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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 […]

  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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

About me I studied mechanical engineering at the University of Salford in the mid-1980s. Central Salford in those days was very different – the legendary Smiths were in their prime, the local coal mine was still operating, and the Salford docks (now the site of Media City) had just closed; there certainly were no trendy […]