Report
Posture and Mobility Group (PMG) Project
In 2015, the PHC received funding from the Posture and Mobility Group to complete an exploratory study exploring scapula kinematics and shoulder girdle forces during manual wheelchair propulsion.
- Lead academic:
- Professor Vicky Tolfrey
- Additional academics:
- Dr Barry Mason
- Funder:
- Posture and Mobility Group (PMG)
This work involved an international, multi-disciplinary team of experts and has established methods to enable future work understanding how wheelchair configurations can be manipulated to prevent shoulder girdle pain and improve propulsive efficiency.
Subsequently, the PHC organised a patient and public engagement workshop with the support of the NCSEM and Higher Education Institute (HEI) challenge to explore how outcomes of the exploratory research could be implemented to support current practices around manual wheelchair configuration and shoulder health.