Christine Smith

Dr Christine Smith PhD

Interim Associate Dean Business & Enterprise, Health Wellbeing & Life Sciences


Summary

Christine is the Deputy Head of Allied Health Professions. Before joining SHU she was the Director for Sport, Exercise & Physiotherapy at the University of Salford. Prior to working in Higher Education she worked as a specialist physiotherapist in neurological rehabilitation and as Rehabilitation Co-ordinator in the NHS, where she established an integrated in-patient, out-patient and community rehabilitation service for people with complex disabilities. Her research interests are in the use rehabilitation technologies to promote recovery of sensory-motor function.

About

Christine is the Deputy Head of Allied Health Professions. Her prime responsibility within this role is the pre-registration programme portfolio.  Before joining SHU she was the Director for Sport, Exercise & Physiotherapy at the University of Salford.  Prior to working in Higher Education she worked as a specialist physiotherapist in neurological rehabilitation and as Rehabilitation Co-ordinator in the NHS, where she established an integrated in-patient, out-patient and community rehabilitation service for people with complex disabilities.  
 
Her research interests are in the use of technology to promote recovery of sensory-motor function.  Current projects are focused on the design and commercial development of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) devices to promote recovery of upper limb function.  Her PhD thesis focused on usability engineering in the design and usability engineering of a Functional Electrical Stimulation system for upper limb rehabilitation.

Teaching

College of Health, Wellbeing and Life Sciences

Physiotherapy

  • Design, evaluation and use of rehabilitation technologies
  • Functional Electrical Stimulation
  • Usability evaluation
  • Public involvement in research
  • Sensory-motor control
  • Neurological rehabilitation
  • Upper limb recovery
  • Vocational Rehabilitation
  • Service redesign

Research

Health and care technologies, prehabilitation and rehabilitation for people with complex health conditions

https://www.shu.ac.uk/advanced-wellbeing-research-centre

Publications

Journal articles

Church, G., Ali, A., Smith, C.L., Broom, D., & Sage, K. (2022). Examining clinical practice guidelines for exercise and physical activity as part of rehabilitation for people with stroke: a systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (3). http://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031707

Young, R., Smith, C., Sage, K., & Broom, D. (2021). Application of the nominal group technique to inform a co-design project on power assisted exercise equipment for people with stroke. Physiotherapy, 113 (Supp 1), e80-e81. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2021.10.049

Young, R., Sage, K., Broom, D., Broomfield, K., Church, G., & Smith, C. (2021). Using nominal group technique to advance power assisted exercise equipment for people with stroke. Research Involvement and Engagement, 7. http://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-021-00311-z

Church, G., Smith, C., Ali, A., & Sage, K. (2021). What Is Intensity and How Can It Benefit Exercise Intervention in People With Stroke? A Rapid Review. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences. http://doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2021.722668

Young, R., Broom, D., O’Brien, R., Sage, K., & Smith, C. (2021). Users’ experience of community-based power assisted exercise: a transition from NHS to third sector services. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 16 (1). http://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2021.1949899

Young, R., Broom, D., Sage, K., Crossland, K., & Smith, C. (2021). Experiences of venue based exercise interventions for people with stroke in the UK: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative research. Physiotherapy, 110, 5-14. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2019.06.001

Littler, B.K.M., Alessa, T., Dimitri, P., Smith, C., & de Witte, L. (2021). Reducing negative emotions in children using social robots: systematic review. Archives of Disease in Childhood, archdischild-2020. http://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2020-320721

Smith, C., Sun, M., Kenney, L., Howard, D., Luckie, H., Waring, K., ... Cotterill, S. (2019). A three-Site clinical feasibility study of a flexible functional electrical stimulation system to support functional task practice for upper limb recovery in people with stroke. Frontiers in Neurology, 10, 227. http://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2019.00227

Smith, C., Kenney, L., Howard, D., Waring, K., Sun, M., Luckie, H., ... Cotterill, S. (2018). Prediction of setup times for an advanced upper limb functional electrical stimulation system. Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering, 5. http://doi.org/10.1177/2055668318802561

Sun, M., Smith, C., Howard, D., Kenney, L., Luckie, H., Waring, K., ... Finn, S. (2018). FES-UPP: A Flexible Functional Electrical Stimulation System to Support Upper Limb Functional Activity Practice. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 12, 449. http://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2018.00449

Young, R., Richards, E., Darji, N., Velpula, S., Smith, C., Broom, D., & Goddard, S. (2018). Power assisted exercise for people with complex neurological impairment : a feasibility study. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 25 (6), 262-271. http://doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2018.25.6.262

