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

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Alex Dickinson

Professor
Connect with Alex

Email: alex.dickinson@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor James Batchelor

Associate Dean International

Research interests

  • Public Health / Health Systems
  • Clinical Research Infastrcuture
  • Clinical Informatics / Health Infromatics
Connect with James

Email: J.Batchelor@soton.ac.uk

Dr Maggie Donovan-Hall

Associate Professor
Connect with Maggie

Email: mh699@soton.ac.uk

Professor Cheryl Metcalf

Head of School
Connect with Cheryl

Email: C.D.Metcalf@soton.ac.uk

Gary Wills PhD, CEng, FHEA, MIET

Research interests

  • Internet of Things (IoT),
  • Data Protection,
  • Information Assurance,
Connect with Gary

Email: gbw@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Professor Pete Worsley

Professor

Research interests

  • Skin and Soft Tissue Health
  • Bioengineering
  • Healthcare Technologies
Connect with Pete

Email: P.R.Worsley@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Institute for Life Sciences

We bring together interdisciplinary researchers with expertise across the themes of health and medicine, living systems, disruptive life technologies, and insights through data

Active Living

The Active Living research group aims to enable lifelong active living through enhancing movement and general health.

Bioengineering Group

We apply engineering principles to the fields of biology and healthcare.

Cyber Physical Systems

Our research within the cyber physical systems (CPS) Group involves the exploration and development of theoretical foundations, modelling and programming languages, engineering methods, design tools and system engineering applications.

Skin Sensing Research Group

Our research explores skin health and comfort using sensing technologies. We improve medical devices and wearable products to increase quality of life, patient safety and health outcomes.

Research outputs

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
ampscan: a lightweight Python package for shape analysis of prosthetics and orthotics
Joshua Steer, Oliver Stocks, Jack Parsons, Peter Worsley & Alexander Dickinson, 2020, The Journal of Open Source Software, 5(48)
DOI: 10.21105/joss.02060
Type: article