Professor Tom Wainwright was recently invited to give his perspective on an article in Orthopedics Today. He was asked to comment on a new piece of research comparing outcomes for fast-track inpatient vs. outpatient total knee arthroplasties. Tom concluded that this piece of research strengthens the evidence base for fast-track outpatient knee arthroplasties but emphasised… Read more » about ORI’s Prof Tom Wainwright gives his perspective on outpatient knee arthroplasties
ORI is delighted to be featured in a new video released by BU that showcases some of the current research being undertaken at ORI. Projects featured in the video include updates on our studies aiming to improve outcomes for patients with hip arthritis and for those having hip replacement surgery.
Congratulations to Deputy Head of ORI, Prof Tom Wainwright, for a highly productive year as a Committee member of the International Surgical Wound Complications Advisory Panel (ISWCAP). ISWCAP’s mission is to reduce the occurrence of surgical wound complications across the world through advocacy, education, risk identification and improved clinical management. The organisation has over 1500… Read more » about ORI helping to reduce the occurrence of surgical wound complications
Two research projects involving ORI researchers were featured in the media last week. Professor Tom Wainwright spoke to the Mail on Sunday about the Orthopaedic Research Institute’s trial of cycling to help people with hip pain. To find out more about the CHAIN (Cycling against Hip pain) programme and the NIHR funded research CLEAT study… Read more » about ORI in the news!
Our Orthopaedic Research Institute (ORI) welcomed the Mayor of Bournemouth, Robert Lawton to our research facilities. The Mayor was hosted by Professor Rob Middleton and Professor Tom Wainwright on a tour to meet staff and learn more about the research conducted at ORI. Mayor Lawton was a participant in one of ORI’s research studies, funded… Read more » about ORI leading research to cure hip pain with exercise
Last month, ORI were delighted to feature in Bournemouth University’s “Research in action” campaign, that aims to showcase research projects that are impacting society. The University’s motto, to learn is to change, runs through all aspects of education, research, professional practice and public engagement, and means that when you join BU, you become part of… Read more » about ORI feature in Bournemouth University’s Research in action campaign
Tom Wainwright and Louise Burgess have published a review on the longer-term rehabilitation of patients following COVID-19 in the Fitness Professionals Ltd (FitPro) newsletter and blog. FitPro is the largest fitness development company in the world, with over 150,000 members in 84 countries, including personal trainers, nutritionists, and sports and exercise professionals. The review aims… Read more » about ORI publish FitPro blog on long-term recovery from COVID-19
ORI is pleased to announce that Professor Ian Swain and Associate Professor Tom Wainwright have been invited by the Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering to be guest editors for a “Special Collection on Assistive Technology for Osteoarthritis”. This Special Collection invites work from projects using a range of Assistive Technologies which place the… Read more » about Professor Ian Swain and Associate Professor Tom Wainwright to be guest editors on RATE edition “Special Collection on Assistive Technology for Osteoarthritis”
It is great to see that ORI has two articles amongst the top three most read articles on the Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies website over the last 6 months. Congratulations to Professor Ian Swain, on his review paper investigating the benefits of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) for drop foot and its interference with… Read more » about ORI has two articles amongst the top three most read articles on the Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies
ORI works internationally and offer support to visiting students and early career researchers in developing their research skills. During the summer of 2018, ORI supported a Spanish PhD student, Eduardo Martínez-Carbonell, who was in Bournemouth studying English. An outcome of this collaboration was a publication in BMC Geriatrics titled “Does aquatic exercise improve commonly reported… Read more » about ORI Research Features in a Popular Brazilian Magazine
