Category: Neurological Rehabilitation

20 July 2025

Creating a tailored exercise pathway for people living with stroke

This week’s Lunch and Learn was delivered by Principal Research Fellow Dr Rachel Young of the School of Health and Social Care, who shared examples of how AWRC research and innovation are helping to improve access to physical activity for people living with stroke in Sheffield.

Living Well with a Health Condition Lunch and Learn Neurological Rehabilitation

11 June 2025

The challenges of integrating humanoid robots in stroke rehabilitation

Last week we were joined by Dr Hamed Pourfannan, Research Fellow in Cognitive Robotics, for a fascinating lunch and learn session which explored how robots might support stroke rehabilitation in the future.

AWRC Seminar Series Health Innovation Lunch and Learn Neurological Rehabilitation Technological and Digital Innovations

10 June 2025

The importance of co-design in developing socially assistive robots

Drawing on our IMACTIVE collaboration, Dr Daniele Magistro has written for The Conversation UK about how socially assistive robots can support older people at home to maintain their independence, relieving pressures on healthcare and social workers, and the importance of co-designing technologies with the populations they are intended to support.

Healthy and Active 100 Neurological Rehabilitation Technological and Digital Innovations

12 March 2025

AWRC publishes policy report on prevention and physical activity

Drawing on our innovative research, the report sets out how physical activity can help drive the UK Government’s prevention ambitions, reduce health inequalities, and support economic growth.

Healthy and Active 100 Living Well with a Health Condition Neurological Rehabilitation Training and Education Transforming Places

24 May 2023

Seminar: Developing Exercise Interventions to Optimise Neurological Rehabilitation

Hosted by the AWRC’s neurological rehabilitation research theme, this seminar explored technological solutions to the challenges surrounding exercise and physical activity for people living with a neurological impairment, including examples from co-design and clinical implementation studies.

AWRC Seminar Series Neurological Rehabilitation