Forward
Issue 3 | Autumn—Winter 2015
This issue of Translate focusses on the activities of the
newly formed Rehabilitation research group within Keele
University’s Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine (ISTM). This group has it roots in the School of
Health and Rehabilitation (one of the oldest physiotherapy schools in the UK), and has significantly grown in capacity over the last decade. For the first time, all the researchers in this group contributed to two of Keele’s
three most successful units of assessment (General Engineering and Allied Health Profession) in the research
assessment exercise—REF 2014. This issue of Translate
showcases some of the exciting translational “high impact” research being carried out within this ambitious research team.
bilitation Science. Congratulations to Dr Ed Chadwick for
leading the IPEM accreditation submission and also to
Mrs Humphreys for successfully launching the new BSc
(Hons) course.
As the population gets older and medical care gets better
the cost and burden of managing people with long term
disabling conditions is likely to continue increasing. The
research carried out at ISTM has the potential to substantially reduce both the cost and the burden associated with
such care.
Professor Anand Pandyan
Associate Director, ISTM
& member of the Rehabilitation Theme
In addition to the high quality research, the members of
this research theme contribute to the running of two important teaching programmes (i) an IPEM accredited MSc
in Biomedical Engineering and (ii) a BSc (Hons) in Reha-
Contents
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Long term results in novel surgery
Improving walking in children with
cerebral palsy
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Visualising blood flow
Working towards a clinical tool
using ultrasound
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Moving forward in partnership
Updating the clinical biomechanics
& movement lab
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Rehabilitation Science
Launches Innovative, new programme
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The Internet of Orthopaedics
Developing a faster and cheaper
alternative to fracture clinics
Spotlight
The people behind ISTM
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Global outlook
Developing closer ties with
Saudi Arabia
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Local outreach
Promoting research in the local
community
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Personalising rehabilitation
Computer models designing
personalised interventions
Published by the Institute for Science & Technology in Medicine, Keele University
Editor-in-Chief: Alicia El Haj | Managing Editor: Joseph Clarke
Issue contributors: Alison Aries, Dimitra Blana, Ed Chadwick, Helen Humphreys, Peter Ogrodnik, Anand Pandyan,
Mark Smith, Claire Stapleton and Caroline Stewart
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