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MCSI (THE MIDLAND CENTRE FOR SPINAL INJURIES) RESEARCH REPORT

 

Clinical Lead: Mr Joy Roy Chowdhury

Members of the Research Team: Dr K Wright, Dr S Owen, Dr Charlotte Hulme, Dr Heidi Fuller and Jayne Edwards (Research Nurse)

Clinical Support: Mr Aheed Osman, Mr Naveen Kumar and Mr S C Budithi

It has been another very busy and productive year for the MCSI (The Midland Centre for Spinal Injuries) research group, establishing new collaborations and moving research forward for Spinal Cord Injury.

We have been very fortunate to receive funding from external sponsors and  Orthopaedic Institute Charity.

We have seen further integration of clinical activity in the hospital and laboratory research programmes within the Centre the majority of which are national or international collaborative projects.

The completed projects have been presented in various national and international meetings, including the International Spinal Cord Society Annual Meetings.  The majority of these projects have been published in peer-reviewed journals.

Spinal Studies Projects

PAEDIATRIC SPINAL CORD INJURY AND LONG-TERM SOCIAL OUTCOMES

Dr Richa Kulshrestha, Mr J Chowdhury, Mr A Osman, Mr N Kumar, Mr Budhiti, Mr Jan Kupier, Emma Fosbrook, Julie Ferguson, Charlotte Perkins, Ellen Thompson.

Funded by the Orthopaedic Institute

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BIOMARKER DISCOVERY AND USE IN SPINAL CORD INJURY PATIENTS: IDENTIFYING NEW TREATMENT TARGETS AND MARKERS FOR PREDICTING CLINICAL OUTCOME

Jessica Fisher-Stokes, Sharon Owen, Charlotte Hulme, Mateus Bernardo-Harrington, Joy Chowdhury, Aheed Osman, Srinivasa Budithi, Naveen Kumar, Paul Cool and Karina Wright

Funded by the Orthopaedic Institute and the Midland Centre for Spinal Injuries (MCSI), Oswestry

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EUROPEAN MULTICENTER STUDY ABOUT SPINAL CORD INJURY (EMSCI)

Multi –centre  research collaboration for spinal cord injury.

Naveen Kumar (Principle Investigator), Joy Chowdhury, Aheed Osman, Mr S Budithi, Jayne Edwards (Research Nurse) Raj Gilla (Research Physiotherapist) and Amy Lewis (Physiotherapist).

Midland Centre for Spinal Injuries (MCSI), Oswestry.

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THE SPINE MICROBIOME STUDY: ARE BACTERIA IN THE INTERVERTEBRAL DISC INVOLVED IN THE PATHOLOGY OF SOME BACK PAIN PATIENTS?

Jade Perry, Birender Balain, Bernhard Tins, Sarfraz Ahmad, Phil Brown, Aashish Ghodke, & Sally Roberts (Co-I), in conjunction with Profs Frances Williams (PI) & Julian Marchesi (Co-I)

Funded by Versus Arthritis

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Pulsed Magnetic Stimulation-Managing Spasticity in Spinal Cord Injury (OsStim)

Andrew Roberts (Chief Investigator), Sarah Turner, Aheed Osman, Naveen Kumar, Joy Chowdhury, Jan Herman Kuiper, Anand Pandyan, Jayne Edwards, Lisa Burgess-Collins

Funded by the Orthopaedic Institute

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Are Primary Cilia involved in degeneration of the Intervertebral Disc?

Sharon Owen, Sue McGlashan*, Sarfraz Ahmad, Birender Balain, Shashank Chitgopkar, Neil Davidson, Sujay Dheerendra, Sudarshan Munigangaiah, Matthew Ockendon, Jayesh Trivedi and Sally Roberts *University of Auckland, New Zealand

Funded by the Orthopaedic Institute and Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Keele University

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RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE SPINAL CORD INDEPENDENCE MEASURE 4TH VERSION IN A MULTI-CULTURAL SET-UP

Aheed Osman (Principle Investigator), Naveen Kumar, Joy Chowdhury, Srinivasa Budithi and Pedro Silva

Midland Centre for Spinal Injuries (MCSI), Oswestry

Funding / Sponsor: RJAH

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EFFECT OF LACTOBACILLUS CASEI SHIROTA IN PREVENTING ANTIBIOTIC ASSOCIATED DIARRHOEA INCLUDING CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE ASSOCIATED DIARRHOEA IN PATIENTS WITH SPINAL CORD INJURIES: A MULTICENTRE RANDOMISED, DOUBLE-BLINDED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL.

Naveen Kumar (Principle Investigator), Joy Chowdhury, Aheed Osman, Theresa Garrett  (Research Nurse) and Jayne Edwards  (Research Nurse)

Midland Centre for Spinal Injuries (MCSI), Oswestry

Funding / Sponsor: Yakult Honsha Co Ltd (YHL)

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Developing a Cell Therapy delivery system for Chronic Wounds

Angus Armstrong Twigg, Mateus Bernardo Harrington, Naveen Kumar, Joy Chowdhury, Aheed Osman, Srinivasa Budithi and Karina Wright

Funded by Orthopaedic Institute

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