Industrial Fellowships 2023
Stroke is a major cause of mortality and disability across the world, responsible for 6.5 million deaths worldwide. Around half of stroke survivors suffer from diminished touch sensation in their hand/arm and/or disabling muscle-stiffness (spasticity). Urgent and unmet patient need means treating these symptoms is of significant clinical importance, and technology-enabled techniques can help. Recently completed RAEng Fellowship project has developed novel non-invasive devices to reduce spasticity and improve touch sensation in stroke survivors, with promising results from early studies. To make these devices effective in real-world settings and ready for clinic/home use, this project, in collaboration with industrial partners, aims to gather systematic feedback from users, including patients, their carers and clinicians. This feedback will be combined with iterative evaluation and revision to improve each design and make the devices effective, bringing them one-step-closer to being market ready.
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