Devices for Dignity Archives

Evaluating a new neck support for people living with MND

10 June 201629 April 2022Sara Bolton3 Comments

Reading Time: 2 minutes We know that neck weakness can be a difficult symptom to manage in people with MND, and that the current offering of neck collars and supports do not always suit everyone. In order to come up with a solution to this, we are funding Dr Chris McDermott from the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN)…

Heading in the right direction: Sheffield Support Snood update

23 November 201528 April 2022Sara Bolton4 Comments

Reading Time: 3 minutes Update (February 2017): All sites are now closed and not recruiting for participants. If you would like to be added to a waiting list for the Sheffield Support Snood, please contact Lise Sproson. We are funding, together with the NIHR i4i (National Institute for Heath Research invention for innovation) programme, a research team in Sheffield who have developed a new type…