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This project is a cluster of research studies investigating health benefits of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) -assisted exercise for physiological, biomechanical, functional (e.g. standing, walking and leg exercise) outcomes after spinal cord injury, stroke, head injury and other neurological conditions.
Exercise, Health and Performance Research Group
The Clinical Exercise and Rehabilitation Unit comprising a multi-disciplinary research team are conducting a cluster of research projects available to goal-seeking and talented postgraduate students into using computer-controlled Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) to recruit paralysed or paretic muscles of neurological patients. This assistive technology is combined with exercise therapy to allow the user to stand, step forward or even ride an exercise bicycle. The cluster of projects include:
In these cluster of projects, the main outcomes measured include physiological and biomechanical responses, biomedical engineering developments, functional outcomes and clinical outcomes to patients. As such, appropriately interested students would include those from the following disciplines: Exercise Physiology, Neuroscience, Biomechanics, Biomedical Engineering, Physiotherapy, and Medicine.
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Scholarships are not available from the research team, however, may be applied for.
The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is 3005