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Pain education within pre-registration courses, chronic pain, pain neuroscience education.

The Bath Institute for the Augmented Human is led by Prof Damien Coyle and Dr Ben Metcalfe, and brings together 60+ academics at Bath with expertise in neurotech, wearables/sensors, robotics, VR/AR, Virtual Digital Assistants, assistive communications devices, haptics, implantables, brain-computer interfaces. The Institute’s focus is on the development of technology to improve human physical and cognitive performance, in a safe and ethical manner, for societal benefit and ensuring no harm is done in the field.

My PhD thesis project focuses on non-invasive brain stimulation for treating Chronic Low Back Pain. Specifically, I am conducting a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) to evaluate the effects of an active physiotherapy program combined with transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on Pain, Resting State EEG activity, and an EMG biomarker: the Flexion Relaxation Phenomenon. Then we would also like to determine different low back pain phenotypes.

I am physiotherapist, lecturer and researcher with special interest in pain management especially low back pain management. My current research is aims to find out clinical effectiveness of mckenzie mechanical diagnosis and therapy for low back pain.

*Neuroscience, Infectious diseases, Environmental factors (light, air, etc) affecting health, Neurotechnology and neuroethics, Healthy Built environment design, Building Biology

My areas of research are in using non-invasive brain-computer interfaces for controlling robotic arms and using neurofeedback for treatment of psychological conditions. My work aims to create approaches for robotic arm control that are more intuitive for the user.

I work in neurostimulation device development. Disease modalities I’ve worked with include epilepsy, chronic pain, MSA, and TBI. Current work is looking for a biomarker of pain.

Inflammatory Back Pain

Musculoskeletal and Rheumatology conditions assessment and management

Advanced practice

Pain talk

My main research interests span the use of non-invasive methods to restore motor function and their impact on brain function. Current research fields include EEG-based neurofeedback, transcranial magnetic stimulation and biosignal processing (EEG, EMG).
I am currently completing a PhD investigating the effect of voluntary brain wave modulation on the brain-spinal cord communication pathway in healthy people and in spinal cord injury patients.