As we mentioned last week, the A.R.T. team are going to be introducing some of the key academic staff behind the project to give you an insight into the people involved. First off, Dr Ann-Marie Hughes from the University of Southampton.

Dr. Ann-Marie Hughes

BSc Chemistry, BSc Physiotherapy, MSc Information Systems, PhD Technologies for Stroke Rehabilitation.

I am a Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Health Sciences and also hold a Visiting Research Fellowship in the Faculty of Physical & Applied Science at the University.

Most of my research is cross disciplinary involving electronics & computer science, signal processing and health psychology. My PhD investigated re-educating upper limb movement post stroke using iterative learning control mediated by electrical stimulation.

Key Interests:

• The development, application and clinical effectiveness of novel technologies (Functional Electrical Stimulation, Rehabilitation robotics, Wii, and sensors) for rehabilitation
• Understanding health professionals, patients and carers perceptions of new technologies for rehabilitation
• Factors affecting home-based rehabilitation.

For more information about the Health Sciences Rehabilitation Technologies research team, please click here!