Current Research
Within the three main themes of research, the areas of research currently underway at the School include the following:
Rehabilitation - measurement of efficacy, progression and outcome of acute and chronic conditions.
- Diabetic neuropathy: prevention and treatment of foot complications
- Musculo-skeletal conditions: rehabilitation of acute and chronic conditions
- Neurological conditions: mobility and rehabilitation
- Respiratory conditions
For project examples see: Research Projects
Promoting and maintaining a healthy active lifestyle.
- The effect of non-impact resistance exercises on patients with diabetic neuropathy: Acute responses and long- term adaptations
- Chronic respiratory conditions and the effects of early physical activity intervention
Evaluation of healthcare service delivery and development of professional practice
- aspects of perioperative provision, including service provision and management issues
- occupational theory and occupational science
- occupational therapy in practice
- the development of occupational therapy outcome measures
- enabling independence at the health/social interface
- service development
- communication in the healthcare setting
- practices and discourses of patient-centred care
- empowerment during patient-practitioner consultations
- physiological and psychological effects of cancer treatment
- imaging and radiation science
- predictive models of fatigue