Impact Acceleration Projects: Round 1
Co-designing Bespoke Driving Prosthetics to Restore Mobility and Independence for Upper and Lower Limb Amputees
PI: Dr Manuela Trejo, University of LeicesterThis project is developing bespoke driving prosthetics for upper and lower limb amputees using a high fidelity racing simulator rig.
Co-designing an e-textile solution (RehaSock) to support home-based stroke rehabilitation
PI: Dr Lulu Xu, Loughborough UniversityThis project is developing a smart e-textile sock (RehaSock) designed to support home-based stroke rehabilitation by monitoring lower-limb movement in an accessible, low-cost way.
Commercialisation and NHS adoption strategy for PoLance device
PI: Simon Castle-Green, University of NottinghamThis project is developing a gamified platform to benefit stroke patients and those at risk of falls.
Thermal Imaging for Musculoskeletal Assessment in Primary Care
PI: Dr Jack Parker, University of DerbyThis project is piloting thermal imaging as a low‑cost, portable diagnostic tool for assessing acute musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries in primary care.
Adapting Smart Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) Bra for Rehabilitation Monitoring in Breast Cancer Survivors
PI: Yang Wei, Nottingham Trent UniversityThis project explores adapting a smart Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) bra into a low‑cost wearable for continuous at‑home monitoring of breast cancer survivors.
Meta-Footwear for Rheumatoid Arthritis Foot Deformities (META-SHOES)
PI: Mahdi Bodaghi, Nottingham Trent UniversityMETASHOES is developing patient specific, 3Dprinted meta footwear for people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Real World Evaluation of i-Impact
PI: Dr Enya Daynes, UHL NHS TrustThis project will accelerate the adoption of i-Impact, a digital pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) programme designed to improve outcomes for people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
NIRA – Non Invasive Respiratory Assessment for Breathing Pattern Disorder
PI: Dr Sam Winter, Loughborough UniversityThis project is developing a smartphone based, non-invasive respiratory assessment system to support earlier and more accurate identification of Breathing Pattern Disorder (BrPD) — a common but often overlooked cause of breathlessness.
RehabAI: Towards Adaptive, Data-Driven Rehabilitation Planning
PI: Dr Isibor Kennedy Ihianle, Nottingham Trent UniversityRehabAI is developing an advanced decision‑support system that uses artificial intelligence to generate personalised rehabilitation plans for stroke, brain injury, and other neurological conditions.
Breath by Breath: Advancing Home-Based Respiratory Monitoring for Long Covid
PI: Dr Ricardo Correia, University of NottinghamBreath by Breath is accelerating two novel wearable sensing technologies, fibre‑optic respiratory sensing and capaciflector sensing, to support continuous, home‑based respiratory monitoring for people living with Long Covid.