1. Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation Alliance (ABIRA)
Dr Nicola Hancock Lecturer &
Other ABIRA UEA team members:
Professor Valerie Pomeroy
Dr Celia Clarke
Dr Kath Mares
Dr Michael Grey
Dr Leif Johannsen
Dr Simon Horton
Dr Ciara Shiggins
Dr Fergus Gracey
Dr Stephanie Rossit
Elizabeth Chandler
….and multiple collaborators

2. Novel research methodology Personalising rehabilitation
What do we do?
Novel research methodology
Use sensitive measures of the biological mechanisms underlying behaviour
Determine how rehabilitation therapy works for the individual
Aid clinicians to make decisions for individuals and to target therapy
Personalising rehabilitation
Using our technologies to target
appropriate therapies
For example, to find the correct “dose” of Physiotherapy

3. Evidenced-based algorithms to aid clinical decision-making
Novel neuroscience-based co-designed technology
The ALLEX Board: ankle rehabilitation
FeSTivApp: for stroke rehabilitation exercises
90°
225
TDC
BDC
ViaTherapy: supporting clinical decision making in upper limb rehabilitation
U-PED: walking rehabilitation after stroke; collaborative design from concept to commercialisation

4. Assessing concussion at the pitch-side:
Dr Michael Grey, working with VirtualWare- visit the UEA booth for more information

5. Translational Neuroscience
Working with industrial partners
Examples include:
Engineers
App designers
Design Council UK
Rehabilitation technology companies
e.g. co-funded PhD investigating Virtual Reality for stroke rehabilitation, with VirtualWare
Translating neuroscience concepts to develop better assessments and deliver more effective treatments.

6. Lessons for device design in rehabilitation
The end is too late, we cannot “impose” technological solutions:
Adopt the three C’s of creative design solutions to optimise uptake: 6
End user?
Co-producer
Collaborator
Colleague