Michael Mansfield is a Lecturer in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy in the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Birmingham. Michael’s research interests include the detection and interpretation of nociception and how this may influence or interact with function, disability and prognosis across a range of patient populations and diseases. Michael will develop … Continue reading “Michael Mansfield joined the School as a Lecturer in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy”
Author: Ali Khatibi
PPIE events-Summer and Autumn 2021
The CPR Spine PPIE Group meeting was held via Zoom on Friday 2nd July 2021. The meeting consisted of three presentations, each relating to a forthcoming grant application. Dr Alessio Gallina presented on ‘How do pain and movement influence each other?’, Dr Bernard Liew (a close collaborator from the University of Essex) presented on ‘Why … Continue reading “PPIE events-Summer and Autumn 2021”
CPR Spine publications in the first 6 months of 2021
Jiménez-Grande D, Martinez-Valdes E, Atashzar F, Falla D. Muscle network topology analysis for the classification of chronic neck pain based on EMG biomarkers extracted during walking. Plos One. Online ahead of print. Sanderson A, Wang SF, Elgueta Cancino E, Martinez Valdes E, Sanchis-Sanchez E, Liew B, Falla D. The effect of experimental and clinical musculoskeletal … Continue reading “CPR Spine publications in the first 6 months of 2021”
Research Fellow Edith Elgueta-Cancino is promoted to Lecturer
My career as a researcher has been influenced by my physiotherapy degree and clinical practice. The main emphasis of my research is to understand how chronic pain influences the control of the central nervous system or body movements and how exercise/training can influence such changes. In order to do so, I have used neurophysiological tools … Continue reading “Research Fellow Edith Elgueta-Cancino is promoted to Lecturer”
PGR Completions
Feras Alsultan has successfully passed his viva without any corrections on Wednesday, February 10, 2021. The title of his thesis was “Movement variability in people with neck pain disorders”. His supervisors were Professor Deborah Falla and Dr Nicola R. Heneghan. Nicola Middlebrook successfully defended her PhD entitled “Central Sensitisation in Musculoskeletal Trauma”. Her supervisors were … Continue reading “PGR Completions”
PhD Highlights: Pain Interference with Motor Learning in the Human Spinal Cord
By David Matthews, PhD student at CPR Spine Every day we are exposed to new challenges or have to adapt to new environments. Our propensity to learn complex skills is what sets us apart from much of the animal kingdom. In many cases, we are able to acquire multiple skills at once which compete for … Continue reading “PhD Highlights: Pain Interference with Motor Learning in the Human Spinal Cord”
Welcome!
Welcome to CPR Spine news and stories. Here we share news about CPR Spine, new members, graduate students, research highlights including highlights from our PGR student projects, new funding, future public engagement and conference events.