Our ongoing studies you can volunteer for
We want to understand whether a new form a physiotherapy could be effective for people with knee osteoarthritis who have not benefited from current physiotherapy treatment. This new form of physiotherapy aims to teach patients how to stand and move with less muscle tension in their knees and throughout their body. It also teaches patients […]
We plan to run a large study to to understand whether a new form a physiotherapy could be effective for people with knee osteoarthritis who have not benefited from current physiotherapy treatment. In this current study, we want to give physiotherapists the opporunity to practice delivering the treatment before they start the large study. This […]
People with asthma can experience breathing difficulties for two reasons. The first is that tubes to the lungs become narrowed and swollen – this is treated using inhalers. The second reason is that the muscles around the lungs are not working properly. For example, the diaphragm is a big flat muscle under the lungs (see […]
The aim of the study is to understand how people move when they run and why people run the way they do. If we can understand running in more depth, we can provide immediate feedback to people who may not have optimal postural control and muscle coordination which may put them at greater risk of […]
The aim of the study is to test a treatment known as “Cognitive Muscular TherapyTM (CMT)” for long-COVID. This technique has been used previously to treat longstanding knee pain and persistent back pain and we are trying to find out if it works to treat other conditions like long-COVID. The aim of the treatment is […]
The aim of this study is to compare two physiotherapy treatments for people who experience persistent low back pain. Many people with back pain have tried standard physiotherapy on the NHS and not experienced meaningful improvements in their pain. However, current approaches tend to focus on strength exercises and often don’t include psychological techniques, which […]