Sun, M., Kenney, L., Smith, C., Waring, K., Luckie, H.M., Liu, A., & Howard, D. (2016). A novel method of using accelerometry for upper limb FES control. Medical Engineering & Physics, 38 (11), 1244-1250. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/39186/

Williamson, T., Kenney, L.P.J., Barker, A.T., Cooper, G., Good, T., Healey, J., ... Smith, C. (2015). Enhancing public involvement in assistive technology design research. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 10 (3), 258-265. http://doi.org/10.3109/17483107.2014.908247

Hutchins, S.W., Miller, K., Stallard, J., Woollam, P.J., & Smith, C. (2011). Feasibility study for a controllable orthotic knee joint. Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology, 6 (6), 536-545. http://doi.org/10.3109/17483107.2011.580901

Tresadern, P., Thies, S.B., Kenney, L.P.J., Howard, D., Smith, C., Rigby, J., & Goulermas, J.Y. (2009). Simulating acceleration from stereophotogrammetry for medical device design. Journal Of Biomechanical Engineering, 131 (6). http://doi.org/10.1115/1.3118771

Thies, S.B., Tresadern, P.A., Kenney, L.P.J., Smith, J., Howard, D., Goulermas, J.Y., ... Rigby, J. (2009). Movement variability in stroke patients and controls performing two upper limb functional tasks: a new assessment methodology. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 6 (2). http://doi.org/10.1186/1743-0003-6-2

Thies, S.B., Tresadern, P., Kenney, L.P.J., Howard, D., Goulermas, J.Y., Smith, C., & Rigby, J. (2007). Comparison of linear acceleration from three measurement systems during “reach & grasp”. Medical Engineering & Physics, 29 (9), 967-972. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.10.012

Sander, I., Roberts, D., Smith, C., Otto, O., & Wolff, R. (2006). Impact of method of immersion on the naturalness and impression of balance and reach activities. International Journal on Disability and Human Development, 5 (2). http://doi.org/10.1515/ijdhd.2006.5.2.163

Taylor, P., Mann, G., Esnouf, J., Luckie, H., Waring, K., McFadden, C., ... Kenney, L. (n.d.). A randomised controlled trial of an accelerometer triggered functional electrical stimulation device for recovery of upper limb function in chronic stroke – The REAcH project. International Journal of Stroke. http://doi.org/10.1111/ijs.12374_3

Tresadern, P.A., Thies, S.B., Kenney, L., Goulermas, J., Smith, C., Rigby, J., & Howard, D. (n.d.). Acceleration-based triggering of upper-limb FES using an artificial neural network. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.

Conference papers

Smith, C., Kenney, L., Howard, D., Sun, M., Luckie, H., Warking, K., ... Merson, E. (2017). The feasibility of using a novel functional electrical stimulation system (FES-UPP) in clinical environments, to support upper limb functional task practice following stroke. In UKIFESS, London, UK.

Smith, C., Kenney, L., Howard, D., Sun, M., Luckie, H., Waring, K., ... Merson, E. (2017). Factors affecting usage of a functional electrical stimulation system for upper limb rehabilitation. In AAATE Congress, Sheffield, UK.

Sun, M., Kenney, L., Howard, D., Smith, C., Waring, K., Luckie, H., ... Merson, E. (2017). The design of an advanced functional electrical simulation system (FES-UPP) for upper limb rehabilitation. In UKIFESS, London, UK.

Sun, M., Kenney, L., Smith, C., Waring, K., Luckie, H.M., & Howard, D. (2016). A flexible finite state controller for upper limb functional electrical stimulation. Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference of the International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/39055/

Taylor, P., Mann, G., Esnouf, J., Luckie, H.M., Waring, K., McFadden, C., ... Kenney, L.P.J. (2015). Accelerometer-triggered functional electrical stimulation for recovery of upper limb function in chronic stroke patients : A randomised trial. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/35403/

Sun, M., Howard, D., Kenney, L.P.J., Smith, C., Waring, K., & Luckie, H.M. (2015). Novel methods of using accelerometry for upper limb FES control conference paper. In 5th Conference of the International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society (IFESS) UK & Ireland Chapter : Stimulating Technology for the Future. International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society (IFESS): http://usir.salford.ac.uk/38022/

Cozens, J.A., Jackson, T., Henderson, K., Brough, S., Bhakta, B., Makower, S.G., ... Smith, C. (2013). A framework to aid adoption of automated rehabilitation devices into clinical practice: synthesising and Interpreting Language for Clinical Kinematics (SILCK). IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings], 2013, 6650403. http://doi.org/10.1109/icorr.2013.6650403

