Rehabilitation
Academic and research staff members:
The rehabilitation research programme has three primary objectives:
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To assess the effects of disability on activities of daily living and social functioning.
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To understand the scientific basis of specific rehabilitation interventions and assessments
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To evaluate rehabilitation services
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Assessing needs and developing services for people with chronic and progressive disability
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Interventions in neurological rehabilitation
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Fatiguing conditions and somatisation
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Assessment and management of feeding and swallowing difficulties in children and adults
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Assessment of functional communication by non-specialists and carers
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Development and evaluation of: rehabilitation outcome measures; specialist assistive technologies; community health; social services assessments
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Outcome and use of assistive technologies for disabled and/or older people