Research Funded by Posture & Mobility Group In 2005

In 2005/6,  the R&D sub-committee offered funding to three studies.  The third study listed below is temporarily delayed.  Click on the links to read more.

Wheelchair mobility for people following stroke with perceptual problems.

(Dr David Punt, Faculty of Health (AHP), Leeds Metropolitan University)

Balancing manual wheelchair stability and ‘ tippiness’ for functional independence.
(Lynne Hills, Occupational Therapy, Spinal Cord Injury Centre, RNOH)

A study of the Biomechanics and Kinematics of Standing During Development and in Children with Cerebral Palsy. A three phase study.

(Alice Wintergold, Chailey Heritage Clinical Services, Rehabilitation Engineering Service)