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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

Ethical considerations and approaches for conducting clinical research studies related to prosthetics, orthotics and wheelchair technology in the low- and middle-income countries
Jan Andrysek, Michael Berthaume, David Boone, Sarah Chang, Nachiappan Chockalingam, Alexander Dickinson, Steve Gard, Carson Harte, Aoife Healy, Laurence Kenney, Cheryl Metcalf & Chantel Marie Ostler, 2021
Type: report
Selecting appropriate 3D scanning technologies for prosthetic socket design and transtibial residual limb shape characterisation
Alexander Dickinson, Margaret Donovan-Hall, Sisary Kheng, Ky Bou, Auntouch Tech, Joshua Steer, Cheryl Metcalf & Peter Worsley, 2020, Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics, 34(1), 33-43
DOI: 10.1097/JPO.0000000000000350
Type: article
Technology for monitoring everyday prosthesis use: a systematic review
Alix Chadwell, Laura Diment, Maria Encarnacion Mico Amigo, Dafne Morgado Ramirez, Alexander Dickinson, Malcolm Granat, Laurence Kenney, Sisary Kheng, Mohammad Sobuh, Robert Ssekitoleko & Peter Worsley, 2020, Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 17(1), 1-26
DOI: 10.1186/s12984-020-00711-4
Type: review
ampscan: a lightweight Python package for shape analysis of prosthetics and orthotics
Joshua Steer, Oliver Stocks, Jack Parsons, Peter Worsley & Alexander Dickinson, 2020, The Journal of Open Source Software, 5(48)
DOI: 10.21105/joss.02060
Type: article
AmpScan: Open-source 3D scan shape analysis for prosthetics and orthotics
Joshua Steer, Peter Worsley, Oliver Stocks, Omar Animashaun & Alexander Dickinson, 2019, Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 43(1_Suppl)
Type: article
Towards real-time prediction of transtibial socket fit during the design process
Joshua Steer, Peter Worsley, Martin Browne & Alexander Dickinson, 2019, Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 43(1_Suppl)
DOI: https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/poia/43/1_suppl
Type: article
Technologies to enhance quality and access to prosthetics & orthotics: the importance of a multidisciplinary, user-centred approach
Alexander Dickinson, Margaret Donovan-Hall, Sisary Kheng, Stefanie Wiegand, Gary Wills, Chantel Ostler, Samedy Srors, Auntouch Tech, Malcolm Granat, Laurence Kenney, Pathik Pathak, Carson Harte, Peter Worsley & Cheryl Metcalf, 2019
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P0014
Type: report