Clinicians & therapists

Belfast has opened what is described as the UK's first 24/7 thrombectomy service, giving stroke patients round-the-clock access to treatment. The regional service at the Royal Victoria Hospital has been operating since 14 September and was declared fully operational following a £5m investment. Thrombectomy is used to treat some strokes caused by a blood clot. [...]

Mild traumatic brain injury was linked to higher musculoskeletal injury risk among US service members, a study found. Researchers analysed 26,784 active-duty service members, including 13,392 who had experienced mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and 13,392 matched controls without mTBI. The hazard of a subsequent musculoskeletal injury was 2.24 times as high among those with [...]

Owen who arrived at Circle Rehabilitation in a wheelchair has walked out of the hospital completely unaided after an inspiring rehabilitation journey. Owen's life changed dramatically when he developed severe back pain while at work. Within hours, his mobility deteriorated rapidly, leaving him unable to lift his legs. After being admitted to hospital, he was [...]

Fractionated radiosurgery could offer a more effective way to treat large brain metastases after surgery, reducing the risk of recurrence and extending survival compared with a single treatment, a randomised trial has found. The randomised trial involved 242 patients with one to four brain metastases, including at least one tumour larger than two centimetres that [...]

Precision Neuroscience has raised $250m to expand its brain-computer interface, taking total funding to $430m since the company was founded in 2021.

US researchers have developed a smart shoe that automatically analyses how a person walks, a technology that someday could help monitor people with Parkinson’s disease, spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries and other movement disorders. The prototype counts steps, estimates calories burned and classifies movement without a rechargeable battery, generating electricity from the pressure and [...]

A nurse who began her career supporting young people in Nigeria has described how her journey to the UK and experience across specialist healthcare settings ultimately led her to Cygnet Paddocks, where she says she has found the “missing piece” of her nursing career. For Oluwatobi Olaojoyetan, known as Tobi, nursing has always been more [...]

By Rowan Morgan-Ruffley, RMR Rehabilitation Ltd In our previous article, we explored why RMR Rehabilitation developed a Medical-Legal Personal Trainer Framework and why greater clarity, governance and accountability are needed when Personal Trainers work within complex rehabilitation pathways. At the heart of RMR Rehabilitation, we are Personal Trainers. We believe appropriately qualified and experienced Personal [...]

A new MRI test for MS has cut diagnosis times and allowed patients to avoid lumbar punctures, researchers report. The scan adds around six minutes to a standard MRI and looks for a feature known as the central vein sign. During a rollout of the test, the average time to diagnosis fell from 5.6 months [...]

Dentists, GPs and other healthcare professionals are being offered training to help them recognise potential early signs of motor neurone disease (MND). The RACE to Diagnose programme will provide guidance to professionals who may encounter patients showing early signs of the illness. MND can be difficult to diagnose in its early stages, and it is [...]