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Neuropathic pain study launched

Stoke Mandeville Spinal Research (SMSR), at the National Spinal Injuries Centre, Aylesbury, has announced that it will fund £8,964 towards a project that will use electroencephalograph (EEG) prediction techniques to determine whether a newly injured person with spinal cord injury (SCI) is likely to go on to suffer from central neuropathic pain (CNP).

The project is jointly funded by SMSR and the charity Spinal Research. Led by the University of Glasgow, and involving patients at the National Spinal Injuries Centre (NSIC), Stoke Mandeville, and the National Spinal Injuries Unit (NSIU), Glasgow. The two-year study aims to identify those patients who will go on to develop chronic neuropathic pain in the future and facilitate the development of preventative treatment as a result.
By |2024-07-04T17:46:48+01:0015 October 2020|News|
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Study targets UTIs in spinal cord injury

Stoke Mandeville Spinal Research (SMSR), at the National Spinal Injuries Centre in Aylesbury, has launched a new study into helping people living with spinal cord injury (SCI) who are prone to urinary tract infections (UTIs) by enabling them to self-administer treatment at home.

Researchers from Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, London, will study people with spinal cord injury who will administer antibiotic treatment in the comfort of their own home by instilling a solution via bladder catheters. The aim is to prevent the onset of urinary tract infections and help to minimise the risk of antibiotic resistance. Avoiding the morbidity of UTIs will enable SCI people to continue to work, study, and maintain a good social and family life.
By |2024-07-04T17:46:48+01:0015 October 2020|News|
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Stoke Mandeville launches landmark spinal injury study

Stoke Mandeville Spinal Research (SMSR) at the world-renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre in Aylesbury has announced it will fund over £128,000 for a pioneering new study into central neuropathic pain (CNP) in people with spinal cord injury (SCI). The funding is provided by SMSR and the charity Spinal Research. Led by St George's Hospital London, and involving the NSIC Stoke Mandeville, and the London Spinal Cord Injury Centre Stanmore, researchers will embark on a three-year project to explore the effectiveness of a procedure called cingulotomy, a minimally invasive surgical intervention that is able to locate and target a specific region of the brain with pinpoint accuracy, to help hinder overactive nerve pathways which regulate chronic pain in SCI individuals.

By |2024-07-04T17:46:49+01:008 October 2020|Research, News|
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Why assistive technology must be people-focused

NR Times caught up with the co-founder of access: technology north to find out its secret to getting people engaged with the tools they need to support them.

Around four years ago, when Mike Thrussell’s caseload of people with learning difficulties and disabilities needing support with assistive technologies began to grow, he went to his wife Kelly with a suggestion. At first Kelly, who has a background in teaching, was unsure. "I’ve worked with people with learning difficulties for years, and I’ve seen that other people’s experience with assistive technology hasn’t always been positive, so I wanted to approach this differently,” she says.
By |2024-07-04T17:59:17+01:007 October 2020|News, Interviews, Insight|
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Group therapy study calls out for participants

A new study is calling out for people with a TBI to help understand the benefits of group therapy.

MAPLES (Mood, Activity Participation, and Leisure Engagement Satisfaction) is a University of Cambridge study looking at whether two different sorts of therapeutic groups have benefits for people who have suffered a brain injury. A brain injury can affect activity levels, including socialising, leisure activities and gardening. There may be many different reasons for activity levels to drop, such as increased physical problems and tiredness, reduced enthusiasm, and problems getting to where the activity will take place. Not everybody has decreases in activity level after a brain injury.
By |2024-07-04T17:46:49+01:007 October 2020|News|
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Funding for game-changing brain device

Pioneering neurotechnology devlopers have received a US$2m boost to increase access to their portable brain scanning device.

HealthTech Connex, a Canadian medtech firm, developed the NeuroCatch Platform, a first-of-its-kind portable device that measures brain waves which was approved by Health Canada last year. It enables healthcare professionals to rapidly record brainwaves and output event-related potential (ERP) information (measured brain responses). ERPs have been used extensively by clinicians for many brain conditions and injuries such as concussions, dementia, Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis and PTSD, as well as for brain performance optimisation.
By |2024-07-04T17:46:49+01:007 October 2020|Tech & industry, News|
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Boost for project that uses music to support mental health

Blue Light Symphony Orchestra (BLSO), the UK's only orchestra for all emergency services personnel, has been awarded £10,000 funding from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund, distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund.

Covid-19 has given rise to an increase in mental health problems, not only in the general public, but also emergency service workers who are experiencing exceptionally increased levels of stress and anxiety. First responders need access to timely and relevant intervention but for many, finding words to express and process their emotions is difficult and the funding will be used to provide music therapy to overcome mental health issues.
By |2024-07-04T17:46:49+01:007 October 2020|Uncategorised, News|
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Home run for physical rehab tech

Johanna Perraudin speaks to French tech firm EzyGain about its mission to make physical rehabilitation more accessible.

Zineb Agoumi’s grandmother was the inspiration behind the launch of EzyGain in 2015. As her grandmother was often falling at home, she researched ways of practicing walking securely. She quickly noticed that most physical rehabilitation machines tended to be bulky, expensive and complex to use – and therefore the preserve of big health centres. Alternatively, there were simple treadmills which could not be adapted to every patient.
By |2024-07-04T17:46:49+01:006 October 2020|Tech & industry, News|
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The Curious Case Manager episode 4: Jane Kingston

In this edition of the Curious Case Manager Vicki talks to Jane Kingston, advocacy manager at ‘Connected Voices Advocacy’.

Jane provides an interesting overview of advocacy in the UK and outlines the role of the advocate in supporting clients to have a voice, access the services they need and to ensure their rights are upheld. Vicki and Jane discuss their collaboration on commissioning and providing specialist advocacy services for individual clients with neurological conditions and cover topics such as: the impact of the Mental Capacity Act, the ‘watching brief’ approach, the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, using an assets-based approach and the impact of the coronavirus crisis on working with clients in the community and in hospital settings.
By |2024-07-04T17:46:50+01:002 October 2020|News|
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Recovering from aphasia is marathon, not sprint, researchers say

New research has found that intensive therapy is not necessarily best when it comes to treating the loss of language and communication in early recovery after a stroke.

Published in the International Journal of Stroke, the research found that unlike physical and motor skill rehabilitation, recovering lost language caused by a condition known as aphasia after stroke is a marathon, not a sprint. It also showed that early intervention is crucial.
By |2024-07-04T17:46:50+01:001 October 2020|News|
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