Personal statement
Dr Craig Childs is a Teaching Fellow in Biomedical Engineering, with a background in mechanical and biomedical engineering and a doctorate in the application of implanted devices for assisting human movement. He teaches rigid body biomechanics to all levels, focussing on prosthetics, orthotics and sport rehabilitation applications. Dr Childs manages the department's Motek Forcelink CAREN facility, applying his expertise in use of technology (e.g. VR, IMUs) for upper and lower limb rehabilitation, with a particular interest in stability and cognitive load.
Professional activities
- Short-term Lower Limb Mechanics During Stair Descent and Downhill Gait in Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients
- Contributor
- 7/2017
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Projects
- Development of a process for investigating physiological changes in the lower limb following rehabilitation exercises, starting with the use of an exercise footstool.
- Robertson, Craig (Principal Investigator) Childs, Craig (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2018 - 01-Jan-2019
- Game development of a stability-based leaping activity for people with chronic ankle instability
- Forsyth, Lauren Emma (Principal Investigator) Childs, Craig (Principal Investigator)
- Assessing game difficulty and enjoyment for a leaping game using virtual reality
- 01-Jan-2018 - 01-Jan-2020
- BTG: Development of a visually immersive gait training system for use in the walking rehabilitation of stroke survivors combining the scientific disciplines of biomechanics and motor learning
- Kerr, Andy (Academic) Grealy, Madeleine (Academic) Stankovic, Vladimir (Academic) Murphy, Andrew James (Academic) Childs, Craig (Academic) Rowe, Philip (Academic)
- The installation of a CAREN (computer assisted rehabilitation environment) system within the Biomedical Engineering department offers the opportunity to develop specific rehabilitation applications for commercial exploitation and clinical research. Stroke survivors are one of the biggest users of rehabilitation services with around 1.1 million survivors in the UK. Walking is a high priority for this population but most do not recover independent walking. This project aims to combine expertise across the University along with a users’ panel of stroke survivors to co-produce a prototype gait training application ready for marketing, through an existing commercial partner, and suitable for clinical research.
- 03-Jan-2014 - 31-Jan-2014
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