A Dra. Rachel Stockley está compartilhando sua experiência com a criadora de Knitregen, Laura Salisbury, para ajudar o desenvolvimento de 'terapia vestível', na forma de fios de nano-estrutura inteligentes, para ajudar a reabilitar a reabilitação. O prefeito do Prêmio de Saúde do Programa de Entrepresamento de Londres. Difícil.
The start-up company, which is using a novel ‘bead’ that can be stitched into clothing and delivers timed impulses to stimulate muscles, has now won the Mayor of London’s Entrepreneur Programme Health Award.
Dr Stockley, UCLan Physiotherapist and Senior Research Fellow, said: “I’m absolutely delighted KnitRegen has won such a fantastic award as the competition was very strong. It’s great recognition for the fantastic work being undertaken as improving recovery of the arm, wrist and hand after stroke is a key priority for people after stroke however, providing enough rehabilitation is often difficult.
“Encontrar maneiras de aumentar a intensidade da reabilitação é uma das minhas principais áreas de interesse e pesquisa. Sabemos que a recuperação acontece 24 horas por dia, não apenas quando alguém está trabalhando diretamente com um terapeuta; portanto, produzindo uma roupa terapêutica que pode ser usada por longos períodos, o trabalho de Laura pode fazer uma diferença real para a recuperação de pessoas após o meio do ASSCOMOMO. Necessidade urgente e crescente de soluções de prevenção e recuperação. de pacientes e terapeutas e forma um bom ajuste com os objetivos da terapia e da prática clínica de rotina. ”
According to the latest figures for the UK, one stroke occurs every five minutes. Stroke incidence has more than doubled in low and middle-income countries in the last 30 years, indicating an urgent and growing need for prevention and recovery solutions.
Dr Stockley acts as the lead clinical advisor to KnitRegen. She said: “I provide information and context about the clinical problems experienced by people after stroke, give insights about the current rehabilitation practices, common aims of therapy and how technologies might be embedded into rehabilitation.
“This ensures that any technology addresses the key needs of both patients and therapists and forms a good fit with the aims of therapy and routine clinical practice.”
No ano passado, ela se tornou uma das primeiras fisioterapeutas do país a receber a bolsa de líderes futuros de pesquisa e inovação do Reino Unido. Sua pesquisa está explorando como as pessoas podem projetar, implementar e avaliar tecnologias digitais em assistência médica. alinhado e estavam ansiosos para trabalhar juntos. Além de fornecer a ela conselhos clínicos, aprendi muito; her work is strongly embedded in user centred design and so I was also able to learn about design principles and approaches which I plan to use in my own research.”
She said: “I’ve always been interested in working with people outside of health to find innovative ways to improve healthcare, in this case to increase the amount of rehabilitation for people with neurological problems like stroke.
“After a brief discussion with Laura, we realised that our work interests, although in different fields, were quite closely aligned and were keen to work together. As well as providing her with clinical advice, I’ve learnt a lot; her work is strongly embedded in user centred design and so I was also able to learn about design principles and approaches which I plan to use in my own research.”
Laura, who founded the wearable medtech company while completing a PhD at the Royal College of Art, added: “Rachel has been an invaluable source of support throughout the last few years that I have worked with her.
“We met at a lecture in London e viu rapidamente que nossas visões se alinham.
"O trabalho de Rachel apresenta uma direção futura inspiradora para a inovação para melhorar a vida daqueles com derrame. Sou grato por conhecê -la!”
