Monthly Archives: December 2015

Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) and its applicability for major spine surgery

Tom Wainwright’s paper written in collaboration with Tikki Immins and Rob Middleton, titled “Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) and its applicability for major spine surgery” was accepted for publication in March 2016 in Best Practice & Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology.  Tom  is an expert in Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) pathways and has published widely. He is… Read more » about Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) and its applicability for major spine surgery

A Review of Virtual Reality Based Training Simulators for Orthopaedic Surgery

“A Review of Virtual Reality Based Training Simulators for Orthopaedic Surgery” was accepted for publication in November 2015 by Medical Engineering & Physics.  It was completed by Rob Middleton and Tom Wainwright in collaboration with Dr Neil Vaughan and Dr Venkitesh Dubey from the Faculty of Science of Technology, and follows successful presentations1 2 by the team on… Read more » about A Review of Virtual Reality Based Training Simulators for Orthopaedic Surgery

Patient and public involvement in research design

The article “More than just ticking a box … how patient and public involvement improved the research design and funding application for a project to evaluate a cycling intervention for hip osteoarthritis” has been published in Research Involvement and Engagement 2015, 1: 13. This paper was a collaboration between Bournemouth University Clinical Research Unit (BUCRU)… Read more » about Patient and public involvement in research design

Cycling against Hip PAIN (CHAIN)

Cycling against Hip PAIN (CHAIN) The CHAIN programme was a service delivered at Littledown and Pelham Park Leisure Centres in Bournemouth to promote the self-management of hip osteoarthritis. The aim of the programme was to reduce pain and encourage mobility through a six week programme of education and static cycling sessions, to equip participants with… Read more » about Cycling against Hip PAIN (CHAIN)