Research
Current projects:
- Abdominal Functional Electrical Stimulation to reduce respiratory complications in spinal cord in acute tetraplegia (led by Dr Henrik Gollee)
- Clinical assessment of upper extremity performance in individuals with spinal cord injury using the LIFT System to deliver non-invasive electrical spinal stimulation (led by Dr Bethel Osuagwu)
- Early and intensive motor training (versus usual care) to enhance neurological recovery and function in people with spinal cord injury (SCI) (led by Claire Lincoln)
- Early diagnosis and intervention of osteoporosis using nanovibrational stimulation (led by Professor Stuart Reid)
- Electroencephalograph predictors of central neuropathic pain in subacute spinal cord injury (led by Dr Alexsandra Vuckovic)
- Heparin mimetics: Novel non-anticoagulant compounds to promote CNS repair (led by Prof Sue Barnett)
- Mechanisms of Neuropathic Pain after Spinal Cord Injury (led by Dr Mariel Purcell)
- Motor Conditioning to Enhance the Effect of Physical Therapy (led by Dr Alexsandra Vuckovic)
- Neurofeedback to improve spasticity after incomplete spinal cord injury (led by Dr Alexsandra Vuckovic)
- Pre-Clinical validation of clinical grade human olfactory mucosal (OM)-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) (led by Prof Sue Barnett)