Smith, C., Kenney, L., Howard, D., Waring, K., Sun, M., & Hardiker, N.R. (2013). The relationship between impairment, functional ability, hand-arm task complexity and set-up difficulty for an Advanced FES Rehab Tool. In Fourth Conference of the UK and Ireland Chapter of the International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society (IFESSUKI). http://usir.salford.ac.uk/38962/

Smith, C., Kenney, L., Howard, D., Waring, K., Williamson, T., Taylor, P., & Batty, R. (2011). Eliciting therapists requirements to inform the design of an advanced FES rehabilitation tool. Proceedings of the 1st European Conference on Design 4 Health, 299-310. https://research.shu.ac.uk/design4health/2011-official-proceedings

Williamson, T., Ryan, J., Smith, C., Kenney, L., Howard, D., Cooper, G., ... Good, T. (2011). Public involvement in assistive technology research: evaluation of the impact of a user adviosry group on the design of FES for the lower limb. In Design4Health, Sheffield, Uk.

Smith, C., & Williamson, T. (2010). Gathering users views for the dsign of rehabilitation technology devices. In AAATE, Sheffield, UK.

Martin, R., Smith, C., Dodgeon, J., & Supyk, J. (2008). The realities of delivering IPE: the oasis in the desert. In Proceedings 1st International IPE Conference, Salford, UK.

Tresadern, P., Thies, S., Kenney, L., Goulermas, J., Smith, C., Rigby, J., & Howard, D. (2007). Tools for the design of upper limb FES systems for people with stroke. In Proceedings of the 12th World Congress of ISPO, Vancouver, Canada.

Thies, S.B., Tresadern, P., Kenney, L., Howard, D., Goulermas, Y., Smith, C., & Rigby, J.A. (2007). Use of an upper limb FES device for a drinking task: 2 case studies. In Porceeding of the 12th International FES Society Conference, Philadelphia.

Kousidou, S., Tsagarakis, N.G., Smith, C., & Caldwell, D.G. (2007). Task-Orientated Biofeedback System for the Rehabilitation of the Upper Limb. 2007 IEEE 10th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics. http://doi.org/10.1109/icorr.2007.4428453

Thies, S.B., Tresadern, P.A., Kenney, L., Howard, D., Goulermas, Y., Smith, C., & Rigby, J.A. (2006). A virtual sensor tool to simulate accelerometers for upper limb FES triggering. In Proceeding of the 5th World Congress Biomechanics, Munich, Germany.

Thies, S.B., Tresadern, P.A., Kenney, L., Howard, D., Goulermas, Y., Smith, C., & Rigby, J. (2006). Comparison of linear accelerations from three measurement systems during 'reach & grasp'. In Proceeding of the 9th International symposium on 3D analysis of human movement, Calenciennes, France.

Thies, S., Tresadern, P., Kenney, L., Howard, D., Smith, C., Rigby, J., & Goulermas, J. (2006). A practical assessment tool for repeatability of upper limb movement in stroke. In Royal Academy of Engineering Futures Meeting, Durham, Uk.

Kousidou, S., Tsagarakis, N., Caldwell, D.G., & Smith, C. Assistive Exoskeleton for Task Based Physiotherapy in 3-Dimensional Space. The First IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 2006. BioRob 2006. http://doi.org/10.1109/biorob.2006.1639097

Book chapters

Smith, C., Watson, A., & Connell, L. (2013). Neurological physiotherapy. In Tidy's Physiotherapy. (pp. 579-604). Elsevier: http://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-7020-4344-4.00026-2

Reports

Brettle, A.J., Brown, T.M., Hardiker, N.R., Radcliffe, J.N., & Smith, C. (2013). Telehealth: The effects on clinical outcomes, cost effectiveness and the patient experience: a systematic overview of the literature. Salford: University of Salford. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/29392/

Theses / Dissertations

Smith, C. (2015). Usability engineering in the design and evaluation of a functional electrical stimulation system for upper limb rehabilitation. (Doctoral thesis). http://usir.salford.ac.uk/36172/

Presentations

Sun, M., Howard, D., Kenney, L.P.J., Smith, C., Luckie, H.M., & Waring, K. (2016). A flexible control system of functional electrical stimulation (FES) for upper limb rehabilitation. Presented at: Medical Physics & Engineering Conference 2016

Posters

Sun, M., Howard, D., Kenney, L., Luckie, H., Waring, K., Williamson, T., ... Nolan, D. (2017). FES-UPP: an advanced functional electrical simulation system for upper limb rehabilitation. Presented at: STEM4Britain, London

Other activities

External reviewer for NIHR MRC UKRI funding bodies.

Postgraduate supervision

  • Health technology
  • Rehabilitation
  • Prehabilitation
  • Recovery of function
  • Usability evaluation of technologies
  • Clinical artificial intelligence
  • Functional Electrical Stimulation

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