Episode 28

Ep 26: Louise Brennan, PhD researcher. Technology and cancer rehab/fixing upper limb dysfunction post surgery.

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October 8th, 2017

55 mins 24 secs

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About this Episode

Louise is a Chartered Physiotherapist who received a BSc in Physiotherapy from Trinity College Dublin in 2009. Since then, she has been working clinically in the National Health Service in London and Kent. In this episode, we chat about the CATCH ITN project, funding 8 PhD researchers, and how technology can work in cancer rehab. We also chat about how Louise works with cancer patients directly after to surgery to improve upper limb dysfunction. Louise gives a great insight into some of the strategies employed to improve function in the affected limb as soon as the day after surgery.