Research

Clinical practice at the clinic is informed by its own published research in socket design, tissue mechanics and applied biomechanics.

What We Study

Tissue mechanics
How soft tissue behaves under the loads a socket puts through it, which is what makes a socket comfortable or not.
Applied biomechanics
Forces and joint motion during walking, measured rather than estimated.
Motion analysis
Three dimensional capture of gait, used to judge whether a fitted device actually changes how a person moves.
Socket design
The work recognised by the Forchheimer Prize, on the interface between the residual limb and the device.

Forchheimer Prize, 2013
The most prestigious prize in prosthetics and orthotics, awarded by the International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics.
BLESMA Award, 2004
From ISPO UK NMS, in recognition of significant contribution to the development of the prosthetic socket.
Three Academic Books
On motion analysis systems and integrated approaches to 3D modelling, alongside patents, theses and prototypes.

2018
Improvement on upper limb body-powered prostheses (1921 to 2016): a systematic review
2017
Analysis of voluntary opening Ottobock Hook and Hosmer Hook for upper limb prosthetics: a preliminary study
2017
Analysis of interrelationships among voluntary and prosthetic leg joint parameters using cyclograms
2015
Comparison study of the prosthetics interface pressure profile of air splint socket and ICRC polypropylene socket for upper limb prosthetics
2014
Postural stability characteristics of transtibial amputees wearing different prosthetic foot types when standing on various support surfaces
2014
Development of microgripper using smart piezoelectric bimorphs
2012
The use of fiber Bragg grating sensors in biomechanics and rehabilitation applications: the state of the art and ongoing research topics