Caroline Stewart

Biography

Following my PhD in Bioengineering at Strathclyde University on ‘Swing Phase Control in the Trans-Femoral Amputee’, in 1995 I became a Bioengineer at the Orthotic Research & Locomotor Assessment Unit (ORLAU), Movement Analysis Service, based at The Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Oswestry. My role there includes:

Development of a musculoskeletal research programme
Provision of engineering support for clinical and technical research projects
Contribution of engineering expertise to the routine measurement and assessment of patients
Design and implementation of quality assurance tests
Teaching and training of clinical and technical staff
Overall management of ORLAU, including current services and future planning.

Following many years of collaboration between ORLAU and researchers at Keele University I became an Honorary Keele Research Fellow in 2010 and began a secondment to Keele for 1 day per week in 2013, collaborating with Prof Anand Pandyan and his colleagues in ISTM.

Research and scholarship

ISTM research theme: Healthcare technologies

My research is based at ORLAU, part of the RJ&AH Hospital in Oswestry, and in laboratories at the School of Health & Rehabilitation on Keele University campus.

My main interests include:

Understanding normal and pathological gait patterns
The use of orthotic devices during gait and in the treatment of contractures
Modelling the human musculoskeletal system
The treatment of gait disorders in cerebral palsy and other neurological, neuromuscular and orthopaedic conditions

Further information

Professional and Committee Work

Chair of Clinical Movement Analysis Service (CMAS) UK and Ireland 2004 – 2008
Chair of CMAS Standards Committee, 2008 – 2013
Member of teaching faculty European Society for Movement Analysis in Adults and Children (ESMAC) 2001 – 2012
Member of Editorial Board of Gait and Posture Journal 2007 – present
Member of Scientific Advisory Panel for Action Medical Research charity 2009 – 2013
Training Officer for NHS Modernising Scientific Careers Clinical Engineering training scheme 2012- present

Professional Membership

Member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (80010359) 1999 - present
Chartered Engineer 1999 - present
State Registered Clinical Scientist (CSO2158) 1999 - present
Member of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine 2013 – present
Chartered Scientist 2013 - present

Publications

School address:
School of Pharmacy and Bioengineering
Hornbeam Building
Keele University
Staffordshire
ST5 5BG

Research centre address:
School of Pharmacy and Bioengineering
Guy Hilton Research Centre
Thornburrow Drive
Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 7QB
Tel: +44 (0) 1782 674988

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