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A Step Change in LMIC Prosthetics Provision through Computer Aided Design, Actimetry and Database Technologies

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Alex Dickinson

Professor
Connect with Alex

Email: alex.dickinson@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor James Batchelor

Associate Dean International
Research interests
  • Public Health / Health Systems
  • Clinical Research Infastrcuture
  • Clinical Informatics / Health Infromatics
Connect with James

Email: J.Batchelor@soton.ac.uk

Professor Maggie Donovan-Hall

Professor
Connect with Maggie

Email: mh699@soton.ac.uk

Professor Cheryl Metcalf

Head of School
Connect with Cheryl

Email: C.D.Metcalf@soton.ac.uk

Gary Wills PhD, CEng, FHEA, MIET

Research interests
  • Internet of Things (IoT),
  • Data Protection,
  • Information Assurance,
Connect with Gary

Email: gbw@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Professor Pete Worsley

Professor
Research interests
  • Skin and Soft Tissue Health
  • Bioengineering
  • Healthcare Technologies
Connect with Pete

Email: P.R.Worsley@soton.ac.uk

Emeritus Professor Richard Oreffo DPhil DSc (Oxon) FMedSci FHEA FRSB FIOR

Research interests
  • Skeletal Regenerative MedicineSkeletal Stem Cells
Connect with Richard

Email: Richard.Oreffo@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Understanding maintenance, repair and replacement of prosthetic limbs using routinely-collected data: a retrospective study over three decades in Cambodia
Alex Dickinson, Lucy Gates, Cheryl Metcalf, Charlotte Owen, Sisary Kheng, Thearith Heang, Bunthoeun Sam, Carson Harte, Sam Simpson, Peter Worsley, Chantel Ostler, Maggie Donovan-Hall & Amos Channon, 2025, Journal of Global Health, 15, 4135
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.15.04135
Type: article
Evaluation of activity and function before and immediately after the provision of a microprocessor knee in individuals with transfemoral amputation
Silvia Caggiari, Tim Randell, Chantel Marie Ostler, Alex Dickinson & Pete Worsley, 2025, Prosthetics and Orthotics International
DOI: 10.1097/PXR.0000000000000449
Type: article
Insights into the spectrum of transtibial prosthetic socket design from expert clinicians and their digital records
A.S. Dickinson, J.W. Steer, C. Rossides, L.E. Diment, F.M. Mbithi, J.L. Bramley, D. Hannett, J. Blinova, Z. Tankard & P.R. Worsley, 2024, Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 5
DOI: 10.3389/fresc.2024.1354069
Type: article
Engaging multisector stakeholders to identify priorities for global health innovation, change and research
C.D. Metcalf, C. Ostler, P. Thor, S. Kheng, S. Srors, R. Sann, P. Worsley, L. Gates, M. Donovan-Hall, C. Harte & A. Dickinson, 2023, Disability and Rehabilitation
DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2023.2173313
Type: article
Exploring meaningful outcome domains of recovery following lower limb amputation and prosthetic rehabilitation
Chantel Marie Ostler, Maggie Donovan-Hall, Alex Dickinson & Cheryl Metcalf, 2022, Disability and Rehabilitation, 45(23), 3937–3950
DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2022.2138989
Type: article
Learning about the changing needs for prosthetics service provision from routinely collected digital centre management data: an exemplar study across three clinics in Cambodia
Alexander Dickinson, Lucy Gates, Cheryl Metcalf, Charlotte Owen, Sisary Kheng, Carson Harte, Bunthoeun Sam, Sam Simpson, Peter Worsley, Chantel, Marie Ostler, Maggie Donovan-Hall & Andrew Amos Channon, 2022, Journal of Global Health, 12, 4083
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.12.04083
Type: article
Activity, socket fit, comfort, and community participation in lower limb prosthesis-users: A Cambodian cohort study
Laura Diment, RaksmeyMutta Nguon, Sovansereyrathna Seng, Vannsnavy Sit, Ply Lors, Phearsa Thor, Samedy Srors, Sisary Kheng, Malcolm Granat, Margaret Donovan-Hall, Peter Worsley & Alexander Dickinson, 2022, Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 19(42)
DOI: 10.1186/s12984-022-01021-7
Type: article