The Orthopaedic Research Institute (ORI) works across the university and with hospitals, industry partners and academia to produce high quality research and educational outputs that have a proven impact for patients, clinicians and society.
Professor Rob Middleton: Robotic technology in hip replacements
Bournemouth University Orthopaedic Research Institute GRAIL (Gait Real-Time Analysis Interactive Lab)
BUORI’s new GRAIL and Virtual Reality Training Simulators
Orthopaedic Research Institute Bournemouth University
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 »
“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 »
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 »
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 »
It was good news this week as 3 papers from the Orthopaedic Research Institute were accepted for publication. The articles demonstrate the diversity of research interests within ORI and also the collaborative nature of our work across the university. The first paper, accepted by Medical Engineering & Physics is a “A Review of Virtual Reality Based Training Simulators… Read more »
ORI Deputy Head Tom Wainwright was in Edinburgh yesterday to deliver a keynote presentation at the 5th annual conference of the ERAS Society UK. Tom was presenting some work completed in combination with colleagues in Scotland and Wales analysing the effect of national Enhanced Recovery after Surgery programmes on length of stay in a range… Read more »
Tom Wainwright, Associate Professor in Orthopedics and Deputy Head of ORI was invited to speak at the CoPMRE Twelfth Annual Symposium – Human Factors: reducing risk in healthcare on the 7th October 2015. The conference was a sell out and attracted a mixture of primary and secondary care doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, Trusts board members and academics. The conference… Read more »
Professor Middleton has been involved in the development of robotic surgery and the use of computer navigation in surgery since 1997 when he published a paper titled Active compliance in robotic surgery – the use of force control as a dynamic constraint. More recently Professor Middleton and his colleague Tom Wainwright have collaborated with colleagues from the… Read more »
This week Tom Wainwright was invited to be a keynote speaker at the Quality Improvement for Surgical Teams Conference hosted by Northumbria NHS Foundation Trust in Newcastle. To an audience of 240 surgeons, anaesthetists, nurses, and physiotherapists from across the UK, Tom was asked to present an update on his work coordinating the international ERAS… Read more »
BU’s new Orthopaedic Research Institute (ORI) was launched on Wednesday 14 October, at an event attended by researchers, health care practitioners and long-time supporters of Professor Rob Middleton and Associate Professor Tom Wainwright’s research. ORI will be formally open for business from Monday and already has a number of exciting projects to work on. Welcoming… Read more »
