I am the Academic Director of the Global Disability Innovation Hub (https://www.disabilityinnovation.com) which was founded on the back of the London 2012 Paralympic Games – the most successful in the history of the Games. My role in Fit for Purpose is to explore user experiences and develop better prosthetic interfaces, including activity monitoring sensing. I […]
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We’re Looking for a Research Fellow to Join the Team!
The School of Energy and Electronic Engineering at the University of Portsmouth is looking for a highly motivated Research Fellow to work on the Fit for Purpose, Affordable Body-Powered Prostheses project. This is an opportunity to work on an exciting biomedical engineering project and implement your findings with experts in Uganda and Jordan, with direct benefits to […]
A Blog by Mohammad Sobuh: Use of Body-Worn Sensors in Prosthetics and Orthotics
My clinical experience is mainly in upper limb prosthetics and at the University of Jordan I train orthotic and prosthetic students on how to fabricate prostheses for all upper limb amputation levels. However, I have been always skeptical about the functional benefit of current devices, so the exciting early work in this project offers an […]
A Blog by Maggie Donovan-Hall: Fit-for-Purpose Prosthetics: Scoping to Help Meet the User’s Needs
My background is in health psychology and I currently work as an Associate Professor in the School of Health Sciences. I am interested in the psycho social issues related to rehabilitation and I have had a particular interest in the area of prosthetics and orthotics since completing my MSc back in 1999. My role […]
We’re looking for an engineer to join the team!
The School of Energy and Electronic Engineering at the University of Portsmouth is seeking to appoint an engineer to work with Peter Kyberd on the project. The role of the engineer in Portsmouth will be to look at exploring novel approaches to the technology, aiming to realise a step change in body powered prosthesis performance. […]
Trent International Prosthetics Symposium
We are around two weeks away from the Trent International Prosthetics Symposium and UK ISPO/BACPAR National Members Society Annual Scientific Meeting, being held at The Lowry, here in Salford. As one of the conference Chairs, life is pretty hectic just now, but thought it worth letting you know about the project-related work being presented. On […]
