Tuesday 29th April 2025
9am – 5pm (registration 9-9.30am)
Crowne Plaza Hotel Birmingham NEC
Fully booked – but please still complete a registration form as a waiting list is in operation
(access to unpaid spaces from Mon 7th April 2025)
The FES Clinician Forum is an opportunity to hear and discuss the latest developments in clinical FES.
Who is the day for?
- Established FES clinicians
- New FES clinicians
- Clinicians considering training and setting up to offer FES treatment
- Researchers
The aim of the meeting is to promote discussion and the exchange of ideas in an informal setting.
Agenda*
|
Topic |
Speaker | Organisation | |
| 9:00 | Registration | ||
| 9:30 | Welcome & Introduction | Paul Taylor | OML |
| 9.55 | IFESS UK and Ireland Chapter Update
Techniques and technologies in Electrical Stimulation for Neuromuscular Rehabilitation A Randomised, Sham-Controlled, Remotely Conducted, Proof of Principle Study of Abdominal Functional Electrical Stimulation (ABFES) for Bowel Management in Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) |
Tamsyn Street | OML
NIHR portfolio trust research project |
| 10:20 | Can Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) reduce post-stroke spasticity in the upper limb? – A literature review | Rebecca Marshall | Mobility and Specialised Rehabilitation Centre, Northern General Hospital/Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust |
| 10:40 | Paediatric case study | Fiona Miles | Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| 11:00 | Break & OML Stands | ||
| 11:20 | NPD Updates from OML | Rob Batty | OML |
| 11:40 | Functional Electrical Stimulation in the Management of Crouch Gait in Children with Cerebral Palsy | Harriet Hughes | University of Plymouth/ Torbay Medical Research Fund and Torbay and South Devon NHS foundation trust |
| 12.00 | Functional Electrical Stimulation for Foor Drop: A Service Evaluation in Neuro- Outpatient Physiotherapy | Ellen Armitage | OUH NHS Foundation Trust/Oxhab |
| 12.20 | The effect of FES treatment on a range of outcome measures for patients with Multiple Sclerosis: a Service Evaluation | Amy Hafesji-Wade | United Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust |
| 12.40 | Amputees and Parkinson’s update + case study | Christine Singleton | Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| 1:00 | Lunch & OML stands | ||
| 1:40 | Posters and networking | ||
| 2:00 | Workshop 1
Choose from either: a) FES for foot drop: troubleshooting, tips and tricks b) Upper limb – NMES for the shoulder and using the new Microstim in function c) OML stands e.g. funding, customer services, NPD |
OML Clinic Team | |
| 3:15 | Break & OML stands | ||
| 3:30 | Workshop 2
Choose from either: a) Lower limb FES applications aside from drop foot b) Upper limb – NMES for the shoulder and using the new Microstim in function c) OML stands e.g. funding, customer services, NPD |
OML Clinic Team | |
| 5:00 | Close |
*subject to change
The meeting is £55.00 and includes a buffet lunch and refreshments. An invoice will be sent upon receipt of your registration form. Your place will be confirmed once payment has been received.
To reserve your place please click here for the registration form
Please click here to view our video from our 2023 event
Speaker Information:
Paul Taylor is Head of Research at the National Clinical FES Centre at Salisbury District Hospital, UK and visiting professor at Bournemouth University, Faculty of Health and Social Science. He is also co-founder and Clinical Director of Odstock Medical Limited, the NHS owned company set up by Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust to develop FES devices and clinical services. He is a Biomedical Engineer specialising in Functional Electrical stimulation (FES). His main area of work has been the development, clinical testing and service delivery for FES systems used to assist gait for people with dropped foot due to multiple sclerosis, stroke, spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s and other neurological conditions. He also has an interest in developing and accessing systems for upper limb training in stroke and spinal cord injury. Paul is president of the UK and Ireland chapter of the international FES Society.
Dr Tamsyn Street is an NHS interdisciplinary researcher at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust with a background in motor neurorehabilitation. She is interested in bridging the gap between research and clinical practice and improving patient access to evidence-based interventions. Dr Street’s research interests include the use of electrical stimulation technologies for improving motor neurorehabilitation, neurogenic bowel, bladder, sexual functioning and respiratory functioning. Dr Street is also interested in exploring the underlying mechanisms of electrical stimulation to optimise outcomes for patients.
Rebecca Marshall qualified with a BSc (Hons) in physiotherapy from the University of Southampton in 2001. She has since gained a wide range of experience working as a physiotherapist at hospitals in both London and Edinburgh. In 2015 she joined the Sheffield FES Service where she is involved with delivering both the lower and upper limb FES services.
Rebecca also works in research and has recently been involved in a study investigating the feasibility of home use of a Brain Computer Interface (BCI) – FES system. She is also currently involved in a Sheffield-based research project (SHAPES) investigating the effect of a novel form of electrical stimulation on post-stroke spasticity.
Harriet Hughes is a Specialist Children’s Neuro Physiotherapist at Torbay Hospital and a Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Plymouth. With a passion for improving mobility and quality of life in children with neurological conditions, her research focuses on children with cerebral palsy and crouch gait, exploring innovative rehabilitation techniques.
Harriet has a specialist interest in functional electrical stimulation (FES), investigating its potential to enhance movement and muscle function in young patients. Her work bridges clinical practice and academic research, aiming to develop evidence-based interventions that support children in achieving greater independence
Ellen Armitage has over 17 years’ experience as a neuro physiotherapist. During last 7- years I have enjoyed expanding my clinical skills in the use of functional electrical stimulation, in the application, set up and review of the ODFS.
I also relished the challenge in co-leading the design, implementation and evaluation of using FES for foot drop in a Neuro-Outpatient service. In 2021, I completed a service evaluation of Functional Electrical Stimulation for Foot Drop in Neuro- Outpatient Physiotherapy, at the Oxford Centre for Enablement.
Christine Singleton
Consultant therapist (Physio) & Service Lead for Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) clinic (1995 – present) providing treatment for 1000s of patients with long term neurological conditions
Active researcher into the use of FES for neurological patients (1995 – present
Project Manager for Rehabilitation Services (2014- present)
Clinical Lead for the West Midlands Rehabilitation Services 2008-2012
A member of the steering group delivering the National MS audits (2006, 2008 & 2011) and Clinical Guidelines for FES (2021-22). Project Manager for West Midlands Spasticity Network 2004-14
Educate and support clinicians nationally and present on FES at the World Conferences
Founder member of Therapists in Multiple Sclerosis (TiMS) in 2004 and FES Applications in Rehabilitation FESAiR in 2005 – an international partnership
Lecturer/trainer and Clinical Lead for the Regional FES clinic at the West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre (B’ham) since 2002
Masters degree in Healthcare Sciences – Research (B’ham 2002)
Private Physiotherapy Practitioner since 2000
Clinical experience in the field of neurology since 1990 establishing FES clinics in Birmingham UK in 1995 & 2002.
Qualified Chartered Physiotherapist (UK- 1982)