Canterbury Christ Church University
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Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU) is a dynamic university, supporting students to reach their full potential, gain an outstanding education and successfully go on to work or further study. It is continually investing in the student experience, with a £150m campus transformation that includes a major new centre for science, technology, health, engineering and medicine, and a new creative arts facility. The University is committed to delivering high quality research across its range of disciplines. The CCCU MOTION project team is an example of cross-discipline collaboration within the University, with the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Social Care and The Section of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences working together on the project.
The Faculty of Medicine, Health and Social Care at CCCU is a UK Higher Education leading provider of education to public services, specialising in health education, with strong links to healthcare services in Kent and Medway. It delivers world class programmes of learning, innovation and research in nursing, allied health professions – including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and speech and language therapy. It also provides bespoke training to meet the continuing development needs of healthcare professionals. It has state-of-the-art Skills Labs, which are multidisciplinary educational facilities for (clinical) skills training in health and social care, and students are supported by practice educators both at the University and on practice sites.
The Section of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences is a leading research department at CCCU. In collaboration with internal partners (Faculty of Medicine, Health and Social Care) and external partners (e.g. Department of Health, NHS, Public Health England, Sport England, Youth Sport Trust, ukactive, NIHR Stroke Research Network and Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme) the Section specialises in the delivery of exercise interventions to support health. The Section is recognised for applied and impactful research which has been externally funded, and delivered in the state-of-the-art laboratories at CCCU. The Section also has a large Undergraduate, postgraduate student and alumni network within and beyond the region of Kent. This extends internationally across the full portfolio of work undertaken by the Section.
Partner description
The Faculty of Medicine, Health and Social Care at CCCU is a UK Higher Education leading provider of education to public services, specialising in health education, with strong links to healthcare services in Kent and Medway. It delivers world class programmes of learning, innovation and research in nursing, allied health professions – including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and speech and language therapy. It also provides bespoke training to meet the continuing development needs of healthcare professionals. It has state-of-the-art Skills Labs, which are multidisciplinary educational facilities for (clinical) skills training in health and social care, and students are supported by practice educators both at the University and on practice sites.
The Section of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences is a leading research department at CCCU. In collaboration with internal partners (Faculty of Medicine, Health and Social Care) and external partners (e.g. Department of Health, NHS, Public Health England, Sport England, Youth Sport Trust, ukactive, NIHR Stroke Research Network and Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme) the Section specialises in the delivery of exercise interventions to support health. The Section is recognised for applied and impactful research which has been externally funded, and delivered in the state-of-the-art laboratories at CCCU. The Section also has a large Undergraduate, postgraduate student and alumni network within and beyond the region of Kent. This extends internationally across the full portfolio of work undertaken by the Section.
Partner description
Project role
The Canterbury Christ Church University team is leading Work Package 3: Feasibility of Transfer of Technology. They will be working with other UK partners to conduct normative laboratory tests with health children and children with C as well as pilot and feasibility studies of MOTION mechanised ankle-foot orthosis and exoskeleton technology with children with CP. Christ Church is also responsible for the conduct of a survey and interview with healthcare professionals and parents of children with CP to understand their knowledge, attitudes and experiences towards robotic Assistive Technology for rehabilation practice. Findings of this work will inform the design and delivery of training and 'Train the Trainer' programme for both groups to be able to engage with MOTION technology.
Project Team
Prof. Eleni Hatzidimitriadou 
Prof. Debra Towse |
Dr. Damian Coleman 
Andy Buttery |
Dr. Mathew Brown 
Nikki Price |
Joanna Apps 
Julie Taylor |
Markus Hunt |
