcalf

Head of School
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Gary Wills PhD, CEng, FHEA, MIET

Research interests

  • Internet of Things (IoT),
  • Data Protection,
  • Information Assurance,
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Email: [email protected]

Professor Pete Worsley

Professor

Research interests

  • Skin and Soft Tissue Health
  • Bioengineering
  • Healthcare Technologies
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Email: [email protected]

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Characterising residual limb morphology and prosthetic socket design based on expert clinician practice
Alexander Dickinson, Laura Diment, Robin Morris, Emily Pearson, Dominic Hannett & Joshua Steer, 2021, Prosthesis, 3(4), 280-299
DOI: 10.3390/prosthesis3040027
Type: article
A Personal respirator to improve protection for healthcare workers treating COVID-19 (PeRSo)
Paul Elkington, Alexander Dickinson, Mark Mavrogordato, Daniel Spencer, Richard Gillams, Antonio De Grazia, Sebastian Rosini, Diana Garay Baquero, Laura Diment, Nitin Mahobia, Alexandra Mant, Tom Baynham & Hywel Morgan, 2021, Frontiers in Medical Technology, 3(664259), 1-11
DOI: 10.3389/fmedt.2021.664259
Type: article
Ethical considerations and approaches for conducting clinical research studies related to prosthetics, orthotics and wheelchair technology in the low- and middle-income countries
Jan Andrysek, Michael Berthaume, David Boone, Sarah Chang, Nachiappan Chockalingam, Alexander Dickinson, Steve Gard, Carson Harte, Aoife Healy, Laurence Kenney, Cheryl Metcalf & Chantel Marie Ostler, 2021
Type: report
Selecting appropriate 3D scanning technologies for prosthetic socket design and transtibial residual limb shape characterisation
Alexander Dickinson, Margaret Donovan-Hall, Sisary Kheng, Ky Bou, Auntouch Tech, Joshua Steer, Cheryl Metcalf & Peter Worsley, 2020, Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics, 34(1), 33-43
DOI: 10.1097/JPO.0000000000000350
Type: article
Technology for monitoring everyday prosthesis use: a systematic review
Alix Chadwell, Laura Diment, Maria Encarnacion Mico Amigo, Dafne Morgado Ramirez, Alexander Dickinson, Malcolm Granat, Laurence Kenney, Sisary Kheng, Mohammad Sobuh, Robert Ssekitoleko & Peter Worsley, 2020, Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 17(1), 1-26
DOI: 10.1186/s12984-020-00711-4
Type: review